Billion Dollar Baby: Local Foods and U.S. Grocery |
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Authors: | Jeffrey M. Campbell Ann Fairhurst |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA;2. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
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Abstract: | This study reviews consumer purchasing of locally produced foods in retail grocery stores. A U.S. sample of 590 consumers was drawn via an online survey, with structural equation modeling used to assess hypothesized relationships of attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, intention to purchase, extent of purchase, and the moderating effects of shopping channel type. Results from structural model testing suggested that all hypothesized relationships except that of purchase intention and extent of purchase were found to be significant, with group differences existing between supercenters/warehouses and farmers’ market shopping channels. Implications and future research directions are provided. |
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Keywords: | locally produced foods retail grocery shopping channels consumer attributes |
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