Index

Food Retailing and Sustainable Development

ISBN: 978-1-78714-554-2, eISBN: 978-1-78714-553-5

Publication date: 25 October 2018

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(2018), "Index", Lavorata, L. and Sparks, L. (Ed.) Food Retailing and Sustainable Development, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 187-193. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78714-553-520181012

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INDEX

Aldi
, 11, 102

value-added orientation
, 173–174

Amazon Key system
, 173

Anti-consumer movements
, 119

Apparel and footwear retailing in Spain, sustainability practices of
, 24–31

Asda
, 104

Association pour le Maintien d’une Agriculture Paysanne (AMAP)
, 13

Auchan
, 11, 13, 174

sustainable development indicators
, 15

Biedronka (Jeronimo Martins) chain in Poland
, 83

responsibility, trust, and security values
, 83

sustainable development
, 83

BOGOF (Buy one and get one free later)
, 120

Brand, defined
, 131

Brand equity
, 132

Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI)
, 61

Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
, 27

Carrefour
, 10–11, 82, 85–86, 165, 174

Internet corporate communications
, 85–86

social responsibility
, 85–86

sustainable development indicators
, 15

Casino
, 11, 13

sustainable development indicators
, 15

CASPOPDONA (Cadena agroalimentaria sostenible de Mercadona)
, 32

COP21 Climate Change Conference
, 127

Cora
, 11

Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
, 14, 132

of DÍA Group
, 37

of German food retailing
, 46–47, 49, 53–64

labor-related
, 136

of Lidl
, 83–84

of MANGO
, 31

Tesco
, 89

Cortefiel

charity projects
, 29

Code of Conduct for Manufacturers and Suppliers
, 29

Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard
, 28

economic sustainability
, 28

environmental sustainability
, 28

GHG emission calculation process
, 28

healthcare service
, 29

internal Code of Conduct
, 28

social pillar of sustainability
, 28

store chains
, 28

work-life balance of employees
, 28–29

Costco
, 175

CSR activities of German food retailers. See German food retailing

Dark stores
, 102

Deposit return schemes (DRS)
, 112–113

DÍA Group
, 31

Anti-Fraud Program and Crime Prevention Plan
, 37

Code of Conduct
, 37

CSR Policy
, 37

economic sustainability
, 35–36

energy-efficiency policy
, 36

environmental sustainability
, 36

labor practices
, 37

procurement practices
, 36

quality control practices
, 37

social sustainability
, 37

supermarket formats
, 35

Sustainable Development Master Plan
, 37–38

Dig-In Bruntsfield
, 68, 77

Edeka
, 57, 60–63

Eroski

assortment and services
, 40

business model
, 38

communication with customers
, 40

economic sustainability
, 38

environmental sustainability
, 38–39

ethical code for ethical and transparent management
, 39

labor practices
, 39

product responsibility
, 39

social sustainability
, 39–40

EuCoCo
, 54

European Retail Forum for Sustainability (REAP)
, 33

FareShare
, 76

Food categorization by consumers
, 123

FoodCloud
, 76

Food retailing groups. See also UK food retailing

Forbes ranking
, 10

turnover of
, 10–11

Food waste, SRT representation of
, 122–128

attributes associated
, 124

categories
, 124

consumers’ representations of food waste
, 122–123

education about food waste
, 125

representations ascribed to foods
, 125

result methodology
, 123

types
, 126

French food retailing groups

branding strategies
, 18–20

development of organic products
, 18

direct sales
, 13

governance and organization of
, 16–18

groups of independent stores
, 11

hard discounters
, 11

integrated groups
, 11

market shares of
, 12

mass-market retailers, market share of
, 12

organic retailers, market share of
, 12

private label strategies
, 18

strategies for sustainable development
, 18–20

sustainable development indicators
, 15

French healthy nutrition plan (PNNS–Plan National Nutrition Santé)
, 18

French New Economic Regulations law
, 14

German consumers, characteristics of
, 47

German food retailing

Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI)
, 61

characteristics
, 46–47

community support activities
, 61–62

compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of
, 47

and consumers’ sustainability orientation
, 49–53

CSR strategies and activities
, 46–47, 49, 53–64

diversity issues
, 63–64

employee support and orientation
, 62–63

environment sustainability
, 57–58

establishment of good and safe products
, 56–57

fair trade concept
, 59–60

market share
, 47–48

non-domestic operations
, 58–61

relationship between retailer and consumers
, 49

sustainability issues
, 54

sustainable working conditions and rejection of child labor
, 60

waste reduction and recycling
, 58

working conditions
, 62–63

Global reporting initiative (GRI) G4 guidelines
, 14, 25, 27, 133

Grocery retailing in Spain, sustainability practices in
, 31–40

Hedonic value
, 177, 179

HiSbe (how it should be)
, 76

IHIP characteristics of services
, 177–178

Inditex

business model
, 24

Closing the Loop project
, 26

Code of Conduct for Manufacturers and Suppliers
, 27

Detox initiative
, 26

in Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI)
, 27

economic sustainability
, 25

environmental sustainability
, 25–26

Human Rights principles
, 27

implementation of successive Sustainable Plans
, 25–26

packaging optimization program
, 26

ranking in terms of environmental standard
, 25

Social Council, role of
, 25

social sustainability
, 27

sustainability policy
, 24–25

Zara “Join life” label
, 26

Individualism-collectivism, of French and Spanish consumers
, 135–139, 144

In-store utilitarian value
, 178

Intermarché
, 11

Internet communications, sustainable development in
, 82–91

future studies
, 94–95

Internet ordering
, 102

Kroger
, 175

Leclerc
, 11

Lidl
, 11, 62–63, 102

approach to climate change
, 85

campaign for sustainable development
, 83–84

communication policy
, 85

CSR initiatives
, 83–84

Life-cycle assessment method (LCA)
, 162

MANGO

business model
, 29–30

commitment to CSR
, 31

economic sustainability
, 29

energy efficiency policies
, 30

environmental sustainability
, 29

GHG emission calculation process
, 29–30

logistics operations
, 30

Packaging Waste Prevention Business Plan (PEP)
, 30

Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC)
, 30

quality control
, 31

social sustainability
, 31

work-life balance of employees
, 31

Marketing dichotomies
, 172

Marks and Spencer’s Plan A
, 68, 70–73

Mercadona

agri-food value chain
, 32

Collective Agreement and Equality Plan 2014–2018
, 34

contribution toward boosting local economies
, 32–33

economic sustainability
, 32

energy efficiency policy
, 33

environmental sustainability
, 33

food safety policy
, 35

labor practices
, 34

logistics optimization mechanisms
, 33

private-label toiletry products
, 35

procurement practices
, 32

quality control practices
, 35

Risk Prevention Plan and Health at Work Programme
, 34

social action plan
, 34

social sustainability
, 34

supplier–manufacturer relationship
, 32

Supply Chain Initiative
, 32

vision of
, 31–32

waste reduction policy
, 33

Monoprix
, 10

Morrisons
, 104

Multi-channel, multi-media enterprise
, 174–175

National Pact
, 120

Nespresso
, 177

Normative marketing
, 172

value as normative imperative
, 173

Nudge Challenge initiative
, 127

Peapod.com
, 174

Piotr i Paweł
, 82, 90–91

code of ethics
, 90

educational and social projects
, 90

environmental protection
, 90

local and regional initiatives
, 90

sports and cultural events
, 90

Polish retail sector
, 81–82

discount chain stores
, 83–85

emphasis on responsible employers
, 91–94

polish supermarket chains
, 90–91

super- and hypermarket retail chains
, 85–90

supermarket chains
, 82

Polo Market
, 82, 91

Retailer’s commitment to sustainable development (RCSD)
, 132

analysis of variance (ANOVA) scores
, 144, 151–153

Bartlett sphericity test
, 138

communications credibility
, 135–137, 144–145

composite reliabilities and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients
, 142

