...Yingqi Zhong Purpose This study aimed to understand the factors influencing consumers’ purchase behavior of different types of suboptimal food and to provide references for promoting the consumption of suboptimal food and reducing suboptimal food waste in the consumption process. Design...

...Erica Varese; Maria Chiara Cesarani; Magdalena Wojnarowska Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review, through a systematic literature review, the different perspectives from which imperfect, ugly and suboptimal food products lead to food waste, as well as to ascertain which are the already...

...Shiyang Cao; Shunlong Gong; Li Bai Purpose Refusing to purchase suboptimal food plays an important role in food waste. However, it is still unclear what factors in the shopping situation will affect consumers' decision to purchase suboptimal food. The purpose of this paper is to identify...