Higher Incomes and Greater Time Constraints Lead to Purchasing More Convenience Foods

Ilya Rahkovsky and Young Jo

Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2018, vol. June 2018, issue 05

Abstract: Greater time constraints due to employment and childcare lead to higher spending on convenience foods—both restaurants foods and ready-to-eat foods from grocery stores.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.302635

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