Consumers Balance Time and Money in Purchasing Convenience Foods

Ilya Rahkovsky ; Young Jo ; Andrea Carlson

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: ready-to-eat foods;    convenience food;    food expenditures;    meal preparation;    fast food;    restaurant;    consumer demand;    SNAP;    food access;    FoodAPS;    National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey;    time constraints;    prices;   

RP-ID  :  ERR-251

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

ERS study examines how consumers' financial resources, time constraints, prices, and the food environment in which they live influence their purchases of restaurant meals and food from grocery stores.See related Amber Waves article: Higher Incomes and Greater Time Constraints Lead to Purchasing More Convenience Foods