TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing costs of using local foods in independent restaurants
AU - Sharma, Amit
AU - Gregoire, Mary B.
AU - Strohbehn, Catherine
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was made possible by funding from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Address correspondence to Amit Sharma, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the Pennsylvania State University School of Hospitality, 223 Mateer Building, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16801. E-mail: [email protected]
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - The purpose of this article was to assess process and production costs that a convenience sample of restaurants in the Midwestern region of the United States incurred using locally produced foods versus sourcing food products through national suppliers. Using a novel application of data envelopment analysis, results showed that surveyed restaurants could improve their time with the delivery process of local foods. While there was no statistically significant difference in production efficiencies measured by preparation time of menu items using local versus nonlocal ingredients, scale and establishment effects existed. This study fills a gap in foodservice literature by developing a unique analytical framework to assess multistage production cost.
AB - The purpose of this article was to assess process and production costs that a convenience sample of restaurants in the Midwestern region of the United States incurred using locally produced foods versus sourcing food products through national suppliers. Using a novel application of data envelopment analysis, results showed that surveyed restaurants could improve their time with the delivery process of local foods. While there was no statistically significant difference in production efficiencies measured by preparation time of menu items using local versus nonlocal ingredients, scale and establishment effects existed. This study fills a gap in foodservice literature by developing a unique analytical framework to assess multistage production cost.
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U2 - 10.1080/15378020802672089
DO - 10.1080/15378020802672089
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:61649085650
SN - 1537-8020
VL - 12
SP - 55
EP - 71
JO - Journal of Foodservice Business Research
JF - Journal of Foodservice Business Research
IS - 1
ER -