Restaurant's decision to purchase local foods: Influence of value chain activities

In this paper we investigate how restaurant managements’ attitudes and behaviors influence decisions to purchase local foods as inputs to their products. An enhanced investigation of chefs’ and managers’ decision-making criteria could improve understanding of local food systems linkages with the restaurant industry. We apply a value chain framework to investigate activities that influence restaurants’ decision to purchase local foods. Results indicate that attitudes and behaviors associated with sourcing and product characteristics play an important role in local food purchase decisions in the restaurant value chain. Order processing time and uniqueness of products are the most significant reasons in restaurant managements’ decisions to purchase local foods. The implications of these findings for restaurants and producers are discussed. Our study contributes to the literature by expanding upon the criteria used by restaurants to make local food purchasing decisions.     

Comparing online reviews of hyper-local restaurants using deductive content analysis

This study explored consumer-generated online reviews of six hyper-local restaurants in UK and US. A deductive content analysis was carried out involving intrinsic and extrinsic cues of locally grown food. Overall quality, taste, price, region of origin, and menu information were found to be important variables of hyper-local restaurants’ online reviews. Although there were substantially more reviews about price in the UK-based hyper-local restaurants, consumers were found to be more critical of price in the US restaurants. In the UK hyper-local restaurants, a need to provide great selections and variety in the menu offerings was noticed, whereas the US counterparts showcased a need for more creativity in addition to offering a great selection of food and drinks. Region of origin (local) is more important and positive to consumers in the UK restaurants. Contrary to popular beliefs, health benefit and to some extent freshness were not found to be important variables.     

Local cuisines and destination marketing: cases of three cities in Shandong,China

This study analyzes how the three cities of Jinan, Qingdao, and Qufu in Shandong Province of China use their cuisines in promoting their destinations. Based on a critical review of previous studies, a conceptual framework was developed, which included five closely related areas: foods, beverages, dining, farming, and food festivals. All related texts, images, videos, brochures, booklets, and websites designed to market these three cities were content-analyzed. The study findings suggest that all the three cities have not yet fully utilized their cuisines in their destination marketing efforts. Although some of their culinary resources appear in their marketing materials, the local cuisines of these three cities are not yet skillfully integrated into their marketing efforts. The present study offers specific theoretical and practical implications on marketing the culinary resources of destinations that are in the early stages of their development.     

货币供给、通货膨胀和粮食价格波动互动关系研究

在VAR模型和方差分解基础上,利用1997年以来的月度数据,分析货币供应量、通货膨胀和粮食价格之间的关系。结果显示：通货膨胀对粮食价格有显著影响,存在货币供应量、通货膨胀到粮食价格变动这一传导途径,同时发现通货膨胀有较强的自身惯性,通过抑制粮食价格来控制通货膨胀是无效的。     

浙江省民营企业集群式营销探讨

民营企业集群已成为浙江省区域经济快速发展的主流模式之一。与大型企业、跨国公司一起,已成为参与市场竞争的主角。因此,市场营销理论应用领域已从单个企业营销逐步延伸到民营企业集群式营销。民营企业集群式营销是民营企业集群成长的关键,浙江省民营企业集群的快速发展与其营销管理创新是分不开的。为了提高浙江省民营企业集群营销管理水平,本文着重探讨了浙江省民营企业集群营销战略、策略制定及组织实施问题。     

环境景观设计中的城市记忆

我国国民经济的持续增长和城市化进程的加快,带来了城市建设的高速发展.但随之而来也产生了一系列问题.地方文化以及地域特色的逐渐丧失便属其中之一.作为城市设计重要组成部分的环境景观设计也面临着同样的问题.城市记忆的概念正是在这一特定的时期提出来的.在我国有关城市记忆方面的讨论和实践已经展开.城市记忆有利于改变目前的现状,有利于城市精神的塑造,有利于创造各具特色的城市风貌,有利于联系城市的过去与未来.     

从啤酒废酵母泥中回收啤酒和啤酒酵母的研究

为了得到高附加值的产品,利用陶瓷膜分离设备从啤酒废酵母泥中过滤得到啤酒和啤酒酵母,啤酒用于后续纯生啤酒或者清酒的加工,啤酒酵母进入后续深加工系统。小试试验、中试试验和工业试验的结果表明:使用陶瓷膜分离设备处理啤酒废酵母泥,无废弃物排放,啤酒废酵母泥中啤酒回收率可达70%(质量分数)以上;与传统的板框过滤法相比,该方法动力消耗小、回收率高,回收的啤酒不含酵母细胞,浊度合格,达到了降低酒损、提高啤酒收率的目的,提高了企业经济效益;无废弃物排放,解决了环保问题,实现了资源的优化配置。     

剔除食品和能源的核心通货膨胀度量方法

文章以2000年1月至2015年5月月度同比CPI分类价格指数时间序列数据为基础建立协整关系和 共特征向量检验。实证分析表明我国CPI分类指数时间序列之间长期存在共同趋势,短期存 在共同周期。因此,在我国使用剔除食品和能源的核心通货膨胀测算方法是不合理的。本文 进一步提出我国中央银行在制定货币政策时,应同时关注官方公布的核心通货膨胀和通货膨 胀,以免使货币政策对食品和能源价格上涨反应不足或反应过度,以及提出我国核心通货膨 胀的测算还应关注CPI结构的建议。     

关于江苏省食品安全追溯地方标准的研究

在食品追溯制度即将上升到国家法律层面的背景下,江苏省迫切需要建设本省自己的食品安全追溯系统。本文首先分析了江苏省的食品安全追溯的产业特点以及实际建设中遇到的问题,然后介绍了江苏省如何结合地方的产业特色来建设本省的食品安全追溯地方标准体系,最后就该标准体系中的主要标准所采用的技术方案做了介绍。     

基于RFID技术的电子商务物流体系研究

指出了基于RFID技术的电子商务物流体系的几大功能,论述了其体系结构及路线设计。