Factors affecting food choice
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Which factors can affect food choice?
Think about this question and share your ideas with the class.
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Quantity
How could the quantity of food affect choice?
Consider which consumers this might impact.
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Likes and dislikes?
How could likes and dislikes affect food choice?
Consider which consumers this might impact.
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Culture and religion
How could culture and religion affect food choice?
Consider Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and other cultures and religions.
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Cooking equipment and practical skills
How could cooking equipment and practical skills
affect food choice?
Consider which consumers this might impact.
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Healthy eating
How could healthy eating affect choice with the meat featured below?
Consider which consumers this might impact.
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Cost
How could cost affect food choice?
Consider which consumers this might impact.
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Factors Influencing Consumer
Product Choice
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Conduct a survey in your school and create your own
graph below based on what affects food choice.
Factor 1
Factor 2
Factor 3
Factor 4
Factor 5
Factor 6
Factor 7
Factor 8
Factor 9
Factor 10
Percentage of consumers affected (%)
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Different types of retailers offer different benefits to
consumers
Match the description with the retail outlet
Butcher or farm shop
Consumers must use selfselection and are able to browse
and select products in their own
time.
All meat products are labelled
with weight, price, date marks Added value, family
and storage and preparation packs and offers are
instructions.
often available.
Supermarket
Products are sold lose without
labelling such as use-by dates or
cooking instructions.
Consumers are able to
purchase a wide range of other
goods in the same store.
Specialist advice on different
Customers are served
individually and service may meat cuts and recipes ideas
are provided for the consumer.
be slower as a result.
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Small quantities of meat
(single portions) are
available for purchase.
Different types of retailers offer different benefits to
consumers
Butcher or farm shop
Supermarket
Small quantities of meat (single
portions) are available for
purchase.
Consumers must use selfselection and are able to browse
and select products in their own
time.
Specialist advice on different
meat cuts and recipes ideas are
provided for the consumer.
Added value, family packs and
offers are often available.
Customers are served
individually and service may be
slower as a result.
Products are sold lose without
labelling such as use-by dates or
cooking instructions.
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Consumers are able to purchase
a wide range of other goods in
the same store.
All meat products are labelled
with weight, price, date marks.
storage and preparation
instructions.