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Does the COVID-19 pandemic change food consumption and shopping patterns? Evidence from Indonesian urban households

Hery Toiba (Department of Socio-Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia)
Anthon Efani (Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia)
Moh Shadiqur Rahman (Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Neipu, Taiwan) (Department of Socio-Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia)
Tri Wahyu Nugroho (Department of Socio-Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia)
Dwi Retnoningsih (Department of Socio-Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia)

International Journal of Social Economics

ISSN: 0306-8293

Article publication date: 15 July 2022

Issue publication date: 27 September 2022

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Abstract

Purpose

This study investigate changes in food consumption and shopping patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors collected cross-sectional data from 507 households in three Indonesian cities, i.e. Surabaya, Surakarta and Bogor, via an online survey and analysed the data using non-parametric tests: the U-Mann Whitney test, the Kruskal–Wallis test and the ordered probit model.

Findings

The results indicate that, during the pandemic, people 1) avoided eating out in a restaurant or cafeteria to reduce transmission risk and cooked at home instead; 2) stocked food products to minimise store visits; 3) chose a healthier diet including fruits and vegetables; and 4) wasted less food. These new trends could be linked to the socio-demographics, i.e. age, education, marital status and income level.

Originality/value

This research was conducted during the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia between July and August 2021, so the findings could inform food-related long-term policymaking and responses to a crisis.

Peer review

The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-11-2021-0666.

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Citation

Toiba, H., Efani, A., Rahman, M.S., Nugroho, T.W. and Retnoningsih, D. (2022), "Does the COVID-19 pandemic change food consumption and shopping patterns? Evidence from Indonesian urban households", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 49 No. 12, pp. 1803-1818. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-11-2021-0666

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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