The “dark side” of food banks? Exploring emotional responses of food bank receivers in the Netherlands

British Food Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1506-1520

  van der Horst, Hilje ^a   Pascucci, Stefano ^a   Bol, Wilma ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotional responses; Food banks; Food waste; Poverty allevation; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924814035     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-02-2014-0081     Document Type: Article

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