confirmatory factor analysis
, 140–141

consumer’s perception about
, 134–135

ethical consumption and consumer perceptions on
, 134

Ethically Minded Consumer Behaviour (EMCB) measures
, 138, 142–144

French and Spanish consumers, comparison of
, 135–139, 142–144

LTO cultures
, 136–137

principal component analysis (PCA)
, 138

Retail service
, 177–178

Rewe Group
, 62

Safeway
, 104, 175

Sainsbury
, 104–105, 120

Service dominant logic (SDL)
, 172

Shopping

consumer perception about
, 174

hypermarket
, 176–177

technological innovation and
, 175–176

Short food circuits
, 13

distribution method of
, 13

Slow Food Movement
, 113

Socially responsible consumption (SRC)
, 157–159

Social representation theory (SRT)

definition
, 121

of food waste
, 121–128

use
, 121

Social value
, 179

Spanish retailers, sustainability practices of

apparel and footwear
, 24–31

grocery
, 31–40

Starbucks
, 179

Store brand equity
, 132–133

influence of RCSD
, 133

marketing communications
, 133–134

Sustainability retailing, learnings
, 72

Sustainable development, notion of
, 9–10

certifications attributed by organisations
, 164

challenges for distributors
, 163–164

challenges in supply chain control
, 162–163

changing nature of
, 108, 110

companies’ communication about
, 163

companies’ goals and strategies
, 156–157, 165–167

and consumer behaviour
, 107–108

French distributors and
, 16–20

French food retailing groups, reports of
, 13–16

limits and challenges
, 165–167

organisational structure, values and beliefs
, 160–162

presentation of store brands with
, 19

role of government and stakeholders’ interventions
, 164–165

staff involvement
, 161

strategies for consumer demand and supply policy
, 159–160, 166

Sustainable Inditex strategy
, 26

System U
, 11

Technological innovation

shopping and
, 175–176

value creation and
, 176–177

Tesco
, 73–76, 81, 120, 163, 165

Children’s Foundation
, 87

Community Food Connection Programme
, 76

CSR strategies
, 89

environmental activities
, 87

Internet corporate communications
, 86–90

‘Little Helps Plan,’
, 68, 75

partner relationships
, 87–88

in Poland
, 86–90

quality assessment system
, 87

services
, 86–87

strategic initiatives
, 105

targeting food waste hotspots
, 75

Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)
, 75

Trader Joe’s
, 173–174, 181

Triple Bottom Line approach
, 14, 24, 133

UK food retailing

advertising and promotional activities
, 110

deposit return schemes (DRS)
, 112–113

grand challenges
, 109–114

grocery market shares, 1997–2017
, 106

information campaigns about healthy eating
, 110–111

Internet ordering
, 102

issues of food waste and plastic bags
, 109–112

local food systems
, 113–114

oligopoly of Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury, Safeway and Morrisons
, 104–105

out-of-town self-service superstores
, 104

power and competition in
, 102–106

retail branding
, 103

sustainability development and
, 106–109

UK retail sector
, 67–68

Brexit and
, 69–70

examples
, 70–77

food waste distribution
, 70

Groceries Code Adjudicator (Supermarket Ombudsman), role of
, 69

notions of sustainable development and consumption
, 68–70, 77–79

technological transformation
, 68

Utilitarian value
, 175–176, 178–179

Value-oriented retailing
, 173–174

examples
, 173–174

hedonic
, 177, 179

measurement of
, 182–183

moral decisions and outcomes
, 182–183

as moral imperative
, 181–182

as normative imperative
, 173

social
, 179

technological innovation and creation
, 176–177

utilitarian
, 175–176, 178–179

value sustainability
, 181–182

Wal-Mart
, 10, 163, 175

Whole Foods
, 175

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
, 28

World Resources Institute (WRI)
, 28