Limited access to, and availability of, fresh, healthy, and affordable food is a major concern in several communities across the United States of America. Such conditions have long perpetuated a wide variety of negative health outcomes that include, but are not limited to, obesity, diabetes, and other heart-related disease and illness, not to mention socio-economic immobility. Furthermore, the prevalence of limited food access and food insecurity is well researched and documented as an issue that disproportionately affects non-white, lower-income communities. The following research paper aims to better understand the characteristics of food deserts, the communities that are most affected by them, and the challenges that food deserts present to the local community. Additionally, the following research paper seeks to explain why most conventional grocery stores and supermarkets do not enter underserved markets. As such, it discusses the financial difficulties associated with grocery anchored retail developments in underserved markets, and examines why such communities struggle to attract investment in general. / 0 / SPK / specialcollections@tulane.edu

The following study assesses whether an economic relationship exists between the money supply (i.e. M2), interest rates, and the exchange rate and the retail food price level in the United States. Data for the M2 classification of the United States money supply, the Effective Federals Funds (interest) Rate, and the United States Trade Weighted Exchange Index: Major Currencies for the period from January 1974 through December 2007 are evaluated as they relate to the United States Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers: Food for the same period. The statistical analysis involves an examination of the autocorrelation and partial autocorrelation functions of each variable, a test for the presence of stationarity in each variable(Augmented Dickey-Fuller test), Johansen’s test for co-integrating equations of the variables considered, Granger’s test for causality, and finally an estimation of regression models of United States retail food prices as a function of the money supply, interest rates, and exchange rates. Results indicate that a statistically significant relationship exists among the variables tested. A causal relationship exists between the Federal Funds Rate and the money supply, the money supply and the retail level of food prices, and also between the exchange rate and the retail level of food prices. The implications of the results are assessed through the lens of agricultural producers and processors, investors, lenders, consumers, and monetary and agricultural policymakers. Keywords: retail food prices, money supply, Federal Funds Rate, exchange rate, augmented Dickey-Fuller, Johansen’s test for co-integration, Granger causality

The retail food safety chain is vulnerable to deliberate contamination, yet food safety professionals and emergency managers typically respond to intentional contamination in different ways. Little is known about the practices of environmental health food safety professionals (EHFSP) as compared to emergency managers and whether those approaches can be combined to more successfully impede intentional food contamination. The purpose of this narrative policy analysis was to use routine activity theory to compare the narratives of EHFSPs and emergency managers to determine whether there are opportunities to better understand the relationship between vulnerability and resiliency of the retail food safety chain. Data were primarily collected through interviews with 5 EHFSPs and 5 emergency managers from various regions in the United States. Interview data were inductively coded and then subjected to Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis procedure. Key findings indicate that EHFSPs generally are ill-suited to meet resiliency goals, ambivalence voiced by EHFSPs results from a lack of continual preparedness training, and neither EHFSPs nor emergency management officials' familiarity with the social dimensions of resiliency is at a point where they can design adequate measures for a resilient retail food system. Therefore, recommendations to policy makers focus on a need for an enhanced training that is inspired by principles of emergency management so that they are better able to respond to acts of intentional contamination, thereby building a resilient retail food chain with economic and social benefits.

Taiwan is one of the most vibrant societies in the world. The business environment is nowadays known for its economic vitality and healthy business competition mainly from the high degree of entrepreneur, sharp market insights, agile marketing strategy, and rapid adaption to changing business environment. To sum up, Taiwan is equipped with all the critical success factors for global business competition. All these factors help motivate the start-up of small business in Taiwan, and this is particularly true for the food industry as the entry barriers are relatively low in comparison to other industries. In recent years there is a surge of self-branding business and companies in Taiwan largely due to the popularity of online shopping and bulk orders. On the contrary, a significant number of self-branding companies failed to keep their business afloat and eventually had to exit the market. This study use literature reviews based on wholesale and retail food industry, self-branding, as well as critical success and failure factors. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the critical success & failure factors on self-branding for wholesale and retail food industry. First of all, this study uses in-depth interviews with four experienced professionals in self-branding enterprises to define critical success and failure factors for research model. Secondly, this study utilizes content analysis to measure and identify the level of significance and importance and order of priority for critical success and failure factors. The results of this study are as following: 1. There are four critical success factors in self-branding. The most important success factor in self-branding is customer value, followed by innovative marketing strategy and brand trust. The last is price tolerance. 2. There are three failure factors in this study. The business owners¡¦ decision error is the most significant failure factor, followed by brand positioning error, and virulent price competition.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:51:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 3400.pdf: 2338832 bytes, checksum: 2817bce43bfaf663ddae8ddab3b2a75d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-08-24 / Nowadays, studies of consumer behavior are of great relevance. Understanding the factors that lead consumers to choose a particular product or brand over others makes marketers continually seek answers to the needs of these consumers. This work aims to study the buying behavior of consumers in the food retail market of Mato Grosso, as a way of subsidizing business strategies for the sector. It was attempted through the Sheth; Newman; Gross model to identify the variables that influence the purchase decision of consumers. The methodology was grounded on two pillars, bibliographic studies and survey. The sampling was based on the probabilistic technique stratified by population and profile of the buyer of food. There were applied 385 valid questionnaires and the data handling was performed using the statistical package SPAD. The multivariate analysis using clustering identified six distinct groups of consumers: clear, economical, convenient, hedonic, new buyers and demanding. The identification of these groups allows supermarkets to develop and implement different strategies according to the characteristics of their chosen target audience. / Os estudos sobre o comportamento do consumidor são de grande relevância nos dias atuais. Entender os fatores que levam o consumidor a escolher determinado produto ou marca em detrimento de outros faz com que os profissionais de marketing busquem incessantemente respostas para atender as necessidades destes consumidores. Este trabalho tem como objetivo estudar o comportamento de compra do consumidor de alimentos no varejo supermercadista de Mato Grosso, como forma de subsidiar estratégias empresariais para o setor. Buscou-se através do modelo de Sheth; Newman; Gross identificar as variáveis que interferem na decisão de compra destes consumidores. A metodologia alicerçou-se em dois pilares, estudos bibliográficos e survey. A amostragem se baseou na técnica probabilística estratificada pela população e pelo perfil do comprador de alimentos. Foram aplicados 385 questionários válidos e o tratamento dos dados foi realizado através do pacote estatístico SPAD. A análise multivariada, através de agrupamento identificou seis grupos distintos de consumidores: esclarecidos, econômicos, convenientes, hedônicos, novos compradores e exigentes. A identificação destes grupos permite que os supermercados elaborem e apliquem estratégias diferenciadas segundo as características do seu público-alvo escolhido.

