Swedish food retailers promoting climate smarter food choices-Trapped between visions and reality?

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 24, Issue C, 2015, Pages 130-139

  Tjärnemo, Heléne ^a,b   Södahl, Liv ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate smarter food choices; Environmental issues; Meat category; Promotion; Sustainable food consumption; Swedish food retailing

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; MEAT; RETAILING;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84927796660     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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