Avoiding food waste by Romanian consumers: The importance of planning and shopping routines
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Food waste is generated in immense amounts across the food life cycle, imposing serious environmental, social and economic consequences. Although consumers are the single biggest contributor to this volume, little is known about the drivers of food waste in households. This exploratory study aims to investigate the role of food choices and other food-related activities in producing food waste. A survey of 244 Romanian consumers examined the influence of intentions not to waste food, planning and shopping routines, as well as moral attitudes and lack of concern towards wasting food, a subjective norm of disapproval towards food waste, and perceived behavioural control on consumers’ self-reported food waste. Results show that consumers’ planning and shopping routines are important predictors of food waste. Planning and shopping routines are determined by moral attitudes towards food waste and perceived behavioural control. This implies that in order to change consumers’ food waste behaviour, efforts should be directed towards providing consumers with skills and tools to deal with their food-related activities.
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At the consumer level, planning, shopping, and stockpiling routines are important predictors of waste.
“At the consumer level, planning, shopping and stockpiling routines are important predictors of waste (Wansink and Deshpand e, 1994;Chandon and Wansink, 2002;Stefan et al., 2013).”
From Food waste paradox: antecedents of food disposal in low income households (2015) · cites this paper as Stefan et al., 2013
The Results (section 3.2) and Discussion (section 4) identify planning and shopping routines as predictors of consumers’ food waste. The passages do not establish stockpiling routines as a separate predictor, so that part of the sentence is not supported by this source. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredStefan et al. found that higher household income leads to more waste.
“While Gustavsson et al. (2011) state that poverty and limited household income make it unacceptable to waste food and Stefan et al. (2013) found that higher household income leads to more waste, Cox and Dowling (2007) found that low-income families tend to waste more food.”
From Food waste paradox: antecedents of food disposal in low income households (2015) · cites this paper as Stefan et al., 2013
Section 3.1 reports a positive correlation between household income and self-reported food waste among Romanian respondents (r = .14, p = .026). It does not establish that higher income causes more waste; the authors describe the correlation as relatively low and exclude income from their structural model. (LLM, conf=0.90)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe intention not to waste food does not have a significant effect on reported food waste when planning and shopping routines are included as additional factors in the model.
“In contrast to these findings, however, a study that included planning and shopping routines as additional factors in the model shows that the intention not to waste food does not have a significant effect on reported food waste (Stefan et al., 2013).”
From Food waste matters - A systematic review of household food waste practices and their policy implications (2018) · cites this paper as Stefan et al., 2013
Concern about food waste plays an important role in the intention to reduce food waste.
“and plays an important role in the intention to reduce food waste (Mond ejar-Jim enez et al., 2016;Stancu et al., 2016;Stefan et al., 2013).”
From Food waste matters - A systematic review of household food waste practices and their policy implications (2018) · cites this paper as Stefan et al., 2013
The creation of food waste is not driven by conscious intentions and food-related household practices seem to be a better indicator for the amount of food wasted.
“Stefan et al. (2013) explain that by the fact that the creation of food waste is not driven by conscious intentions and that food-related household practices (see Section 3.3) seem to be a better indicator for the amount of food wasted.”
From Food waste matters - A systematic review of household food waste practices and their policy implications (2018) · cites this paper as Stefan et al., 2013
A lack of awareness and knowledge about the link between food waste and ecological impacts could explain the weak role of environmental concerns.
“What could explain the weak role of environmental concerns is a lack of awareness and knowledge about the link between food waste and ecological impacts (Graham-Rowe et al., 2014;Quested et al., 2013;Stefan et al., 2013).”
From Food waste matters - A systematic review of household food waste practices and their policy implications (2018) · cites this paper as Stefan et al., 2013
Subjective norms seem to have no influence on food waste behaviour per se.
“While subjective norms (commonly approved or disapproved behaviours in a culture) seem to have no influence on food waste behaviour per se (Graham-Rowe et al., 2015;Stefan et al., 2013;Visschers et al., 2016)”
From Food waste matters - A systematic review of household food waste practices and their policy implications (2018) · cites this paper as Stefan et al., 2013
Various psychological approaches increasingly highlight that routinized household practices such as eating, cooking, and planning play a key role in food waste generation.
“Also, various psychological approaches increasingly highlight that routinized household practices such as eating, cooking, and planning (see Section 3) play a key role in food waste generation (e.g.Stefan et al., 2013;Stancu et al., 2016;Visschers et al., 2016).”
