Spaghetti soup: The complex world of food waste behaviours

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“However, other studies claimed that subjective norms have less effect or no effect on food waste behavior at the household level, especially if that norms are compared to more visible behavior [56-58].”

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“On the other hand, Quested et al. [56] suggested that subjective norms have a higher effect in the restaurant context than in the household.”

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“In this context, studies have shown that poor kitchen skills or time devoted to making shopping items by individuals or restaurant attitudes toward portion size are among factors that predict food waste intention [51-60].”

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“The generation of food waste is a result of multiple behaviors that relate to different aspects of food purchasing, preparation, consumption and post-meal behaviors [32].”

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“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).”

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“Some studies, however, show that people over 65 actually are less engaged with global environmental issues (e.g.Quested et al., 2013).”

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“Several studies also suggest that guilt in particular may act as an important motivation underlying the reduction of food waste (Neff et al., 2015;Qi and Roe, 2016;Quested et al., 2013)”

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“Another strategy to prevent food going to waste is the freezing of food, thereby extending the shelf-life of food and leftovers (Martindale, 2014;Quested et al., 2013;Secondi et al., 2015).”

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“Some studies, however, suggest that a combination of different sociodemographic factors may indicate the amount of food wasted in households (Quested et al., 2013).”

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“However, generally, people over 65 years of age tend to waste less food (Quested et al., 2013), which is commonly explained by different attitudes towards food and frugality as well as a greater knowledge of the impacts of food waste compared to younger individuals (Qi and Roe, 2016).”

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“The nature of packaging, its size and its labelling affect the lifespan of food (Priefer et al., 2016;Quested et al., 2013;Wikstr€ om et al., 2014).”

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“according to Quested et al. (2013), guilt plays an important role in reducing food waste.”

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“This requirement applies to the present study because household food waste is deeply entangled in everyday consumer practices and routines (Evans, 2014;Hebrok and Boks, 2017;Quested et al., 2013;Schanes et al., 2018).”

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“We propose that shifting from an 'inside-out' to an 'outside-in' approach is significant because it focuses on the actual use process and thereby considers the context and consumer practices underpinning food waste (Evans, 2014;Hebrok and Boks, 2017;Quested et al., 2013;Schanes et al., 2018).”

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“The variability of food wasting habits across our sample also suggests that there are varying levels of food skills in these households that may be associated with food waste generation [e.g., meal planning, shopping, preparing and storing food: (14, 47–51)].”

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“Consumers tend to see food waste as an economic or social issue, more than an environmental issue (14, 47, 62–64).”

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“Consumers, in fact, perceive food waste as a food-related behavior more than as an environmental or a social behavior (Graham-Rowe, Jessop, & Sparks, 2014;Quested et al., 2013;Quested, Parry, Easteal, & Swannell, 2011;Thyberg & Tonjes, 2016;Tucker & Farrelly, 2015;Watson & Meah, 2012).”

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“Our findings are in line with the observations made by Quested et al. (2013) that wasting food does not reflect one singular behavior but rather is an outcome of the way the household deals with food during planning, shopping, preparing, and consuming activities.”

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“In the U.K., people over age 65 wasted considerably less food than the rest of the population (approximately 25 percent less when household size was controlled for).”

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“Food wastage is not the result of a single behavior, but combinations of multiple behaviors (Quested et al. 2013).”

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“These older participants felt that wasting food was wrong, which may be based on the fact that many people of this age group experienced austerity and food rationing during World War II, establishing attitudes against wastefulness (Quested et al. 2013).”

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“Consumer behavioral choices cause food wastage at the household level through the interaction of aspects of food's journey into and through the home: planning, shopping, storage, preparation and consumption (Quested et al. 2013).”

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“the concept of saving money has been found to be a powerful motivator to food waste prevention (Graham-Rowe et al. 2014, Quested et al. 2013, WasteMinz 2014).”

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“Furthermore, by using multiple policy approaches, different parts of the population will be targeted, thus providing greater opportunities to engage more people (Quested et al. 2013).”