nÃo hà / O varejo de alimentos à o segmento de maior destaque na economia brasileira, com estimativa de crescimento de 8% em 2012, o que denota um mercado de alta atratividade, considerando que a expectativa de crescimento do paÃs à de 2%, com inflaÃÃo de 5%. Este desempenho atrai investidores internacionais, fazendo com que as grandes redes varejistas mundiais ingressem no paÃs, adquirindo, realizando fusÃes ou inviabilizando a permanÃncia dos pequenos supermercados que, como forma de se manterem no mercado, buscam associaÃÃo em Centrais de NegÃcios. A Central de NegÃcios cearense SUPER REDE tem destaque nacional, sendo apontada pela AssociaÃÃo Brasileira de Supermercados â ABRAS, como a maior Central de NegÃcios do paÃs no item faturamento hà 03 anos consecutivos. Uma das estratÃgias adotadas pela SUPER REDE na composiÃÃo de seu mix de produtos à a marca prÃpria. O presente estudo tem como objetivo principal analisar a percepÃÃo da marca prÃpria SUPER REDE com base nas dimensÃes propostas por David Aaker, no que diz respeito à Lealdade, Qualidade Percebida, Conhecimento da Marca e AssociaÃÃes de Marca por parte do consumidor. O estudo realizado caracteriza-se como exploratÃrio e descritivo, de natureza qualitativa, com revisÃo bibliogrÃfica dos temas transversais e levantamento de dados por meio de questionÃrios estruturados, com perguntas abertas e fechadas. A percepÃÃo de valor à considerada um diferencial com forte efeito na decisÃo de compra. Os resultados encontrados mostram-se relevantes, na medida em que sinalizam a importÃncia, a interligaÃÃo e o efeito das dimensÃes no negÃcio, constituindo-se contribuiÃÃo para a academia e para Centrais de NegÃcios com marca prÃpria.

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<p>Term: Spring term 2007</p><p>Study objects: Reitan Servicehandel AB, Vi-butikerna, ICA Sverige AB</p><p>Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyse how procurement is used as a strategy to achieve better competitive strength, within the retail food industry.</p><p>Theoretical: The theoretical chapter illustrates different procurement organisations, multiple and single sourcing, brand equity, consumer behaviour and involvement, Efficient Consumer Response including supply chain and category management and finally Demand Chain Management.</p><p>Method: For the case studies, three food retail companies have been interviewed: Reitan Servicehandel AB, Vi-butikerna and ICA AB. To illustrate how consumer behaviour influences retail food market, several secondary consumer research studies have been analysed.</p><p>Conclusions: The results indicate that the procurement organisation can achieve a better competitive strength by a centralised organisation, which make it possible to improve conditions of terms when ordering higher purchase volumes. The sourcing strategies can improve a company’s power within the supply chain. All companies within the study had a very good knowledge about consumer behaviour. Information technology is a very important tool to achieve enhanced efficiency within the organisation. It also indicates that the procurement organisation by its knowledge in sales and marketing can improve a company’s competitive strength.</p>

Term: Spring term 2007 Study objects: Reitan Servicehandel AB, Vi-butikerna, ICA Sverige AB Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyse how procurement is used as a strategy to achieve better competitive strength, within the retail food industry. Theoretical: The theoretical chapter illustrates different procurement organisations, multiple and single sourcing, brand equity, consumer behaviour and involvement, Efficient Consumer Response including supply chain and category management and finally Demand Chain Management. Method: For the case studies, three food retail companies have been interviewed: Reitan Servicehandel AB, Vi-butikerna and ICA AB. To illustrate how consumer behaviour influences retail food market, several secondary consumer research studies have been analysed. Conclusions: The results indicate that the procurement organisation can achieve a better competitive strength by a centralised organisation, which make it possible to improve conditions of terms when ordering higher purchase volumes. The sourcing strategies can improve a company’s power within the supply chain. All companies within the study had a very good knowledge about consumer behaviour. Information technology is a very important tool to achieve enhanced efficiency within the organisation. It also indicates that the procurement organisation by its knowledge in sales and marketing can improve a company’s competitive strength.