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How Did COVID-19 Reshape Food Procurement Around the Globe? Effective Operation and Redesign of the Food Retail Industry in China, Portugal, Turkey, and the USA

In: Socioeconomic Dynamics of the COVID-19 Crisis

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  • Yiru Wang

    (State University of New York at Oswego)

  • Merve Yanar Gürce

    (American International University)

  • Joao Nuno Lopes

    (Miguel Torga Institute of Higher Education & University of Beira Interior & NECE – Research Unit in Business Sciences)

  • Tite Xu

    (Jilin University)

  • Xiang Chen

    (University of Connecticut)

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers’ food procurement activities underwent considerable transformations due to restrictive policies on social distancing. These behavioral changes induced a new industrial landscape within the food retail sector, with franchise stores gaining more consumers and more intensive competition occurring across online food retail platforms. This study employs cross-sectional survey data from China, Portugal, Turkey, and the USA to examine the major changes in consumer food procurement behaviors during the pandemic worldwide, as compared to behaviors before the pandemic. Based on the findings, we provide operable implications necessary for food retailers to sustain their businesses in a post-pandemic context.

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  • Yiru Wang & Merve Yanar Gürce & Joao Nuno Lopes & Tite Xu & Xiang Chen, 2022. "How Did COVID-19 Reshape Food Procurement Around the Globe? Effective Operation and Redesign of the Food Retail Industry in China, Portugal, Turkey, and the USA," Contributions to Economics, in: Nezameddin Faghih & Amir Forouharfar (ed.), Socioeconomic Dynamics of the COVID-19 Crisis, chapter 0, pages 465-484, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:conchp:978-3-030-89996-7_21
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-89996-7_21
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