From Food waste matters - A systematic review of household food waste practices and their policy implications (2018) · cites this paper as Stefan et al., 2013
The higher people's income, the higher eating at a restaurant.
“In that sense, Stefan et al. [50] and Thyberg. and Tonjes [19] argued that the higher people's income, the higher eating at a restaurant”
From The Impact of Religiosity and Food Consumption Culture on Food Waste Intention in Saudi Arabia (2021) · cites this paper as [50]
Section 3.1 (Background variables; page unavailable) reports a positive correlation between household income and reported food waste, not restaurant eating. Searches for restaurant eating and dining out found no passage in our copy linking either to income. (LLM, conf=0.74)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThose who regularly eat leftovers produce less food waste.
“Those who regularly eat leftovers produce less food waste (Stancu et al., 2016;Stefan et al., 2013).”
From Food waste matters - A systematic review of household food waste practices and their policy implications (2018) · cites this paper as Stefan et al., 2013
The Discussion and §4.2 link planning, shopping, and meal routines to lower food waste, but do not report whether people who regularly eat leftovers waste less food. Searches for “leftovers” and for eating or reusing leftover food found no passage addressing that specific practice. (LLM, conf=0.72)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe fundamental constructs within the conceptual framework are likely to be valid for many developed societies.
“All three studies focus on one specific country, Italy; however, the fundamental constructs within our conceptual framework are likely to be valid for many developed societies, as argued in previous research (e.g., Stancu et al., 2016;Stefan et al., 2013).”
From Domestic food practices: A study of food management behaviors and the role of food preparation planning in reducing waste (2018) · cites this paper as Stefan et al., 2013
Poor shopping planning and buying more than is needed are typical examples of food-related behavioral factors directly increasing food waste.
“Finally, poor shopping planning and buying more than is needed (Stefan, van Herper, Tudoran, & Lähteenmäki, 2013) are typical examples of food-related behavioral factors directly increasing food waste.”
From Domestic food practices: A study of food management behaviors and the role of food preparation planning in reducing waste (2018) · cites this paper as Stefan, van Herper, Tudoran, & Lähteenmäki, 2013
These findings validate the results obtained in previous research but also add two more behaviors associated with domestic food preparation and in-store food control during purchasing compared to previous studies.
“These findings validate the results obtained in previous research but also, compared to previous studies (Stancu et al., 2016;Stefan et al. 2013), add two more behaviors associated with domestic food preparation and in-store food control during purchasing.”
From Domestic food practices: A study of food management behaviors and the role of food preparation planning in reducing waste (2018) · cites this paper as Stefan et al. 2013
Planning and shopping routines explain most of the variance in food waste, with shopping routines having the larger influence.
“Based on Stefan et al. (2013), we conclude that planning and shopping routines explain most of the variance in food waste, with the latter having the larger influence.”
From Domestic food practices: A study of food management behaviors and the role of food preparation planning in reducing waste (2018) · cites this paper as Stefan et al. (2013)
Stefan et al. (2013) and Stancu et al. (2016) concur that an important role in reducing food waste was the improvement of meal planning skills.
“Moreover, Stefan et al. (2013) and Stancu et al. (2016) concur that an important role in reducing food waste was the improvement of meal planning skills.”
From Domestic food practices: A study of food management behaviors and the role of food preparation planning in reducing waste (2018) · cites this paper as Stefan et al. (2013)
Providing consumers with practical tools to improve their food planning and shopping routines could reduce waste.
“Stefan et al. (2013) found that providing consumers with practical tools to improve their food planning and shopping routines could reduce waste.”
From Drivers of food waste and their implications for sustainable policy development (2016) · cites this paper as Stefan et al. (2013)
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- Authors
- Stefan, V., van Herpen, E., Tudoran, A. A., & Lähteenmäki, L.
- Affiliations
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Venue
- Food Quality and Preference
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-04
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 375-381
- ISSN
- 0950-3293 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2122630365
- Cited by
- 750
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2026: 56 · 2025: 66 · 2024: 69 · 2023: 88 · 2022: 96 · 2021: 97 · 2020: 77 · 2019: 71 · 2018: 49 · 2017: 33 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 12.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.wur.nl
- Locations
- Food Quality and Preference (publishedVersion)
- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (submittedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Keywords
- household food waste, food waste prevention, consumer behavior, meal planning, moral attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, food choice, Romanian consumers
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