survey report on whether merrild kaffe a
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SURVEY REPORT ON WHETHER MERRILD KAFFE A/S SHOULD CONTINUE
TO INVEST IN THE CURRENT ORGANIC PRODUCT LINE OR NOT
Table of Contents
1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 2
1.1 Problem Statement............................................................................................. 2
1.1.1 Problem statement: ....................................................................................... 2
1.1.2 Background................................................................................................... 2
1.1.3 Motivation .................................................................................................... 3
1.1.4 Interpretation ................................................................................................ 3
1.1.5 Scope/Limitations......................................................................................... 41.1.6 Research Objectives ..................................................................................... 4
2.0 Methodology ........................................................................................................ 4
2.1 Project Type....................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Theories and Methods ..................................................................................... 4
2.3 Data Collection................................................................................................ 5
2.4 Criticism of the Sources and Methodology..................................................... 5
3.0 Results and Analysis ............................................................................................ 5
3.1 Description of the sample/respondents.............................................................. 5
3.2 Data Interpretation ............................................................................................. 6
3.2.1 Survey analysis ............................................................................................. 63.3 Argument about the findings ............................................................................. 7
3.3.1 Opinions on organic food and organic coffee .............................................. 7
3.3.2 Relation between age and consumption .....................................................10
3.3.3 Coffee preferences......................................................................................10
4.0 Conclusion and Recommendations....................................................................12
4.1 Conclusion .......................................................................................................12
4.2 Recommendations............................................................................................12
Appendix..................................................................................................................14
Appendix I: ............................................................................................................14Appendix II ............................................................................................................19
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Problem Statement
1.1.1 Problem statement:
Should Merrild Kaffe A/S invest more in its current organic product line in order to adapt
to the growing ogranic food market in Denmark?
Sub-questions:
Who and why do people buy organic food?
What types of organic food do consumers buy most?
Which brand do consumers usually buy?
Do consumers buy Organic coffee?
What can we do to encourage consumers to buy organic coffee?
Do coffee consumers prefer organic coffee to conventional coffee?
1.1.2 Background
As a team of 6 young marketing executives, we have noticed that there is a dramatic growth
in the consumer demand for organic food in the Danish market. Our company, Merrild
Kaffe A/S has an kologisk coffee brand and the sales of the product have not been growing
in the last four years yet the economy reports dramatic growth in the demand for organic
products.
Macro Environment Analysis
Total coffee volume sales declined by 0,2% in 2007 from 2006. The total coffee volume sales are
expected to fall to 41,610 tonnes by 2012 a decrease of 5% on 2007 1. In the same report, Euro
monitor reports that there is a boom in sales of coffee beans; there is high consumer demand for
high-quality coffee; increases in disposable income are encouraging consumers to eat and drink
out more often; and Denmark has seen strong growth of specialist coffee shop outlets.
Coffee is usually looked at as an unhealthy drink; on the other hand, organic food is
referred to as healthy food. Therefore our team is very interested to establish if coffee
1http://www.portal.euromonitor.com
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consumers really care about Organic coffee or not. The consumer trends in Denmark have
changed; consumers are more aware and concerned about their health, their environment,
human and child rights protection and sustainable production methods. Government
policies like the healthier food policies, government subsidies to organic food production,
anti pollution and other environmental protection policies have a huge impact on the
industry. For instance Denmark is one of the countries that support fair trade. Fair trade
policies also support and promote organic food production and sustainable productionmeasures meaning that imported food and other products should abide to some strict
regulations before they qualify to be sold in the Danish market. The average annual income
in Denmark is relatively high, which allows people to be more concerned about the green
issues.
1.1.3 Motivation
We found out that the organic food market in Denmark is growing and we want to find out
if our company (Merrild Kaffe) has any chance of tapping into and taking advantage of the
organic food growing trend. Using research, we want to establish whether this trend has
any impact on the Danish coffee consumption and if consumers really care if coffee is
organic or non-organic, we intend to help management decide the optimum positioning for
our kologisk coffee product. In other words, how the product fits into the market, what its
image is or will be, and who is likely to buy it. We will be able to establish what factors are
important in purchase decisions, what vocabulary consumers use when talking about
organic products, and what media channels are appropriate to promote our product.
