Consumer understanding and use of country-of-origin in food choice

British Food Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-79

  Insch, Andrea ^a   Jackson, Erin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b FONTERRA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Consumer purchasing decisions; Country of origin; Food products; Groceries; Labelling; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890400130     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-10-2011-0275     Document Type: Article

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