Sharif, Shahbaz and Rehman, Shafique Ur and Ahmad, Zeshan and Albadry, Omaima Munawar and Zeeshan, Muhammad (2024) Consumer quality management for beverage food products: Analyzing consumer’ perceptions toward repurchase intention. TQM Journal, 36 (2). 431 – 459. ISSN 1754-2731, DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/TQM-01-2022-0012.
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Purpose: The research on consumerism has been dramatically rising in recent decades. However, in the food industry, little research has been empirically conducted in the beverage industry. This research empirically tests the consequences of consumer perceptions: perceived price (PPR), perceived quality (PQ), perceived packaging (PPG) and perceived taste (PT) on repurchase intention (RI) particularly; it unveils the consumer attributes, e.g. gender, age and ethnicity between consumer perceptions and RI of the consumers. Design/methodology/approach: The data were collected from 403 consumers of the beverage industry (e.g. Nestle, Mitchell's Fruit Farms, Murree Brewery and OMORE) in Pakistan. The researchers used online survey questionnaires followed by a cross-sectional approach because data collection physically was not possible due to COVID-19. Findings: Data were analyzed by Smart partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) 3.3.3, and the results supported the significant influence of consumer perceptions separately, e.g. PPR, PQ, PPG and PT on RI. Additionally, gender, age and ethnicity were found to have a moderating role between consumer perceptions and RI, so, the truth of having consumer attributes has been revealed. Practical implications: The managers of beverage industries should provide ethical and operational strategies to tackle consumer's problems based on cultural norms. Furthermore, they should make sensible measures for the quality branding of the beverage products. In this way, the consumers will have a better experience of quality, price, taste and packaging, in turn, to RI. Originality/value: This research targeted the beverage industry that needs facts and figures based on consumer attributes, e.g. age, gender and ethnicity. This research also disclosed the behaviors of consumers according to their gender, age and area of residence. © 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Consumer behavior; Quality management; Beverage industry; Consumer attribute; Consumer perception; Consumer quality; Design/methodology/approach; Food industries; Online surveys; Pakistan; Perceived quality; Repurchase intention; Beverages |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > Business |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business and Economics > Department of Management |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jun 2024 07:59 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2024 07:59 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/44839 |
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