Fish, Seafood, and Fish Products Purchasing Habits in the Spanish Population during COVID-19 Lockdown

Rocío de la Iglesia, Ángela García-González (), María Achón, Gregorio Varela-Moreiras and Elena Alonso Aperte
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Rocío de la Iglesia: Research Group “Alimentación y Nutrición en la Promoción de la Salud (Food and Nutrition in Health Promotion (CEU-NutriFOOD))”, Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la Salud, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, 28660 Boadilla del Monte, Spain
Ángela García-González: Research Group “Alimentación y Nutrición en la Promoción de la Salud (Food and Nutrition in Health Promotion (CEU-NutriFOOD))”, Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la Salud, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, 28660 Boadilla del Monte, Spain
María Achón: Research Group “Alimentación y Nutrición en la Promoción de la Salud (Food and Nutrition in Health Promotion (CEU-NutriFOOD))”, Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la Salud, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, 28660 Boadilla del Monte, Spain
Gregorio Varela-Moreiras: Research Group “Nutrición para la Vida (Nutrition for Life)”, Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la Salud, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, 28660 Boadilla del Monte, Spain
Elena Alonso Aperte: Research Group “Alimentación y Nutrición en la Promoción de la Salud (Food and Nutrition in Health Promotion (CEU-NutriFOOD))”, Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la Salud, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, 28660 Boadilla del Monte, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 18, 1-11

Abstract: The Mediterranean diet is a healthy dietary pattern in which fish consumption is an important key element. In Spain, fish intake is the second highest in Europe. Dietary guidelines recommend an intake of 1–3 portions a week of fish. However, Spanish fish sales have been decreasing since 2008. The unexpected pandemic spread of the SARS-CoV-2 in 2020 led the Spanish Government to take restrictive measures that had an impact on people’s behavior, including food purchases and consumption. The aim of the study was to analyze purchase data of fish, seafood, and fish products during the lockdown in Spain, using data from loyalty card holders (>5,000,000 participants) from a hypermarket chain in Spain. The results show a 45% increase in the purchase of all types of fish, seafood, and fish products, with the highest increment observed in the retiree (+65 years) as compared to the younger populations. Moreover, the retiree, in spite of the digital divide, were also the ones that most increased online shopping. These data should be considered since events like COVID-19 confinement can have a permanent impact on people’s dietary habits, a possibility that should be monitored in the future.

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; fishery; shellfish; e-commerce; elderly (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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