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Milking the consumer’s conscience : Consumers’ perception of ecologically and locally produced milk

<p>This thesis investigates how consumers perceive ecologically and locally produced milk. Theories on consumer perception are used together with definitions of ecologically and locally produced food. The empirical findings are based on four focus groups discussing their perception towards six milk brands in Uppland as well as the concepts of ecologically and locally produced goods. We see a positive perception of brands with higher responsibility standards and brands wearing external labels guaranteeing the standards of the product. We have come to the conclusion that the participants in this study have an interest in ecologic and local production, something that we presumed because of the trends we have seen. We do however also conclude that the knowledge of these concepts is low due to vague information from the producers in combination with consumer inertia.</p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:uu-130820
Date January 2010
CreatorsÄngerfors, Jonas, Svensson, Sofia
PublisherUppsala University, Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, text

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