We provide causal evidence on how date marking policies influence consumers' valuation of perishable food products … through three consecutive research steps. In a preparatory in-store survey (n = 100), we identify perishable food items that … price list (MPL) experiment (n = 200) then tests consumers' valuation of perishable food of varying shelf-life (expiry date …

The presence of food waste, and ways to it, has generated significant debate among industry stakeholders, policy makers …, and consumer groups around the world. Many have argued that the variety of date labels used by food manufacturers leads to … confusion about food quality and food safety among consumers. Here, we develop a between-subject, laboratory experiment with …

Problem Definition: We study the impact of grocery-store density on the food waste generated at stores and households …. Relevance: Food waste is a major contributor to carbon emissions (as big as road transport). Identifying and influencing market … conditions that can decrease food waste is thus important to combat global warming.Methodology: We build and calibrate a stylized …

Measuring food waste at the individual household level has been nearly impossible because comprehensive, current data … on uneaten food do not exist. By using food acquisition data, this article employs a new approach to estimating household …-level food waste via a stochastic production frontier model in which food waste is identified as input inefficiency. For …

drivers of wasted food in lower-middle income American families. These positive intentions provide an improved understanding … of household food waste, a problem with high environmental impact and moral implications. Based on empirical data …-emotions and showing affection for kids – can promote greater food waste. Other antecedents identified include multiplicity of …

This article aims to identify antecedents of food waste among lower-middle class families – a paradox, given the … households, based on observations, in-depth interviews, photographs and a focus group (n=6). Five major categories of food waste … (5) inappropriate food conservation. Several subcategories were also found, including impulse buying, lack of planning …

This paper uses a structural model of household food waste to discuss how the jointness of meal production, consumption …, and time allocation decisions, are important in understanding potential drivers of household food waste. We discuss how … empiricists can utilize the model for empirical applications. We apply one such application to household-level data of food stock …