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Browsing for food: Will COVID‐induced online grocery delivery persist?

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  • Hannah Younes
  • Robert B. Noland
  • Wenwen Zhang

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The COVID‐19 pandemic altered daily activities. Many consumers reverted to online grocery shopping and home delivery. We analyze factors associated with the decision to grocery shop online and whether this will persist post‐COVID using data collected via a representative online Qualtrics panel in the State of New Jersey (N = 1,419). Around half of respondents either decreased in‐person shopping, increased online shopping, or pursued a combination of both. We used factor analysis to decompose attitudes towards the pandemic, finding that attitudinal responses broke down into ‘fearful’, ‘believers’, and ‘deniers’. Binomial regressions were used to analyze patterns of frequency of grocery shopping during the pandemic and changes in behavior during the pandemic. Results suggest that age, gender, ethnicity, educational attainment, having children at home, and attitudes towards COVID‐19 are likely to influence frequency of online and in‐person grocery shopping. Specifically, being 50 years or older is negatively associated with online grocery shopping. Those who deny COVID‐19 were less likely to decrease in‐person grocery shopping. People who had children at home, who had advanced degrees, or who were of Hispanic origin were more likely to increase online shopping and decrease in‐person shopping during the pandemic. While our results suggest that in‐person grocery shopping will return to prepandemic levels, we found that respondents report some increased persistence in online grocery shopping post‐COVID. La pandemia de COVID‐19 alteró las actividades cotidianas. Muchos consumidores recurrieron a la compra de alimentos por Internet y a la entrega a domicilio. Se analizaron los factores asociados a la decisión de comprar en el supermercado por Internet y si esta persistirá después de COVID, para lo cual se utilizaron datos recogidos a través de un panel representativo en línea de Qualtrics en el estado de Nueva Jersey (N = 1.419). Alrededor de la mitad de los encuestados redujeron las compras en persona, aumentaron las compras en línea o realizaron una combinación de ambas. Se utilizó un análisis factorial para desagregar las actitudes hacia la pandemia, con el que se descubrió que las respuestas de actitud se dividían en ‘temerosos’, ‘creyentes’ y ‘negadores’. Se utilizaron regresiones binomiales para analizar los patrones de frecuencia de compra en el supermercado durante la pandemia y los cambios de comportamiento durante la misma. Los resultados sugieren que la edad, el género, el origen étnico, el nivel de estudios, el hecho de tener hijos en casa y las actitudes hacia COVID‐19 pueden influir en la frecuencia de las compras en línea y en persona. En concreto, tener 50 años o más se asocia negativamente con la compra de alimentos por Internet. Los que niegan COVID‐19 fueron menos propensos a disminuir la compra de alimentos en persona. Las personas que tenían hijos en casa, que tenían títulos superiores o que eran de origen hispano eran más propensas a aumentar las compras en línea y a disminuir las compras en persona durante la pandemia. Aunque nuestros resultados sugieren que las compras de alimentos en persona volverán a los niveles prepandémicos, se encontró que los encuestados reportaron una mayor persistencia en las compras de alimentos en línea después de COVID. COVID‐19パンデミックは日常生活を変えた。多くの消費者が食料雑貨品のオンラインショッピングや宅配での購入に戻った。ニュージャージー州の代表的なオンラインパネルであるQualtricsで収集されたデータ(N=1,419)を使用して、食料雑貨品のオンライン購入の決定に関連する因子と、これがコロナ後も持続するかどうかを分析する。回答者の約半数は、対面ショッピングを減らすか、オンラインショッピングを増やすか、またはその両方と回答した。因子分析により、COVID‐19パンデミックに対する意識を分析したところ、回答は「fearful(恐れている)」「believer(信じている)」「denier(否定している)」に分類された。二項回帰法を用いて食料雑貨品の買い物の頻度のパターンとパンデミック中の行動の変化を分析した。結果から、年齢、性別、民族、学歴、自宅に子供がいること、およびCOVID‐19に対する意識が、食料雑貨品のオンラインショッピングおよび対面ショッピングの頻度に影響する可能性があることが示唆される。具体的には、50歳以上であることと、食料雑貨品のオンラインショッピングとの間には負の関連性がある。COVID‐19を否定する人は、食料雑貨品の対面ショッピングを減らす傾向が低かった。パンデミックの間、自宅に子供がいる人、学位を取得した人、ヒスパニック系の人は、オンラインショッピングを増やし、対面でのショッピングを減らす傾向が高かった。今回の調査結果から、食料雑貨品の対面ショッピングがパンデミック前の水準に戻ることを示唆されるが、回答者は、COVID‐19の発生後、食料雑貨品のオンラインショッピングを継続性がある程度上昇したと報告していることが分かった。

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  • Hannah Younes & Robert B. Noland & Wenwen Zhang, 2022. "Browsing for food: Will COVID‐induced online grocery delivery persist?," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 14(S1), pages 179-195, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:14:y:2022:i:s1:p:179-195
    DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12542
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