1.1.4 Interpretation
The term organic agriculture is defined by the International Centre for Research in
Organic Food Systems as a production system that sustains the health of soils, ecosystems
and people. It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and cycles adapted to local
conditions, rather than the use of inputs with adverse effects. Organic agriculture combines
tradition, innovation and science to benefit the shared environment and promote fair
relationships and a good quality of life for all involved.
In Denmark organic food products have to meet specific requirements in order to be
certified by the authorities with the logo. Some of the products have 2 certification marks
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(both the Danish and the EU one). In the last 4 years the sales of organic food in Danish
retail shops have grown by 210 million euro.2
To make sure that term organic is not misunderstood. We will train and learn how to
speak kologisk, danish word for organic and we will have the kologisk logo on all our
questionnaires.
1.1.5 Scope/Limitations
Our survey will cover only specific parts of Denmark Copenhagen (Greater Copenhagen)
and will be based only on the answers of 150-200 respondants. Our survey will not include
the young coffee users up to the age of 24 yrs. We are not using a representative sample
due to limitations (resources, weather, etc). To limit our non response rates, we will have
a screening question from which we will determine which consumers to interview. In this
survey we will only be looking at only coffee coonsumers.
1.1.6 Research Objectives
Our objective is to come up with empirical evidence, which we can use to appropriately
advise management on whether strengthening investment and support of the organic
product line of Merrild coffee will trully give Merrild Kaffe A/S a chance to tap into the
growing demand and consumption of organic products in the Danish Market.
2.0 Methodology
2.1 Project Type
The project type is survey research. Our project is primarily using descriptive methods of
research combined with exploratory and analytical methods because we want to determine
what is the influence of organic food on the customers habits. This will also help us to
determine organic food consumer patterns and the specific beliefs, feeling and attitudes
coffee consumers have towards organic coffee.
2.2 Theories and Methods
We are going to use Buying Behaviour (7o`s framework) to analyze the consumer habits
and determine what factors influence the decisions of the customers. Analysis of the macro
evironment will assist us to address the factors in the economy that may influnce and affect
buying behaviour.
2www.organic.dk/market/import/index.htm
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To identify the targeted respondents we will use the purposive sampling (non probability)
method, and to analyze the collected data we will use statistical methods such as
contingency tables, pivot tables, pie charts and graphs.
2.3 Data Collection
Using desk research, we collected the needed information about coffee and organic food. All
the group members visited their usuall shopping points to gather information on coffee
brands (which are visible in the shelves), prices, packaging/labeling, certification and any
other crucial information they could collect through observation.
We are going to the field to conduct personal interviews and collect data. We will conduct
the interviews during different times of the day to get a broader view from both working
and non-working respondants. During the project we will interview 150-200 people from
different age, sex and status category. We will use a screening question to make sure we are
able we get information from coffee consumers.
2.4 Criticism of the Sources and Methodology
The models we used only help to scan the environment and therefore do not actually point
out which strategies to adopt. Given the size of the project and resources available we are
not able to conduct the full 7 o`s framework analysis.
The purposive sampling method is likely to get the opinions of our target population, but
we are also likely to overweight subgroups in our population that are more readily
accessible. It is impossible to determine how representative of the population the sample
is.
3.0 Results and Analysis
3.1 Description of the sample/respondents
We were able to interview 155 respondents of which 79 were male and 76 female.Respondents were categorized in five age groups, 25.8% were in the age group of 25-30,
30.3% were in the age group of 31-40, 25.1% were in the age group of 41-50, 11.6% from
the age group of 51-60 and 7.1% from 60 and above. 94 (60.6%) of the respondents are
married, 37 (23.8%) are single and 24 (15.4%) are in a relationship.
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Respondents were also categorized in 5 groups of income with 35(22.6%) having an
annual income of less than 199,000 DKK. Followed by 35 (22.6%) with an annual income of
200,000 299,000 DKK. 52 respondents (33.5%) have an annual income between 300,000-
399,000 DKK, 13 respondents (8.3%) have an annual income of 400,000 499,000 DKK
and 17(10.9%) with an annual income of 500,000 DKK and above.
89% of the respondents were from Zealand and the rest from other parts of Denmark . Ofthese 5.9% were foreigners.
3.2 Data Interpretation
3.2.1 Survey analysis
In relation to the 7 O framework of buying behaviour, the survey addresses the main areas
of; who constitutes the market (occupants), what the market buys (objects), why the
market buys (objectives) and where the market buys (outlets). Organization (who
participates in the buying), operation (how the market buys) and occasion (when the
market buys) are not covered in this survey.
