Consumers’ perception of food packaging in Trinidad, West Indies and its related impact on food choices

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 508-514

  Peters Texeira, Angela ^a   Badrie, Neela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Consumers perception; Food choices; Food labelling; Packaging features; Product features; Trinidad; West Indies

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749087424     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2005.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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