Consumer segmentation based on food-category attribute importance: The relation with healthiness and sustainability perceptions

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 99-106

  Verain, Muriel C D ^a   Sijtsema, Siet J ^a   Antonides, Gerrit ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumer segmentation; Food attributes; Food choice motives; Food perception; Healthiness; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941712134     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2015.08.012     Document Type: Article

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