International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Year : 2017, Volume : 7, Issue : 5
First page : ( 375) Last page : ( 385)
Online ISSN : 2249-2496.

Food Waste and Consumers Behaviour in Canteens and Households

Berechet Mihaela

Doctorate Program, Stuttgart University, Stuttgart, Germany

Online published on 20 June, 2019.

Abstract

In a world where a part of the population does not get enough food and another part wastes it, it should be sought for solutions to reduce the food wasta. In order to find these solutions it was important to determine the reasons for which the food waste occurs. The present article aims at analyzing the food wastage and the behavior of consumers in two of the main sources where food is wasted, in order to understand the reasons of the wastage. In this view two studies were set up to analyze the wastage in a university canteen and in several households. For the above mentioned two sources there were investigated the quantities of wasted food, moreover the consumers were asked in interviews about the reasons for which they do no consume the entire food they purchase. The results of the studies demonstrated that improving the quality of cooking in canteens can influence positively the food waste. In the households the consumers would avoid food wastage if they do a better planning of the cooking process..

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Keywords

Food waste, Consumer behaviour, Canteen, Household.

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