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dc.contributor.advisorVan der Merwe, M.
dc.contributor.advisorBosman, M.J.C.
dc.contributor.advisorErasmus, A.C.
dc.contributor.advisorStrydom, H.
dc.contributor.authorWyma, Louiseen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-05T10:50:52Z
dc.date.available2011-10-05T10:50:52Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/4926
dc.descriptionThesis (M. Consumer Science)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: The importance of brands and the competition between private and national brands in different food categories increased in recent years. According to literature, except for packaging and price, there is virtually no difference between the contents of food products in the majority of private and national brands. Private brands are usually cheaper than national brands. Previous research indicated consumers’ preferences for private and national brand food products to differ between various products and in different regions. Objective: The aim of this study was thus to determine the relationship between consumers’ brand preferences for different food products, in relation to their demographics and psychographics in a South African context. Setting: A mall intercept, interviewer administered questionnaire was used as a quantitative method in this study in Potchefstroom in a South African context. Consumers’ preferences for private and national brand food products in different product categories were explored, using preference, psychographics and demographical questions simultaneously. Results: Respondents in this study preferred to purchase national brands in all products categories except for cooking oil. Considering eight psychographic factors that were extracted by exploratory factor analysis, two factors could be associated with positive reactions, while neutral reactions were evident for six factors. Respondents being indecisive on the majority of factors could be due to the fact that national brands were preferred for most products by respondents in the present study. Conclusions: Although brand preference depended on demographics and psychographics in previous research, the present study did not find significant relationships with psychographics when different products were used. Although a combination of demographic factors (mainly gender, education level, home language and employment status) could be useful in determining brand preference when used with specific products, home language and education level seem to be the most important factors. Therefore, brand preference depended on specific demographics for each product, while psychographic factors did not play a significant role. This implied that brand preference research should be product and region specific using specific demographic variables.en_US
dc.publisherNorth-West University
dc.subjectConsumers' food preferencesen_US
dc.subjectFood labellingen_US
dc.subjectNational branden_US
dc.subjectPrivate branden_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectVerbruikers voedselvoorkeureen_US
dc.subjectVoedseletiketeringen_US
dc.subjectNasionale handelsmerkeen_US
dc.subjectPrivate handelsmerkeen_US
dc.subjectSuid-Afrikaen_US
dc.titleConsumers' preferences for private and national brand food productsen
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.thesistypeMastersen_US


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