Meat consumption and higher prices: Discrete determinants affecting meat reduction or avoidance amidst retail price volatility

British Food Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2251-2270

  Charlebois, Sylvain ^a   McCormick, Maggie ^a   Juhasz, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef; Food price; Proteins

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ANIMAL WELFARE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CHICKEN; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; EATING; EDUCATION; EMPIRICISM; ETHICS; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; GENDER; HABIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARKET; MEAT INDUSTRY; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; POULTRY; PURCHASING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDITY;

EID: 84983372838     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-03-2016-0121     Document Type: Article

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