How well do food retailers know their customers? the case of mountain food products in Europe

Journal on Chain and Network Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-234

  Baritaux, Virginie ^a   Tebby, Cleo ^b   Revoredo Giha, Cesar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'alternative' food networks; mountain food products; quality perception; retailers' predictions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855503320     PISSN: 15691829     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/JCNS2011.x198     Document Type: Article

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