First we will analyze answers in each question separately and then we will try to put them
in logic connections. (We recommend that the reader refers to appendix II attached to
this report especially for this section).
From question 1 to 10 we are trying to establish the general opinions towards organic food
as a whole. Generally, most of our respondants buy organic food and strongly believe it is
healthier than non-organic and by buying it they believe they are contributing to the
protection of our environment. The majority (77%) of the respondants believe that organic
food is a growing trend. Improving scientific evidence in quality and lowering the prices
are the main factors that would encourage them to buy more.
From question 11 to 21 we would like to find out the buying behaviour, customer habitsand preferences when buying coffee and peoples opinion about organic coffee.
We found out that almost everyone (77%) buys their coffee in the supermarkets. 16% have
answered that they buy organic coffee. 74% of the respondants are daily drinkers and 60%
prefer ground coffee, followed 23% preferring coffee beans and 23% - instant coffee. The
most recognized coffee brand is Nescafe and Merrild comes 4th. Nescafe is the most
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preferred brand with Merrild 5th. Most of the coffee users (54%) have a preferred brand
but sometimes change it and 25% never change their brand. The most important reason for
brand preference is taste. (132 out of 155 agreed that taste is important). People are
surprisingly not thinking so much about price as in the case of organic food, but are more
concentrated on the taste and quality instead. 32% of respondants listed scientific evidence
in quality, followed by lower the prices (19 %), improve visibility in stores (19 %), improve
availability (17,4 %) ,better packaging and labeling (11.6 %).
Table 1:
Question
16 Which coffee brand do you prefer?
Merrild Cafe Noir Senseo Gevalia BKI Peter Larsen Nescafe Other
19 24 6 40 13 21 51 29
Table 2:
Question
17
How often do you change the coffee brand you
buy?
Often Sometimes Never
34 83 38
Table 3:
Question
18 Why do you prefer the brand?
Taste Price Availability Habit Trust Country of origin
1 88 21 8 16 19 2
2 44 37 21 26 10 3
3 9 35 26 38 27 4
4 3 20 52 29 29 5
5 8 13 29 20 36 29
6 1 14 4 7 13 94
3.3 Argument about the findings
3.3.1 Opinions on organic food and organic coffee
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Row labels (opinion): Column labels (gender):1: Strongly agree 1: Male
2: Somewhat agree 2:Female
3: Neither/nor
4: Somewhat disagree
5: Strongly disagree
We can see from the above table that the
majority thinks organic food is healthier than
non-organic.Women tend to have a more
positive attitude towards organic food than men.Although the answers from the graph (question
20) are more or less evenly distributed, we can see that people generally have a positive opinion
towards organic coffee.
However, we can see that most coffee users believe that organic coffee is more environmentally
friendly. There is a strong opinion that conventional coffee is cheaper. The majority believes that
organic coffee has a higher quality, but still there is a big uncertainty whether thats the case or
not.Most people agree that the organic coffee production is more sustainable.
Strongly agree
Somewhat agree
Neither/NorSomewhat disagree
Strongly disagree
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We can say that in
general the majority
of people (68%) are
convinced that
organic food is
healthier than non-
organic. Then 28%
are not sure and only
a very small portion
disagrees (4%). So
we can say that
people believe in the healthiness of organic food and are open to the idea.
In this question we
wanted to establish
what types of
organic food do
consumers buy
themost. We found
out that the most
frequently bought
product type is
vegetables and
fruits, which is
bought by 82 people from 95 which are buying organic food. Even though, the proportion of
people buying organic coffee is the smallest, it is still relatively high compared to our
expectations.
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By asking people
this question our
goal was to find
out what we can
do to make them
buy or buy more
organic coffee.
32% of the
respondents listed
scientific
evidence in
quality, followed
by lower the
prices (19 %), improve visibility in stores (19 %), improve availability (17,4 %), better
packaging and labeling (11.6 %).
3.3.2 Relation between age and consumption
Rows (consumption):1: 6+ cups a day2: 3-5 cups a day
3: 1-2 cups a day4: 3-4 times a week
5: Less
Columns (age):
1: 25-302: 31-403: 41-504: 51-60
5: 61+
In our research we found that the average Danish coffee drinker consumes 4 cups a day.
