The meat sector is the largest branch in the German food economy. It is characterized by a dominance of cost leadership. Against the background of an increasingly ruinous predatory pricing policy, we analyze the potential of brands introduced into new markets by brand extension. Therefore,...

Preferences for food products are usually analysed employing multi-attributive Attitude Measurement, Conjoint Analysis and recently Discrete Choice Modelling approaches. From a theoretical point of view, Choice Modelling based on random utility theory (RUT) outperforms traditional Conjoint...

Fresh fruits are always recommended as ingredients in healthiest diets. However, there is a tendency forconsumers to move their consumption towards transformed fruits, which are integrated in many food products.Quite commonly fresh fruits are difficult to handle and store but they also do not...

The consumer perception of the relation between food and health is increased his importance. This situation generates business opportunities, when his effect is positive (for example "functional food"), or limitations or reductions in the markets (for example "food with risk perception"). This...

Due to a high level of product substitution in the food market, it often proves difficult tostrike a balance between supply and demand. This is especially true in sectors with asuch high level of competition and product differentiation as the wine producing sector.Faced with the difficulty of...

Overall wine consumption in Spain is decreasing while, at the same time,Designation of Origin (DO) wine consumption is increasing gradually. This studyexamines Spanish DO wine consumer behaviour through stated preferences (SP) andrevealed preferences (RP) data. Part-worth utilities are...

Research on consumer behaviour has revealed that the prospect of reachinga personal value is the virtual buying motive. Bearing this in mind, the researcher, aswell as the marketer, is not only able to observe whether one product is preferred toanother, but also to understand why this product is...

Some of the at home and outdoor meals in the luxury goods category can be grouped into the experience products like the meals with truffle. The truffle consuming behaviour is strongly related to the prestige (hedonist, snobbish, imitator and ostentatious) consuming motivations. We have analysed...

Optiunea pentru o anumita strategie de promovare are la baza cunoasterea caracteristicilor consumatorilor de pe piata tinta. In acest caz, nu se poate vorbi despre o influenta semnificativa a comportamentului consumatorului asupra strategiei de promovare. Influenta este, mai degraba, dinspre...

Although research on consumer ethnocentrism is plentiful, there has been limited interest in carrying out such research in a regional setting. However, within the borders of many countries lie strong regional identities which may indeed influence the attitudes and behaviours of consumers towards...