The importance of packaging design for own‐label food brands

Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate the importance of packaging design for a UK premium own‐label food brand, by developing an understanding of how consumers evaluate own‐label packaging, providing an insight into their shopping behaviour regarding premium own‐label desserts and identifying the factors that influence their purchase decisions. Implicit in this is a need to establish how the packaging designs of premium own‐label products influence the purchase decisions of consumers.Design/methodology/approach – The paper reports on the findings of participant observational exercises employed at two Tesco stores.Findings – Overall, analysis of findings would clearly indicate that there is a strong association regarding the influence of packaging on the purchase decision, with over 73 per cent of interviewed consumers stating that they rely on packaging to aid their decision‐making process at the point of purchase.Research limitations/implications – This study reports on the preliminary findings of th...

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