According to the table, the older they get, the more coffee they consume. Before the survey we
had expectations that older people would drink more coffee and the results show that it turned
out to be true.
3.3.3 Coffee preferences
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We can see from the graph in Question 13 that most people prefer ground coffee. The first
impression is that it contradicts with the graph from Question 16, as Nescafe is the most
preferred brand. This can be explained by the fact that Nescafe is the only well-known instant
coffee brand and at same time there are many brands producing ground coffee.
Question 13
What type of coffee do you
prefer? Coffee beans
What type of coffee do you
prefer? Ground coffee
What type of coffee do you
prefer? Instant coffee
What type of coffee do you
prefer? Decaf coffee
Question 16
Which coffee brand do you
prefer? Merrild
Which coffee brand do you
prefer? Cafe Noir
Which coffee brand do you
prefer? Senseo
Which coffee brand do you
prefer? Gevalia
Which coffee brand do you
prefer? BKI
Which coffee brand do you
prefer? Peter Larsen
Which coffee brand do you
prefer? Nescafe
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4.0 Conclusion and Recommendations
4.1 Conclusion
From our findings we conclude that having an organic product line (coffee) is very strategic
because consumers are very passionate about environmental protection and healthy
benefits of organic food. While some buy organic food to support its producers
environmentally friendly practices, most are trying to cut their exposure to chemicals in
the foods they eat (Health reasons). It is very evident that a large number of respondents
do buy organic food and at the same time believe that it is a growing trend. Therefore for
our company Merrild Kaffe A/S to maintain and increase its market position we should pay
attention to and take care of the consumer changing trends.
It is also clear from the survey that most of our respondents are daily drinkers(users) of
coffee (74%) and the most preferred brands respectively are; Nescafe, Gevalia, Caf Noir
(Merrild), and Peter Larsen. 24,5% of these consumers are very loyal to their preferred
brand. The strongest reason for brand preference is taste. Other reasons like price, habit or
trust come next to taste.
The consumers strongly believe that organic coffee is expensive but the same time they
really believe that it protects the environment.
Television, supermarket catalogues, friends, internet and news papers are the main sources
of information among the larger group of the respondents.
4.2 Recommendations
For us to firmly establish our presences in the organic coffee market, we need to expand
our organic product line to take care of the consumers who prefers coffee beans and the
one who prefers instant coffee to ground coffee since they come second to ground coffee in
preferences. There is a potential gap of the consumers who prefer instant coffee and would
like it to be organic for environmental reasons or because it is trendy. This is a chance to
take an advantage of this gap because the only worldly known instant coffee ( Nescafe )
does not have an organic product line.
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Because most people prefer the brand Nescafe, which is mainly instant, we believe that if
we came up with an instant organic coffee product, we might be able to steal the consumers
who prefer instant coffee but would like it to be organic.
Because organic food production methods are much more expensive than the conventional
methods, Merrild Kaffe can capitalize on the coffee consumers passion for environmental
protection and sustainable production method other than focusing so much on extensiveprice reductions. However where possible to reduce prices, this could be an added
advantage.
We discovered that people in the age of 25-30 are drinking less coffee compared to the
once in the group of 31-40, than 41-50, 51-60 and 60+. For us to make sure that the
consumers prefer our brand we have to make them loyal to our brand at an early age. Profit
and increase of consumer consumption may not be realized immediately but as the life
cycle gets into mature, consumption may increase and the company may realize benefits in
the future.
Therefore, if we can offer the market an organic product that is environmental friendly,
consistently of high quality and taste at a good price, we will have a much better chance of
selling our product and intensifying our position in the Danish coffee market.
We recommend that this survey is followed by subsequent more representative surveys
and a SWOT analysis to evaluate the overall strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and
threats related to the expansion of our organic product line. Strengths and weaknesses
about where our own performance is now, compared with our competitors, opportunities
and threats about where the business is going. The opportunities are attractive areas for
action where the business is likely to have some advantages or make a special contribution.
For management to develop a very good strategy for the organic coffee, the aforementioned
should be followed by our own performance analysis, main competitors analysis and
analysis of future trends in the macro and micro environment.
