... the immediate sales of chocolate. However, due to the unique characteristics of chocolate (e.g. impulse/gift purchase) and the retail format studied (e.g. a specialty shop with limited products and brand alternatives), the results here are not easily generalized to other food types and to sampling in a grocery...

... simultaneously. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Retailers Consumer goods Price positioning Brand loyalty Shops Sweden In recent years, the increasing competition between grocery retailers' private labels and the manufacturers' or suppliers' labels has been an important issue...

...Claudio Vignali; Alexandra J. Kenyon; Des Monk; Daniella Ryding Purpose This paper represents an initial investigation into the strategic implications of providing training to all employees of coffee shops in the UK, including baristas (coffee makers) on temporary or part‐time job contracts...

... of these developments. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Consumer behaviour Food Land use Retailing Shops 1. 1There is increasing evidence that the major food retailers have shifted new store openings towards town centre/edge of town centre locations ‐ for example, over half Sainsbury’s 1996/97...