Quality preferences and pricing of fresh-cut salads in Italy: new evidence from market data

British Food Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1473-1486

  Pilone, Vittoria ^a   Stasi, Antonio ^a   Baselice, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agro food manufacture s strategies; Consumer preference; Fresh cut salad; Hedonic price; Quality attributes

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CONSUMER; HUMAN; ITALY; MARKET; MODEL; VEGETABLE;

EID: 85020446048     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-09-2016-0419     Document Type: Article

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