To make the organic coffee more attractive, our marketing should aim at informing
consumers about the extra quality values of our organic coffee. Through the media
(especially TV, Newspapers, supermarket catalogues,) we can appeal to the consumers
passion for the environment protection and consumption of healthy foods. For example use
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stories and images showing the farmers life, the happiness and the
problems of organic farmers and their production, make the organic sector
more visible. We should make sure to exploit all organic food attributes:
healthy, environmental protection, sustainable production methods, better
tasting, quality, produced withoutchemicals, GMOfree, with no added artificial flavouring,
preservatives, etc. Telling a good story based around the product can help to improve the
image of the company and its products.
Appendix
Appendix I:
Organic Coffee QuestionnaireThe information collected will help us develop strategies on the production and delivery of
organic goods and specifically Organic Coffee for our school project. Feel free to submit anycomments at the end. Your views and opinions will be reflected in the final project. Thank you
very much for your help.
Screening question: Do you drink coffee?
1.What comes to your mind when you hear about organic food?
Healthy food Protect the environment
Fruits and vegetables ExpensiveHigh quality Animal welfare
Sustainable production method
Other (please specify):
2.Where have you heard about organic food?:
TV Radio
Newspapers Internet
Friends Supermarket catalogues
Other (please specify): .
3.Do you believe organic food is healthier than non-organic?
Strongly agree Agree Not sure
Disagree Strongly disagree
4.Do you think organic food is a growing trend?
Strongly agree Agree Not sure
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Disagree Strongly disagree
5. Have you ever tried organic food?
Yes No Not sure
6.If yes, do you buy organic food?
Yes (jump to question 9)
No
Not sure
7. If no, which of the following statements do you agree with?
Strongly
agree
Somewhat agree Neither agree
nor disagree
Somewhat disagree Strongly
disagree
Not available
Too expensive
Don`t like taste
Dont know the
difference
Dont care about
the difference
8.What would encourage you to buy organic food?
Scientific evidence in positive difference
Improve availability
Improve visibility in stores
Lower the prices
Better packaging and labelling
Other (Please specify): .
9.Why do you prefer organic food over conventional food?
Strongly
agree
Somewhat
agree
Neither agree nor
disagree
Somewhat
disagree
Strongly disagree
Healthier
Environmental
protection
Trend- lifestyle
Taste
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Other (Please specify):.
10. What kind of organic food do you buy?
Vegetables and fruit Dairy
Meat and poultry Coffee
Other (Please specify):
11. Where do you usually buy your coffee?
Hypermarkets Supermarkets
Small local shops (grocer) Coffee shop
Caf Shops specialized in organic food
Other (Please specify):
12. How often do you drink coffee?
More than 6 cups a day 3-5 cups a day
1-2 cups a day 3-4 times a week
Less than 3-4 times a week
13. What type of coffee do you prefer?
Coffee beans Ground (maled) coffee
Instant coffee Decaffeinated coffee
14. Which coffee brands do you know?
..
15. Do you recognize these coffee brands?
Merrild Kaffe - Merrild
- Caf Noir
- Senseo
Gevalia BKI
Peter Larsen Nescafe
16. Which coffee brand do you prefer?
Merrild Kaffe - Merrild
- Caf Noir
- Senseo
Gevalia BKI
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Peter Larsen Nescafe
Other (Please specify):
17. How often do you change the coffee brand you buy?
Often
Sometimes (but I have preferred brand)
Never
18. Why do you prefer the brand from question 15? Please, rank the options from 1 to 6 (1
being most important)
Taste Price Availability
Habit Trust
Country of coffee origin
19. Which of the following statements contribute most to your choice of coffee
Price Taste Quality
Brand Organic
20. What do you think about organic coffee?
Strongly agree Somewhat
agree
Neither
agree nor
disagree
Somewhat
disagree
Strongly
disagree
Healthier
Protect the
environment
Expensive
High qualitySustainable
production
method
Other (Please specify):
21. What would encourage you to buy/buy more organic coffee?
Scientific evidence in quality
Improve availability
Improve visibility in storesLower the prices
Better packaging and labelling
Other (Please specify):
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22. Gender?
Male
Female
23. Age?
25-30 31-40 41-50
51-60 60+
24. Marital status
Married
Single
In a relationship
25. What is your annual income?
Less than 199 000 200 000299 000
300 000399 000 400 000499 000
500 000 +
26. Which part of Denmark do you come from?
Zealand + Smaller islands
Jutland
Funen
Foreigner
27. Occupation?
Any comments..
