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Factors Impacting Food Away From Home (Fafh) Spending In The United States: A Macroeconomic Perspective, Michael S. Lin, Inhaeng N. Jung, Yidan Huang
Factors Impacting Food Away From Home (Fafh) Spending In The United States: A Macroeconomic Perspective, Michael S. Lin, Inhaeng N. Jung, Yidan Huang
Journal of Hospitality Financial Management
In the United States, individuals spend more than half of their food expenditures on food away from home (FAFH), and this trend is growing. This study aims to examine the factors that impact FAFH from a macroeconomic perspective. Macroeconomic and FAFH spending data from January 1997 to February 2020 were obtained from the various databases. The results reveal that the unemployment rate, Consumer Price Index (CPI), stock index, and oil price had a significant negative influence on both nominal and constant FAFH spending percentage, and oil price had a significant positive influence on constant FAFH spending percentage. This study contributes …
An Analysis On The Awareness Of Sustainability In The Food Consumption In Dublin, Thayla Penzin Goulart
An Analysis On The Awareness Of Sustainability In The Food Consumption In Dublin, Thayla Penzin Goulart
Business ETD Collections
Millennials have been much more concerned with the origin of the food that they consume and its ultimate destination. It has been said that all over the world this new generation seeks for healthier options and also concerns about the use of plastic in packaging, waste reduction and compostable, reusable and recyclable materials. This is a research paper that aimed to investigate if the Dublin’s food buyers are following this global path while getting more conscious about their consumption, engaging with environmental agendas and behaving sustainably through their consumption. Through an applied structured online questionnaire, 290 participants’ results demonstrate that …