..., barriers and social norms. Consumer marketing Social norms Consumer segmentation Local food Food related lifestyle Farmers market National Institute of Food and Agriculture award no. 2023-68006-38984 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100005825 Funding: This work was supported...

... highlighted health and/or environmental aspects, whereas Porto residents underscored sensory and economic value. Definitions of local food grounded in direct producer ties and traditional markets drew the strongest agreement, evidencing relational proximity. The integrated “local seasonal” concept received...

..., consumption and travel intent, as well as perceived risk toward trying restaurants serving local food. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative survey with 421 valid responses was implemented and a PLS-SEM model was created. In addition, multi-group analyses were undertaken to understand the effect...

... characteristics, food choice motives and local food perceptions on attitudes and purchase intentions. Based on the significant determinants for adoption, consumer segments are identified to gain insights into the diversity in online grocery shopping behaviour. Design/methodology/approach A pan-European online...

...Vikas Gupta; Karishma Sharma Purpose This study evaluates the relative preference for local foods among foreign tourists. It also assessed how the sociodemographic profiles of tourists influence their local food preferences. Design/methodology/approach This research utilized a mixed-methods...

...Antonios Tiganis; Polymeros Chrysochou Purpose Local food impacts tourist satisfaction and drives the choice of a tourist destination. However, it is not clear which attributes of local food products drive tourists’ preferences. More specifically, little is known about potential segments...

...Vikas Gupta; Antonino Galati; Savita Sharma Purpose This research investigates how foreign tourists' revisit intentions are influenced by their local food consumption (LFC) value by emphasizing their attitude towards the local food and the corresponding destination food image. It will also reveal...

...Riccardo Beltramo; Alessandro Bonadonna; Stefano Duglio; Giovanni Peira; Enrica Vesce Purpose This paper aims at assessing the role of authenticity of local food in contributing to tourism as an ecosystem service in a small mountain tourism destination, i.e. Alagna Valsesia (North-West of Italy...

... challenges caused by the characteristics of islands. Originality/value Empirically, this research enhances the knowledge of post-productive responses in the island context. Theoretically, the study advances the conceptualisation of research on the island entrepreneurship context and the local food debate...

...Marilyne Chicoine; Francine Rodier; Fabien Durif Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the definition of local food through the concept of perceived proximity in order to improve the understanding of food locality and to propose a new framework for analysis. Design/methodology...

...Susanna Kujala; Outi Hakala; Leena Viitaharju Purpose The main aim of this study is to identify the factors that can affect regional differences in the procurement of local food in public catering. Understanding how some regions procure more local food products than others could help promote...

...Paulina Ines Rytkönen; Pejvak Oghazi Purpose The paper contributes to the debate about local food and conceptualization of rural entrepreneurship by analysing the performance of small-scale dairies departing from their relation to innovations, innovative activities and risk. Design/methodology...

...://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode COVID-19 Pandemic Locavorism Internal locus of control Switching intentions Subjective norm Attitude Purchase intentions PLS-SEM TPB Local food Zero-mile Universitat Ramon Llull In addition to this new situation caused by the pandemic...

...Ramona Teuber; Jørgen Dejgård Jensen Purpose Given the fact that local food as a tool to create value-added is a relatively new trend in Scandinavian countries with a strong emphasis on organic food, only limited – and mainly qualitative and case-based - empirical evidence on producers...

...Francesco Bimbo; Carlo Russo; Antonella Di Fonzo; Gianluca Nardone Purpose The paper explores whether consumers' environmentally sustainable attitudes and behaviors (e.g. saving water, energy, etc.) are associated with high frequency of local food purchases. The study uses a large sample...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Beef production Local food Consumer Animal welfare Willingness-to-pay When people decide what kind of beef to buy, many different product attributes determine their purchase decision. Generally speaking, beside personal...

... motivations may. Originality/value This is the first analysis to highlight differences between individuals who plan to renew their membership with their current CSA farm, those who plan to switch CSA farms and those who plan to stop purchasing CSA. Community supported agriculture Local food Sense...

...Adriano Profeta; Ulrich Hamm Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse if German consumers are willing-to-pay a price premium for local food produced with local feed. The study provides insights into reasons explaining consumer preferences for animal products produced with local feed...

...Poppy Arsil; Elton Li; Johan Bruwer; Graham Lyons Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to investigate the motives of urban consumers when purchasing local food products using means-end chain (MEC) analysis and second, to introduce an alternative approach to segment the market based...

... in local food shopping. This reinforces the possibility to successfully combining the attributes of “local” and “organic”. Research limitations/implications The study was conducted in only one country (England) with about 400 consumers of ten organic farmer-led box schemes. It was based on a self...