Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2021, 69(3), 345-356 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun.2021.032

The Impact of Brand on Consumer Preferences of Milk in Online Purchases: Conjoint Analysis Approach

©árka Velčovská1, Fridrik Rafn Larsen2
1 Department of Marketing and Business, Faculty of Economics, V©B-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 708 00 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
2 Faculty of Business Administration, School of Social Sciences, University of Iceland, Sæmundargata 2, 102 Reykjavík, Iceland

The aim of the paper is to determine preferences of Czech consumers in online shopping of long-life semi-skimmed milk and to identify the importance of milk attributes in their online buying process, with focus on brand. Specifically, the study is focusing on: 1) identification of the importance of a brand in comparison with packaging, price and quality label in online purchases, 2) finding milk with maximum utility for consumers, and 3) revealing the most preferred brand of milk when other attributes stay the same. Data were collected in September 2018 through an online survey, using full-profile conjoint analysis. A total of 185 respondents 18+ living in the Czech Republic, selected by quota sampling method concerning the role of men and women in household food purchases, completed a questionnaire. Research results reveal that brand is the most important extrinsic quality cue affecting milk choice in online purchases, with relative importance 50.3%. The importance of other surveyed attributes is balanced, with 18.6% for packaging, 17.6% for price and 13.5% for quality label. Comparison of consumer preferences for three different brands of milk with otherwise the same attributes revealed the highest preference for brand coming from the region. A familiar brand plays a key role in maintaining a competitive position in the online grocery market.

Keywords: brand, conjoint analysis, consumer behaviour, consumer preferences, milk market, online grocery shopping, product profile, quality cues, survey

Received: March 13, 2021; Revised: April 23, 2021; Accepted: April 26, 2021; Published: July 1, 2021  Show citation

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Velčovská, ©., & Larsen, F.R. (2021). The Impact of Brand on Consumer Preferences of Milk in Online Purchases: Conjoint Analysis Approach. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 69(3), 345-356. doi: 10.11118/actaun.2021.032
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