Projects per year
Abstract
Governments and public health officials are urging the public to eat more fruits and vegetables to contribute to a healthy diet. However, there is concern that a lack of effective competition amongst supermarket retailers has resulted in inflated prices for these products which are deterring consumers from eating more of these healthy foods. We investigate this by examining the nature and extent of price competition for fresh fruits and vegetables amongst UK supermarket retailers, drawing on a panel of weekly retail and corresponding wholesale market prices over a seven-year period. We find that the extent of supermarket competition varies across the products, being quite intense on some but much weaker on others, where the retailers do not fully respond to each other's prices and where the extent of their competitive interaction varies significantly with each other.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 881-900 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Journal of Agricultural Economics |
Volume | 68 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 25 Aug 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Sep 2017 |
Keywords
- Fruit and vegetables
- healthy eating
- price competition
- supermarkets
Profiles
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Paul Dobson
- Norwich Business School - Professor
- Centre for Competition Policy - Member
- Responsible Business Regulation Group - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Research Centre Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
Projects
- 1 Finished
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The Impact of Retail Pricing on Overeating and Food Waste (Transfer from Loughborough)
Dobson, P., Gerstner, E. & Seaton, J.
Economic and Social Research Council
1/08/10 → 30/09/11
Project: Research