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ppendix II: Question Results
uestion 1 What comes to your mind when you hear about organic food?
Healthy food
Protect
environment
Fruits and
vegetables Expensive High quality Animal welfare
Su
pr
60 39 36 52 30 26
uestion 2 Where have you heard about organic food?
TV Radio Newspapers Internet Friends
Supermarket
catalogues Ot
82 19 53 34 40 63
uestion 3 Do you believe organic food is healthier than non-organic?
Strongly agree Agree Not sure Disagree Strongly disagree
38 68 43 4 2
uestion 4 Do you think organic food is a growing trend?
Strongly agree Agree Not sure Disagree Strongly disagree
47 73 25 9 1
uestion 5 Have you ever tried organic food?
Yes No Not sure
142 4 9
uestion 6 If yes, do you buy organic food
Yes No Not sure
95 43 17
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uestion 7 If no, which of the following statements do you agree with?
sponse Not Available Too Expensive Don't ike taste Don't know Don't care
rongly Agree 0 24 3 1 14
mewhat agree 10 22 18 7 20
either agree Nor
sagree 21 1 19 22 9
mewhat disagree 7 0 0 12 5
rongly disagree 10 1 8 7 1
uestion 8 What would encourage you to buy organic food?
Scientific Evidence
Improve
availability
Improve
visibility Lower prices
Better
packaging/labeling Oter
23 0 4 36 154 150
uestion 9 Why do you prefer organic food over conventional food?
Healthier
Environmental
protection Trend/lifestyle Taste
rongly Agree 49 41 11 11
mewhat agree 42 53 46 56
either agree Nor
sagree 7 5 25 28
mewhat disagree 2 2 8 2rongly disagree 1 0 6 0
uestion 10 What kind of organic food do you buy?
Vegetable & fruits Dairy
Meat and
poultry Coffee other
82 48 45 25 10
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uestion 11 Where do you usually buy your coffee?
Hypermarkets supermarkets
small local
shops coffee shop cafe
specialized organic
shops Ot
8 119 18 11 26 2
uestion 12 How often do you drink coffee?
More - 6 cups a day 3-5 cups a day 1-2 cups a day
3-4 times a
week Less
17 46 57 15 20
uestion 13 What type of coffee do you prefer?
Coffee beans Ground coffee Instant coffee Decaf coffee
36 96 35 1
uestion 14 Which coffee brands do you know?
Merrild Caf Noir Senseo Gevalia BKI Peter Larsen N
40 26 13 57 36 41
uestion 15 Do you recognize these coffee brands?
Merrild Caf Noir Senseo Gevalia BKI Peter Larsen N
99 103 72 123 89 77
uestion 16 Which coffee brand do you prefer?
Merrild Cafe Noir Senseo Gevalia BKI Peter Larsen N
19 24 6 40 13 21
uestion 17 How often do you change the coffee brand you buy?
Often Sometimes Never
34 83 38
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uestion 18 Why do you prefer the brand?
Taste Price Availability Habit Trust Country of origin
1 88 21 8 16 19 2
2 44 37 21 26 10 3
3 9 35 26 38 27 4
4 3 20 52 29 29 5
5 8 13 29 20 36 29
6 1 14 4 7 13 94
uestion 19 Which of the statements contribute to choice of coffee?
Price Taste Quality Brand Organic
46 78 44 25 19
uestion 20 What do you think about organic coffee?
Healthier
Protect the
environment Expensive High quality
Sustainable production
method
rongly agree 19 26 57 18 29
mewhat agree 40 83 54 56 55
either/Nor 49 29 25 55 51
mewhat disagree 28 1 7 11 6rongly disagree 9 6 2 4 3
uestion 21 What would encourage you to buy\buy more organic coffee?
Scientific evidence in
quality
improve
availability
improve visibility
in stores lower the prices
better packaging and
labelling Other
50 27 30 30 18 3
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uestion 22 Gender
Male Female
79 76
uestion 23 Age
25-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 60+
40 47 39 18 11
uestion 24 Marital status
Married Single In relationship
94 37 24
uestion 25 What is your annual income?
Less than 199 000
200 000 - 299
000
300 000 - 399
000
400 000 - 499
000 500 000 +
35 35 52 13 17
uestion 26 Which part of Denmark do you come from?
Zealand + Smaller
islands Jutland Funen Foreigner
138 7 1 9
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