Online community group food purchasing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Food security, problems, and sustainability
The outbreak of the COVID-10 variant Omicron epidemic in Shanghai in 2022 had a huge impact on residents' food security. This study examines the roles, challenges, and sustainability of online community group food purchasing by analyzing survey data collected from 1168 households in Shanghai be...
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| description | The outbreak of the COVID-10 variant Omicron epidemic in Shanghai in 2022 had a huge impact on residents' food security. This study examines the roles, challenges, and sustainability of online community group food purchasing by analyzing survey data collected from 1168 households in Shanghai between March and May 2022, in the aftermath of COVID-19. This study demonstrates that online community group food purchasing played a crucial role in ensuring residents' food access and food security during the pandemic. However, this study also reveals that residents expressed concerns about the risk of epidemic transmission, food safety, increased prices, and difficulty in safeguarding rights. Only 21.5 % of residents are willing to continue using online community group purchasing. Based on the above conclusions, this study offers some suggestions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d07e98e9cc734e67b0752761025fcc2f2024-04-20T04:17:38ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402024-04-01108e29581Online community group food purchasing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Food security, problems, and sustainabilityWeijun Liu0Haiyun Du1Chen Sun2College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Ocean University, 999 Huchenghuan Road, Shanghai 201306, China; Shanghai Social Survey Center / Shanghai Ocean University Branch, 999 Huchenghuan Road, Shanghai 201306, China; Corresponding author. College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Ocean University, 999 Huchenghuan Road, Shanghai 201306, China.College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Ocean University, 999 Huchenghuan Road, Shanghai 201306, China; Shanghai Social Survey Center / Shanghai Ocean University Branch, 999 Huchenghuan Road, Shanghai 201306, ChinaCollege of Economics and Management, Shanghai Ocean University, 999 Huchenghuan Road, Shanghai 201306, China; Shanghai Social Survey Center / Shanghai Ocean University Branch, 999 Huchenghuan Road, Shanghai 201306, China; Corresponding author. College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Ocean University, 999 Huchenghuan Road, Shanghai 201306, China.The outbreak of the COVID-10 variant Omicron epidemic in Shanghai in 2022 had a huge impact on residents' food security. This study examines the roles, challenges, and sustainability of online community group food purchasing by analyzing survey data collected from 1168 households in Shanghai between March and May 2022, in the aftermath of COVID-19. This study demonstrates that online community group food purchasing played a crucial role in ensuring residents' food access and food security during the pandemic. However, this study also reveals that residents expressed concerns about the risk of epidemic transmission, food safety, increased prices, and difficulty in safeguarding rights. Only 21.5 % of residents are willing to continue using online community group purchasing. Based on the above conclusions, this study offers some suggestions.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024056123OmicronOnline community group purchaseFood securityFood safetyPrice increasesWeight shortfall |
| spellingShingle | Weijun Liu Haiyun Du Chen Sun Online community group food purchasing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Food security, problems, and sustainability Heliyon Omicron Online community group purchase Food security Food safety Price increases Weight shortfall |
| title | Online community group food purchasing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Food security, problems, and sustainability |
| title_full | Online community group food purchasing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Food security, problems, and sustainability |
| title_fullStr | Online community group food purchasing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Food security, problems, and sustainability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Online community group food purchasing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Food security, problems, and sustainability |
| title_short | Online community group food purchasing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Food security, problems, and sustainability |
| title_sort | online community group food purchasing during the covid 19 pandemic food security problems and sustainability |
| topic | Omicron Online community group purchase Food security Food safety Price increases Weight shortfall |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024056123 |
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