Grocery Shopping Behaviour in the Era Of COVID-19: Panel Data Analysis from Convenience Store Sector in England, Scotland and Wales

• Autorzy: Maria Rybaczewska , Aneta Maria Kłopocka , Tomasz Kuszewski , Łukasz Sułkowski
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

To the best of our knowledge this is the first attempt to address the consistencies and inconsistencies between the grocery shopping behaviour shifts in the era of Covid-19 across three devolved nations of the mainland UK. We address the strictness of 'lockdown style' closure and containment policies that primarily restrict people's behaviour (stringency index). We use a unique dataset of transactional data (778,305 observations) drawn from 1,282 convenience stores located in England, Scotland and Wales. Panel data analysis covers the pre-pandemic (Jan 2018 - Feb 2020) and pandemic period (March 2020 - Dec 2020). This research reveals that, despite the consistent decrease of single item transactions and increase of average spend per transaction across England, Scotland and Wales, the dynamics of these shifts in time varies meaningfully. All these shifts highly correlate with the stringency index. Analysis of additional explanatory variables i.e. store size, location, affiliation shows further dimensions. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Foodstuffs trade; Pandemic; COVID-19; Consumer behaviour

PL

Handel artykułami spożywczymi; Pandemia; COVID-19; Zachowania konsumenta

• Czasopismo: Economics & Sociology
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: 16
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 210--228

Twórcy

autor

Maria Rybaczewska

• Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland University of Stirling, Stirling, the United Kingdom

autor

Aneta Maria Kłopocka

• University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw, Poland

autor

Tomasz Kuszewski

• University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw, Poland

autor

Łukasz Sułkowski

• WSB University, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.14254/2071-789X.2023/16-2/13