Friday, 27 May 2022

Changes in Food Consumption Patterns due to COVID: Is There a New Post COVID Food Consumer? | Chapter 01 | New Innovations in Economics, Business and Management Vol. 9

 Food is a physiological requirement with significant social and cultural implications. Eating habits have long been regarded as one of the most stable aspects of a person's social background. However, we are living in a period of significant change, with a significant impact on the population's nutritional status, driven, among other things, by new lifestyles and conditions, technological advancements and distribution systems, the emergence of new foods, and new methods of preparation and processing.

The primary goal of this study is to see if daily food patterns of people changed during the Coronavirus quarantine. The following objectives have been defined in order to achieve this goal: Examine food consumption patterns, food consumer typologies, and food waste. the new target post covid set of customers, evaluate consumer perceptions of distribution channels, look into grocery shopping online, and identify venues for selling local food.This research examines the influence of the COVID-19 health crisis on people's food interests, beliefs, and behaviour. In addition, an online poll (n = 232 Spaniards) looked into how food purchasing habits changed throughout the epidemic. The questionnaire was created using the Google Forms tool and distributed using instant messaging apps like WhatsApp, social media like Facebook and Twitter, social networking sites like LinkedIn and ResearchGate, and email through snowball sampling to try to cover the entire Leon territory and reach the greatest number of people through mobile phones, tablets, and computers. The SPSS application was used to conduct the statistical analysis.

Using the Mediterranean Diet as a benchmark for healthy eating, we may conclude that the adult population of Spain is on the verge of adopting healthy eating habits. There was an improvement in food habits when COVID-19 was confined.

Author(S) Details

Maria Aranzazu Sule Alonso
Department of Management and Enterprise Economy, University of Leon, Campus de Vegazana, 24007 Leon, Spain.

Tea Rushit
Faculty of Economics Sciences and Business, University of Leon, Campus de Vegazana, 24007 Leon, Spain.

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