Sustainable purchase intentions towards organic food during Covid-19 pandemic: an exploratory study on Indian consumers

Vijay Amrit Raj, Siddharth Shankar Rai and Sahil Singh Jasrotia

Social Responsibility Journal, 2023, vol. 20, issue 2, 243-260

Abstract: Purpose - This study aims to determine the factors influencing consumers’ organic food purchase intention during Covid-19 and how Covid-19 impacted these factors. Understanding these factors will assist marketers in making strategic decisions on how to market their products during a crisis. Design/methodology/approach - This study used a quantitative approach. Data were collected online from 278 organic food consumers based in India. The partial least squares-path modelling method was used for data analysis. Findings - The results revealed that Covid-19 has substantially impacted consumers' health consciousness, environmental concern, availability, price and intention to buy organic food. This study also revealed that health consciousness, environmental concerns and availability of organic food affect consumers’ purchase intention even during the Covid-19. However, it has been found that price consciousness does not influence consumers’ purchase intention during Covid-19. Practical implications - Marketers should come up with innovative promotional strategies. Providing information related to quality checks on packages, expanding online sales channels, boosting promotional activities and emphasising the long-term benefits of organic food items should be the go-to marketing strategy of organic food. Originality/value - The study adds value to the extant literature by examining consumers' purchase intention towards organic food using more customised and thorough constructs that appear to be more practical during the challenging times of Covid-19 and whose findings are not restricted by some pre-established theoretical assumptions.

Keywords: Covid-19; Organic Food; Environmental concern; Health consciousness; Purchase intention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1108/SRJ-01-2022-0022

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