Consumer Behavior - World Food Policy Center

Animating Questions

How do low-income consumers make decisions about food purchases?
How do consumer balance decisions to waste food and a desire to improve the environment?
How do consumers react to online grocery shopping platforms?
What are the practical and ethical implications of online grocery shopping as part of SNAP benefit use?

Projects

From Scarcity to Prosperity: Nutrition & Food Spending Goals and Constraints for Americans with Low Incomes

Investigating the evolution and influences of spending patterns among low-income mothers receiving an unconditional cash transfer

Online Grocery Shopping as a Mediating Intervention in the Administration of SNAP Benefits: A Pilot Study

Understanding Micro-pantries as an Emergency Food Source During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Peer Reviewed Research Papers

Is it more convenient to waste? Trade-offs between grocery shopping and waste behaviors

Ellison, B., Fan, L., & Wilson, N. L. W. (2022). Is it more convenient to waste? trade-offs between grocery shopping and waste behaviors. Agricultural Economics, 00, 1– 15. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12720

What food waste solutions do people support?

Linlin Fan, Brenna Ellison, Norbert L.W. Wilson; What Food Waste Solutions do People Support?; Journal of Cleaner Production 3030 (2022) 129907. https//doi.org/10.1016/j.clepro.2021.129907