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  • Consumer Purchases of "Ethical" Foods - Some Data from DEFRA

    It is difficult to get a factual grip on the difference between what consumers say they will do and what they actually do when buying food. DEFRA has had a stab at this as part of their effort to build a sustainable food chain. Their research confirms that consumers are interested in the issues surrounding...
    Posted to Land Strategies Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Sun, May 8 2011
  • Unthinking Consumerism - R.I.P

    It looks as if the days of "I want what I want when I want it" are over, even for the relatively affluent, and even when it comes to food which still only accounts for about 10% of UK consumer expenditure. Shoppers are planning more carefully, shopping more wisely, and weighing up the quality...
    Posted to Land Strategies Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Mon, Oct 20 2008
  • Ethical Purchasing and the Credit Crunch... Continued

    Concern about whether the credit crunch will bring ethical purchasing to a halt seems to be exercising many minds. The latest to publish a survey is The Times newspaper. In answer to the question "In the next year are you likely to .....", the 1000 people surveyed replied as follows: Buy more...
    Posted to Land Strategies Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Mon, Apr 7 2008
  • Whither Ethical Purchasing?

    One of the questions of the day is whether rising food prices and a financially squeezed consumer will result in ethical purchase considerations taking second place to price. Not so far said the Institute of Grocery Distribution yesterday. Certainly the recent flight to free range/organic chicken seems...
    Posted to Land Strategies Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Fri, Mar 7 2008
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