Putting the organic label in context: Examining the interactions between the organic label, product type, and retail outlet

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 49, Issue , 2016, Pages 140-150

  Ellison, Brenna ^a   Duff, Brittany R L ^a   Wang, Zongyuan ^a   White, Tiffany Barnett ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brand attitude; Brand trust; Consumer perceptions; Organic; Retail environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949894843     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2015.11.013     Document Type: Article

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