Zachowania konsumenckie na rynku pieczywa i ich wybrane uwarunkowania
Consumer Behaviours in the Market for Bread and Their Selected Determinants

Summary/Abstract: An aim of the research survey was to diagnose consumer behaviours in the market for bread and determinants thereof. The survey was carried out in 2012 in the group of 254 people with higher education. There were assessed, inter alia, the frequency and type of bread being bought as well as the factors deciding the issue of bread purchase. The majority of respondents were buying bread several times a week. Daily purchases of bread were declared by significantly more men, individuals aged 46-55, and those positively assessing their income. The elder were the individuals, there more often they displayed purchasing preferences concerning one type of bread. More popular were purchases of wheat bread than rye, also white than dark, and sex and age statistically significantly differentiated purchasing behaviours. Women preferred purchases of dark bread, while elder people – mixed bread. Bread purchase was most strongly determined by assessment of flavour, fibre content and price. The research participants displayed in the market for bread great diversity of opinions and behaviours, what indicate the need to take into account those differences in the product offer as well as in the way of advising of products. The article is of the research nature.

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