Household Food Waste Behavior: Avenues for Future Research

By Gustavo Porpino. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 2016

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Drawing from previous studies, this review proposes a research agenda in regard to household food waste, a neglected topic within the field of consumer behavior. This phenomenon has remarkable social and environmental relevance when one considers that it occurs at the end of the food chain, and thus, wastage at this stage implies losses of resources required for food production. This study aims to provide a framework and solutions for conducting future research in this area. Academic opportunities identified suggest that further theorizing is needed related to consumer food waste, in addition to studies aimed at testing the impact of communication initiatives on behavioral change and at providing a standardized methodology to measure consumer food waste.

Subfields: Food Science, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Plant Science

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2. J. Seabrook
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4. Karin Schanes
5. Burcu Gözet
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In Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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2. Burcu Gözet
3. P. van der Werf
4. Karin Dobernig
5. J. Seabrook
6. Jason Gilliland

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2. J. Seabrook
3. Jason Gilliland
4. David M. Evans

Citations in the corpus

• Food waste matters - A systematic review of household food waste practices and their policy implications (2018, background): “Alternative food provisioning schemes, such as community-supported agriculture (CSA) might produce even more food waste because consumers are provided with large amounts of greens and vegetables that they may not like or not know how to prepare (Porpino, 2016).”
• “Do I have enough food?” How need for cognitive closure and gender impact stockpiling and food waste during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-national study in India and the United States of America (2020, unknown): “By doing so, we also contribute to the literature on food waste, responding to the call by Porpino (2016) to investigate the influence of psychological variables together with other situational factors (e.g., bulk buying) on food waste.”
• Review: Consumption-stage food waste reduction interventions – What works and how to design better interventions (2019, methodology): “For this study, a rapid review was undertaken to provide fast and up-to-date information, responding to demand from the policy and academic community (c.f. Lazell and Soma, 2014; Porpino, 2016).”
• “Reduce Food Waste, Save Money”: Testing a Novel Intervention to Reduce Household Food Waste (2019, background): “Food literacy also includes confusion regarding food labels such as “best before” and “use by” dates (Porpino, 2016; Principato, Secondi, & Pratesi, 2015; WRAP, 2011, 2014); inadequate meal planning and grocery shopping (Abeliotis, 2014; Pearson, Minehan, & Wakefield-Rann, 2013; WRAP, 2011);…”