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(University of Pretoria, 2018)It has been suggested in past research that Materialism, where considerable importance is placed on the value and consumption of material goods, as well as Voluntary Simplicity, that refers to a desire to live simply and ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2019)Consumption of fumonisin-contaminated foods has a negative influence on the health of humans (carcinogen; oesophageal cancer in Eastern Cape in South Africa). Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have emerged as a promising natural ...
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(Unisa Press, 2018)Experiential retail has increasingly drawn attention in recent years as an innovative format whereby retailers could regain a competitive advantage in the saturated and consumer-dominated retail environment. Experiential ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)This study investigated South African wine consumers’ knowledge of wine (objective- and subjective knowledge) and their consumer self-confidence (CSC) when selecting wine in different sales contexts (off-premise and ...
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(American Dairy Science Association, 2019-01)We used rpoB partial sequencing and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) to characterize 7 Bacillus cereus strains obtained at the following points: ESL milk during shelf life, pasteurized milk, raw milk, and filler nozzles ...
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(MedPharm Publications, 2018)Food allergy is defined as ‘sensitisation to a food with a convincing history of a reaction to the food in the preceding year, or a positive food challenge’. In the past, food allergy incidences in South Africa were ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)In a South African context, a range of consumer studies have been conducted over the past few years to understand the influence of food labels on South African consumers' purchasing behaviour, the specific factors influencing ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The local food environment of black urban adults residing in Mamelodi West is explored and described. The study focused on the extent of the contribution of the food access dimensions (availability, accessibility, ...
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Differences in consumers' decision-making styles across product categories with varying complexity (University of Pretoria, 2018)Researchers in consumer behaviour agree that consumers’ purchasing behaviour is influenced by a variety of factors, including – but not limited to – personal or individual characteristics such as personality, attitudes, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Preventing climate change and further environmental deterioration is high on the agenda in many African countries, including South Africa. The impact of human behaviour is resulting in excessive waste especially in the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The study investigated South African Millennials’ propensity to consume in a Voluntary Simplistic manner taking into consideration selected dimensions of Voluntary simplicity as defined in literature namely; material ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-07-30)ORIENTATION : Experiential settings are becoming more popular to differentiate conventional brick-and-mortar retailing which now faces fierce competition from multiple other retail platforms. RESEARCH PURPOSE : The study ...
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(Elsevier, 2018-11)In this study, the descriptive sensory attributes, oral processing characteristics of and subjective satiety responses for extrusion cooked cassava-soy porridge with wheat bran at 0, 100 and 200 g/kg addition levels were ...
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(Wiley, 2018-09)The necessity of pro‐environmental apparel behaviour is to date a neglected concept in the local South African apparel industry. This study focuses on male consumers’ underlying motivation and intent to acquire apparel in ...
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(Elsevier, 2018-09)Kafirin and zein could be used in making wheat-free leavened dough-based products if their functionality can be modified to more closely resemble gluten. Recently, stable viscoelastic masses were produced from isolated ...
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Food consumption, lifestyle patterns, and body mass index of a group of white South African students (Wiley, 2018-09)There is worldwide concern that higher education students are increasingly engaging in unhealthy eating and lifestyle practices. A total of 488 white students participated in a study aimed at investigating the current food ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)With this study the researcher investigated the sustainable luxury value perceptions, supply chain information needs, and purchasing intent of American and Chinese tourists for South African manufactured luxury exotic ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Globally, it is estimated that one-third of the food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted, which amounts to a concerning 1.3 billion tons per year (FAO, 2011). More concerning is the fact that much of the wastage ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Purpose – The purpose of this research study was two-fold; firstly, to investigate consumers’ overall perceptions of a specific South African premium private label food retailer’s (PPLFR) innovativeness within the selected ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)The study investigated Eastern and Western tourists’ luxury value perceptions regarding exotic leather products, the e-luxe value perceptions that drive their preference for specific attributes of an exotic leather product’s ...
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