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Organic vegetables especially loved by older, urban and rich customers

An analysis of the shopping habits of households from September 2014 to September 2015 (size of the survey: about 3000 households) shows that older, urban and rich consumers as well as singles and large households are responsible for the highest proportion of sales of organic vegetables in the Swiss supermarkets.

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In more rural areas 9.7% of the vegetable shopping consists of organic products, while in cities and the surrounding areas 13% of the vegetables are organic. In villages and rural areas the easy access to the direct sales from the farm could influence the sales of organic products, as the knowledge of the origin of the organic products is one of the important selling points.

Furthermore organic vegetables' popularity were more than average in households with an income higher than 110,000 CHF (about 110,331 USD). Organic vegetables consisted of 14.2% of the shopping in these households while in households with lower incomes it was between 10.9% and 12.5%. Consumers who can afford to are more likely to buy organic products.

The results showed furthermore that the share of organic vegetables was higher in older households. With the increase of age the desire for healthy and sustainable food increases too. 

Singles and larger households buy relatively more organic vegetables. The same picture emerges if the percentage of organic vegetables is related to the number of children. Households without children bought 12.9% organic vegetables but on the other hand households with small children bought only 10.2% organic vegetables. However large households, with three or more children consume a lot of organic vegetables.

Source: www.blw.admin.ch
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