Does the Consumer Sociodemographic Profile Influence the Perception of Aspects Related and Not Related to Food Safety? A Study in Traditional Spanish Street Markets.

ABSTRACT: Street food markets are important for local economic development, but they must also meet visitors' demands while operating. Since consumers' trust is based on their perception on different aspects of these markets, the aim of this work was to study which factors most affected their purchase decision criteria. A total of 950 surveys were collected in 21 street markets (Canary Islands, Spain), recording data from the consumers' estimation on food safety-related items (i.e., hygiene conditions of market installations, products, and food handlers) as well as other categories (i.e., prices and staff professionalism). The gathered data let us determine whether sociodemographic consumers variables like age, gender, or education level influenced their perceptions. The scores showed a strong corre

SUBMITTER: Verdu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8470163 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature