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Assessment Of Service Quality In The Section Of Fruits And Vegetables In Retail Formats

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  • Scalco, Andréa Rossi
  • de Oliveira, Sandra Cristina
  • da Fonseca, Amanda Corral

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Fresh products are distributed by various retail formats such as supermarkets, street markets, varejões, and quitandas. The purchase of these products by consumers depends on numerous factors such as satisfaction with the service, product quality, facilities, cleanliness and hygiene of the place, proximity, among other factors. The supermarkets have occupyied the place of street markets in selling fruits and vegetables due of the convenience and payment forms. Thus, this research aims to perform an evaluation of the service quality in street markets and in the section of fruits and vegetables (FV) in supermarkets at a city called Tupã in São Paulo state, to point out the strengths and weaknesses of these marketing channels and propose possible improvements, specifically for street markets. It was used the conceptual model of service quality SERVQUAL by Parasuraman, Zeithaml and Barry (1985) for the research. The study pointed flaws in the service quality in both retail facilities, highlighting the dimensions of tangibility and reliability. Specifically in the street markets there are deficiencies in factors related to the modernizaton of equipament, legible written price and legible information about product, orientation to costumers and assurance. Propositions were listed to improve both retail formats, emphasizing the street markes, being able to reverse the degradation process of this relevant retail format. ----- Produtos frescos são distribuídos por vários formatos do varejo, tais como: supermercados, feiras livres, varejões e quitandas. A compra desses produtos pelos consumidores depende de vários fatores, como: satisfação com o serviço, qualidade do produto, praticidade, limpeza e higiene do local, proximidade, entre outros fatores. O supermercado tem ocupado o lugar das feiras livres na comercialização de frutas, legumes e verduras (FLV), por razões como conveniência e formas de pagamento. Dessa forma tem-se como objetivo avaliar a qualidade do serviço nas feiras livres e nas seções FLV dos supermercados, na cidade de Tupã, levantar os pontos fracos e fortes desses canais de distribuição, e assim inferir com melhorias necessárias, especificamente para as feiras livres. Foi utilizado o modelo conceitual para avaliação da qualidade dos serviços (SERVQUAL) de Parasuraman, Zeithaml e Barry (1985) para realização desta pesquisa. Observou-se neste estudo que a qualidade em ambos os formatos de varejo é baixa, especificamente nas dimensões de tangibilidade e confiabilidade. Especificamente nas feiras livres, as deficiências maiores são relacionadas à falta de modernização de equipamentos, divulgação de preço e produto ilegíveis, orientação ao consumidor e fatores relacionados à segurança. Proposições foram listadas para melhoria de ambos os formatos do varejo, com ênfase nas feiras livres, para que seja possível reverter o processo de degradação desse formato do varejo.

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  • Scalco, Andréa Rossi & de Oliveira, Sandra Cristina & da Fonseca, Amanda Corral, 2014. "Assessment Of Service Quality In The Section Of Fruits And Vegetables In Retail Formats," Organizações Rurais e Agroindustriais/Rural and Agro-Industrial Organizations, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Departamento de Administracao e Economia, vol. 16(1), April.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:orarao:262714
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.262714
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