Factors affecting consumer purchases of natural foods: Prioritizing health consciousness and environmental sustainability

Subhajit Pahari, Debarun Chakraborty, Aruna Polisetty, Ganesh Dash, Mark Anthony Camilleri and Justin Zhang

Business Strategy and the Environment, 2024, vol. 33, issue 8, 8247-8266

Abstract: To date, there are still limited studies that have devoted their attention to the customers' demand for natural food products. Notwithstanding, to the best of the authors' knowledge, there are no articles that integrate the theory of consumption values with the stimuli‐organism‐behavior‐consequence framework, to explore the intricate connections between consumption values, purchase intentions, and actual buying behaviors of natural food products. Primary data were gathered from 793 survey respondents, and a covariance‐based structural equations modeling approach was used to evaluate the robustness of the proposed model. The findings indicate that the various benefits of natural food products have a significant impact on how consumers perceive and approach these products. The results also suggest that consumer behaviors are greatly influenced by their environmental concerns and health considerations. Furthermore, they underline the significance of the consumers' incomes and education levels on the causal paths between attitudes, intentions to purchase, and actual purchase behaviors. This contribution advances a novel theoretical model that is empirically tested, as well as reasonable implications for industry practitioners.

Date: 2024
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