Food shopping behavior among ethnic and non-ethnic communities in Britain

Journal of Food Products Marketing

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 39-57

  Omar, Ogenyi E ^a   Hirst, Alan ^a   Blankson, Charles ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Britain; Consumer brand preference; Ethnic and non ethnic consumers; Grocery shopping; Retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444278868     PISSN: 10454446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J038v10n04_03     Document Type: Article

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