British Food Journal: Volume 97 Issue 4

The renewed case for co‐operation in marketing British apples

Michael W. Starkey, Mary Carberry‐Long

The English apple industry still faces serious difficulties despitesome movement towards market orientation. Distribution of class 1 fruithas shifted since the late 1970s away…

What do elderly people eat?

P. Caughey, C.E.A. Seaman, D.A. Parry

Reports on a study to establish the range of foods eaten by a groupof 215 elderly people, living in sheltered housing in Scotland, based ona validated 24‐hour recall and using a…

The Single European Market and the new regulatory regime in the food sector: the impact on small and medium‐sized manufacturing firms

Andrew Cumbers, Roger Leigh, David Smallbone

Examines the impact of the Single European Market on small andmedium‐sized firms (SMEs) in the food sector. The effects of complyingwith new Single Market regulations have fallen…

Food safety: the final solution for the hotel and catering industry?

Alan Adams

The 1995 Food Hygiene Regulations can be seen either as a problemfor the hotel and catering industry or as an opportunity to put intoplace an acceptable hygiene model that is…

Involvement in a routine food shopping context

Brian Beharrell, Tim J. Denison

Presents empirical evidence in the context of grocery shopping tochallenge the assumption that routine shopping is considered invariablyto be a low‐involvement activity. Argues…

The potential of inulin as a functional ingredient

Richard K. Robinson

Suggests that though inulin is an oligosaccharide of dietaryinterest as a bifidogenic factor, little consideration appears to havebeen given to its behaviour in foods. Establishes…