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Alain d'Astous1, JoAnne Labrecque1
1HEC Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 2A7, Canada.
Abstract:
The research presented in this article examines the relationship between consumer perceptions that a food package is responsible (sustainable) and consumers' intention to purchase the product that it contains. On the basis of the relevant literature, a conceptual model is proposed where this relationship is hypothesized to be mediated by two variables: the product's perceived naturalness and healthiness. A first study was conducted with the objective of developing a scale with good psychometric properties to measure the perceived naturalness of a food product. The objective of the second study was to test the validity of the two-mediator conceptual model. The results show that the extent to which a food product package is seen as responsible (i.e., recyclable, reusable, compostable) has a positive and statistically significant impact on consumers' intention to buy it, and that it is through the sequential mediation of the product's perceived naturalness and healthiness that this relationship unfolds.
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