Food waste: The role of date labels, package size, and product category
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- 作者：Norbert L.W. Wilsona ; Bradley J. Rickardb ; bjr83@cornell.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Rachel Saputob ; Shuay-Tsyr Hob
- 关键词：Consumer preferences ; Date labels ; Experimental economics ; Food quality ; Food safety ; Public policy analysis
- 刊名：Food Quality and Preference
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：55
- 期：Complete
- 页码：35-44
- 全文大小：635 K
文摘
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We developed a laboratory experiment to quantify patterns of food waste.
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Among the labels studied, “Use by” generates the greatest value of predicted waste.
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Subjects indicate differential value of waste depending on product and date label.
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Value of predicted food waste increases with package size regardless of date label.