• 식품과학과 산업
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2017

One noticeable thing about the recently opened 'Starfield Hanam' and 'Hyundai Department Store (Pangyo)' is consumer's interest and positive response to their hosted food brands ranging from restaurants, dessert cafes and coffee shops. Department store and shopping complex, so-called aggregation of lifestyle are making the most out of food brands as a differentiation strategy and consumer's interest on it act as a barometer for current consumption trend. Along with the high interest on food market, changes in lifestyle, such as increasing ratio of two or less households, advent of multiple communication channels as SNS, deluge of information and gradually developing individualism, are creating needs for convenient but high quality eating culture. This need contributed in transforming the product family which was once famous as 'Instant Food' into a 'Home Meal Replacement (HMR)'. Since local food companies are striving to keep pace with the trend and actively penetrating HMR market, regardless of long-term recession, the Korean domestic food market is steadily growing with a bright future.

• Agribusiness and Information Management
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2014

HMR is a home-style food product designed for convenience and cooked outside the home leaving out cumbersome cooking process and consumed at home. The present paper aims to find out factors that influence the consumption of HMR by analyzing data on food consumption during the 3 years between December 2010 and November 2013. Following the classification of Costa et al. (2001), this study categorized HMR products as 3 types as follows: C1 (ready to eat), C2 (ready to heat) and C3 (ready to cook), and examined factors affecting purchase rate and per capita purchase price for each type of HMR product. The results of our analysis show that only the purchase rate of C3 products was influenced by whether the purchaser was housewife with job or not. For those who do not live together with parents, per capita purchase price for HMR was high; and the more they ate out, the higher the purchase rate of HMR was.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.342-352
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• 2016

Purpose: This study conducted an Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) of selective attributes of Home Meal Replacement (HMR) as well as it examined the consumers' needs and willingness to buy HMR products to explore the need for developing more HMR products. Methods: This study was conducted among domestic consumers living in Seoul and its metropolitan areas, in the age range from the 20s to the 50s, and who had experience in purchasing HMR products. From the 490 surveys retrieved, 472 (96.3%) valid surveys were analyzed. Results: The analysis of the frequency of consuming HMR products showed the following results: 247 respondents answered '1-3 times a month' (52.3%); 167 respondents stated '1-2 times a week' (35.3%). With respect to the reason of purchase, 'simplicity of the recipe' was the most common, accounting for 188 respondents (39.8%), followed by 'time efficiency' accounting for 172 respondents (36.4%). Analysis of the demand for bibimbap (mixed rice) HMR products showed that 'chicken bibimbap' had the highest preference with 5.32 points, followed by 'bulgogi bibimbap' (5.08 points), and 'kimchi bibimbap' (4.96 points). In the case of HMR products that need to undergo further development, 'low-sodium products' received the highest points of 5.41 points, followed by 'small packaged products' (5.05 points), and 'functional products' (4.98 points). The factor analysis of the 13 selective attributes showed that they can be divided into 3 factors. The IPA analysis of the selective attributes of HMRs showed 'hygiene', 'taste', 'easy to go packaging', 'convenience in intake', and 'accessibility' in the 1st quadrant. In the 2nd quadrant, 'price' and 'freshness' were shown as the factors. In the 3rd quadrant, 'easy to serve', 'familiar food menu', and 'consistent menu' were shown as the leading factors, and in the 4th quadrant, 'saving labor' was the only factor. Conclusion: Based on these results, the research concludes that with respect to developing HMR products, there is a high demand for low sodium, low calorie, small packaged products; thus, showing the need to develop various HMR products for customer satisfaction. Furthermore, it shows that there is a need to consider developing HMR products that can maintain freshness at an affordable price.

• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.116-125
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to assess the sugars contents of home meal replacement (HMR) products currently sold in Korea. This study surveyed and examined the sugars contents in 835 popular HMRs (294 ready-to-eat foods; RTE, 499 ready-to-cook foods; RTC, 42 fresh-cut vegetables; FCV) through the nutrition labels. The average price, weight and energy content of 835 HMR products were 3,917.5 Korean won, 336.0 g, and 522.7 kcal, respectively. The sugars content per product was significantly higher in the RTCs (13.4 g) and RTEs (10.3 g) than that in the FCVs (4.2 g) (P<0.001), and the percentage of energy from sugars was 9.7% for the RTEs, 10.2% for the RTCs, and 8.7% for the FCVs without any significant difference. The sugars contents of 9 RTE types were in the order of side dishes (34.3 g), sunsik (22.5 g) and hamburgers (12.1 g) per package. The percentage of energy from sugars was highest in side dishes (28.1%), followed by kimchi (24.9%), sunsik (17.2%), and hamburgers (10.6%). Among 14 RTC types, the sugars contents were in the order of hot dogs (52.9 g), tteokbokki (30.4 g) and noodles (21.2 g) per package. The percentage of energy from sugars was the highest at 22.9% for sauces, followed by side dishes (17.3%), porridges (14.4%), instant stews (14.3%), and hot dogs (13.1%). Strategies and practices are needed to reduce the sugars contents of HMR producers and the sugars intakes of HMR consumers.

