The question asked in table 11 was designed to understand better the system of decision making on a household level. As we can see, the result is quite predictable and 32% members of households buy food arbitrarily, without any basic systematic principles of shared responsibilities, and, usually, without free information flowing. The next result is no less significant than the previous one, since 44 per cent of households have a practice whereby some members of the household commit voluntary acts of buying different products, besides the shopping list. As a result, the person who is responsible for cooking is usually faced with some products in addition to those on the shopping list, which increases the uncertainties in planning a process. Usually, these out of turn products become victims of misplacing and misplanning.
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Table 10. Question 11. Is the person who makes the decision about food, cooking and buying products the same person? |
% of |
Number of |
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Respondents |
Respondents |
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Yes. And even if someone else is buying, he/she has strict instructions about what to buy. |
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21.30% |
23 |
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Almost, yes. But if someone else is buying, besides the list, they also have their own ideas about what to buy. |
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44.44% |
48 |
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No, it is all interchangeable and difficult. |
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32.41% |
35 |
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I am the buyer, wife is a cooker. |
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0.93% |
1 |
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My self. |
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0.93% |
1 |
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Number of respondents |
108 |
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Table 10 Question about specifics in decision making. Own data.
Members of almost 77% of the households’ increased the level of uncertainty and finally the pressure on the decision maker, if he/she existed at all. In table 12, we can see the results of the question about if the household has someone with special dietary needs. Almost 27% of the respondents claimed that this was the case. It needs to be understood that this automatically puts those people outside the ordinary shopping list, and makes them an element of a different food preparation system. 37 per cent of people had their own preferences. From the results of table 9, we know that some members of the family can refuse to eat some food or skip a meal. This element can be overtaken through the menu confirmation before the food was prepared. This will be discussed further in the final findings discussion.
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Table 11. Question 12. Do you have in your family anyone with special dietary needs? |
% of |
Number of |
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Respondents |
Respondents |
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Yes |
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26.85% |
29 |
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No. But some of them have personal preferences. |
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37.04% |
40 |
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No |
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36.11% |
39 |
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Number of respondents |
108 |
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Table 11 Question about special dietary needs. Own data.
About 36% of the respondents stated that they do not have family members with special dietary needs, but the author wants to share one instructive experience during a household visit, when the member of the household claimed that they do not have any members with special dietary needs, even though the youngest son of the household, at approximately 12 years old, was without doubt obese.
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