Examining Food Purchase Behavior and Food Values During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Brenna Ellison; Brandon McFadden; Bradley J. Rickard; Norbert L.W. Wilson

doi:10.1002/aepp.13118

Examining Food Purchase Behavior and Food Values During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Brenna Ellison, Brandon McFadden, Bradley J. Rickard, Norbert L.W. Wilson

Agricultural and Consumer Economics

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The COVID-19 pandemic has altered conceptions of “normal” globally, including food purchasing and acquisition decisions. In this paper, we surveyed a panel of 1,370 U.S. households four times during the COVID-19 pandemic from mid-March to late April 2020. With this unique panel, we observe changes in food expenditures, shopping behaviors, and food values as the pandemic evolved. Our results reveal reductions in food-away-from-home expenditures and increases in online grocery shopping. Food values appear to be fairly stable in the early stages of the pandemic; however, decreases in the importance of price and nutrition reveal tradeoffs households make during the pandemic.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	58-72
Number of pages	15
Journal	Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
Volume	43
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13118
State	Published - Mar 2021

Keywords

C23
COVID-19
Consumer behavior
D12
Q18
food expenditures
food values
survey

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Economics and Econometrics

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