• 한국포장학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.133-138
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• 2020

As HMR (home meal replacement) food market grows rapidly, a new packaging with more HMR specialized functions is highly required to promote consumers' convenience. A susceptor is defined as a material generating heat by absorbing electromagnetic energy such typically as radiofrequency or microwave radiation. In microwave cooking, susceptors are made of conductive metal thin film deposited on paper or plastic sheet and have generally been used to help crispen or brown foods by converting microwave energy into heat. This mini review article deals with current status of microwave susceptor packaging including commercial products, technical theory, types of susceptor and a test method for heating performance.

• 식품산업과 영양
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.8-12
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• 2017

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.87-103
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to analyze the food-related lifestyle choices of female baby boomers and to investigate variables regarding home meal replacement (HMR) buying behaviors and future needs. This study was conducted on 358 female baby boomers 53 years of age living in Gyeonggi and near Seoul. Out of 420 distributed questionnaires, 358 were returned and used for analysis (response rate: 85.2%). As a result of cluster analysis, three groups were identified based on the food-related lifestyles : a value-seeking group, a convenience-seeking group, and a health-seeking group. Among the three groups, there were significant differences in two socio-demographic characteristics, education level (p<0.05) and regular exercise (p<0.01), and in several health- and food-related habits, type of breakfast (p<0.01), type of dinner (p<0.05), dinner details (p<0.05), frequency of eating out (p<0.05), and eating habits score (p<0.01). The health-seeking group was significantly more likely to purchase ready to cook (RTC) items (59.1%) than were the other groups (p<0.001). However, the ratio of HMR purchasing for the purpose of meal replacement (p<0.05) and an HMR purchasing frequency of more than twice a week (p<0.001) were significantly lower in the health-seeking group. Reasons for selecting HMR showed a similar tendency among groups in taste (26.2%), convenience (18.7%), price (16.9%), safety (15.3%) and type of food (14.3%). However, the satisfaction scores for hygiene and safety reported by the health-seeking group were significantly lower than those reported by the other groups. More than two-thirds of all respondents were willing to purchase HMR in the future, though there were significant differences according to group: convenience-seeking group, 73.1%, health-seeking group, 70.1%, and value-seeking group, 65.7% (p<0.05). Our results suggest that the number of baby boomers purchasing HMR products will continue to grow and baby boomers will want HMR products to be more healthy (52.0%), safe (28.5%) and delicious (13.4%). An emphasis on taste was high in the convenience-seeking group, whereas an emphasis on health was high in the health-seeking and value-seeking groups. In conclusion, this study shows various food-related lifestyles amongst female baby boomers and illustrates the need to develop HMR marketing strategies targeted to these different lifestyles.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.934-947
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• 2011

본 연구는 HMR의 선택 속성과 지각된 효용적 가치, 재구매 의도와의 인과관계를 규명하고, 지각된 효용적 가치가 HMR 선택속성과 재구매 의도에와의 관계에서 매개 역할을 검증함으로써 다른 선행연구들과 차별화 하고자 하였다. 이에 따른 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 가설 1에 대한 HMR 선택 속성(음식의 품질, 편의성, 포장, 직원 서비스)은 지각된 효용적 가치와 정(+)의 영향관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 우선 음식의 품질 요인은 지각된 효용적 가치와 정(+)의 영향 관계가 있는 것으로 나타났으며(t=2.874, p<0.01), 가설 1-1은 채택되었는데, 이는 HMR의 음식이 맛이 좋으며 신선한 재료를 사용하여 신뢰성을 확보하는 것이 소비자의 지각된 효용적 가치를 높일 수 있는 원인임을 재 입증한 것으로 보인다. 또한 HMR의 편의성에 대한 요인은 지각된 효용적 가치와 정(+)의 영향 관계가 있는 것으로 나타나(t=3.710, p<0.001) 가설 1-2도 채택되었으며, HMR의 최고 강점 중 하나인 편의성은 지각된 효용적 가치에도 영향을 주는 것으로 밝혀져 향후 HMR 시장은 바쁜 현대인들로부터 지속적인 관심을 받을 것으로 보여 진다. 그리고 HMR의 포장 요인은 지각된 효용적 가치와 정(+)의 영향관계가 있는 것으로 나타나(t=3.707, p<0.001) 가설 1-3도 채택되었으며, HMR 포장 용기가 위생적이고 보관 및 저장이 용이하며 포장 용기의 활용도를 높일 수 있는 디자인 개발이 무엇보다 필요함을 나타내었다. 마지막으로 HMR을 판매하는 직원 서비스는 지각된 효용적 가치에 정(+)의 영향 관계가 있는 것으로 나타나(t=2.859, p<0.01) 가설 1-4도 채택되었다. 따라서 고객들의 HMR에 대한 지각된 효용적 가치는 음식의 품질, 편의성, 포장, 직원 서비스 등에 따라 형성될 수 있는 것으로 나타나, 음식의 내 외적 품질뿐만 아니라 직원의 무형적 서비스가 소비자들의 지속적인 구매 행동으로 이루어질 수 있는 핵심요인으로 밝혀졌다. 이는 Hong & Na(2007)의 연구에서 인터넷 의류상품의 제품속성은 모두 실용적 가치를 높일 수 있는 요인으로 밝힌 것과 유사한 결과를 얻은 것으로, 경영자는 HMR 제품의 내 외부 속성 및 서비스에 대해 지속적인 관리가 필요할 것으로 보인다. 둘째, 가설 2에 대한 소비자의 지각된 효용적 가치는 재구매 의도에 정(+)의 영향 관계가 있는 것으로 나타나(t=5.933, p<0.001), 소비자가 지각하는 실용적 가치는 소비자 만족에 중요한 요인임이 밝혀졌다. 이러한 결과는 Choi & Park(2009)가 소비자들은 제공받은 혜택과 지불 비용을 동시에 평가하여 서비스 제공자에 대한 가치와 현재 거래관계에 대한 가치를 결정하게 되면서 소비자들의 지각된 서비스 가치가 재구매 의도에 영향을 미친다는 연구 결과와 동일하였다. 따라서 HMR의 지각된 효용적 가치는 향후 구매행동으로 이어져 지속적인 성장 발전의 가능성이 있음을 밝힌 것으로써 경영자는 시간, 돈, 노력에 비해 가치 상승을 시킬 수 있도록 상품개발에 보다 집중하고 노력해야 할 것으로 보인다. 셋째, HMR 소비자의 HMR 선택 속성과 재구매 의도와의 인과관계에서 지각된 효용적 가치의 매개 효과를 분석한 결과, 부분적 매개효과를 일으키는 것으로 나타났다. 즉, 완전하지는 않지만 HMR 선택속성은 지각된 효용가치에 의해 상당부분 재구매 의도에 영향을 미치는 것으로, Son BM(2011)가 관광지의 선택속성에 대한 선택가치가 높을수록 긍정적인 충성도로 연결되어 재방문으로 이어져 지각된 가치는 재방문으로의 매개 또는 부분매개효과가 있음을 검증한 결과와 동일하였다. 이러한 결과는 HMR 선택 속성이 재구매 의도에 직접적인 영향력을 미칠 것이라는 관점보다 효용적 가치가 매우 중요한 의미가 있다고 볼 수 있으며, HMR 선택속성이 높이 평가될수록 효용적 가치를 높게 인식하고, 재구매 의도에도 영향을 미친다고 볼 수 있겠다. 마지막으로, 가설 검증을 위한 구조방정식 분석 결과, $x^2$=213.078(df=112), RMR=0.093, GFI=0.902, NFI=0.895, CFI=0.945, RMSEA=0.062으로 나타나 HMR의 선택 속성, 지각된 효용적 가치, 재구매 의도는 유의한 인과관계가 있는 것으로 조사되었다. 결과적으로, 미래의 고객들은 여가를 즐기고 삶의 가치를 향상시키고자 더 많은 시간을 요구하게 될 것이고, 특히 음식을 만드는데 필요한 시간과 노력들에 비해 효율성이 낮다는 인식이 점차 확산되면서, 편리하고 빠르게 조리할 수 있으며, 영양까지 겸비한 HMR 제품에 대해 지속적인 관심을 보일 것이다. 본 연구는 소비자의 외식산업에서 지각된 효용적 가치 연구에서 점차 확대되고 있는 HMR 시장이라는 표본을 대상으로 실증분석 하였으며, 특히 HMR의 전반적인 시장이 아닌 한국음식의 HMR만을 대상으로 집중 연구함으로써 다른 연구들과 차별화를 두고자 하였다. 그 결과, 주목받고 있는 한국음식 HMR 제품에 대한 선택 속성들은 소비자들의 효용적 가치를 높게 인지할수록 재구매를 일으킬 수 있는 원동력이 될 수 있음을 실증적으로 밝힘으로써 향후 지속적인 발전 가능성을 보여준 것이라 하겠다. 최근 외식산업은 트렌드의 변화, 모방 또는 복제가 매우 빠르며, 특히 HMR 시장은 메뉴 개발에 대한 한계, 메뉴 안전성에 따른 불신과 메뉴 품질을 관리하는 것이 어려워 지속적인 경쟁력을 유지하기가 매우 힘들다고 하겠다. 그러나 HMR 제품에 대하여 소비자들은 돈, 시간, 노력에 비하여 충분한 효용적 가치를 가지고 있다고 지각함에 따라, 기업의 경영자는 고객들이 추구하는 HMR 선택 속성이 무엇인지를 파악하고, 이를 빠르게 대처하는 것이 무엇보다 중요하다고 하겠다. 또한 효용적 가치를 통해 경쟁 기업과 차별화 할 수 있는 요인이 음식의 품질, 편의성, 포장, 직원 서비스라는 것을 우선으로 본다면 향후 프리미엄 메뉴 개발에 집중하여 경쟁기업과 차별화 하고, 우수한 영양을 갖춘 제품을 보다 쉽게 조리해서 먹을 수 있도록 지속적인 연구 개발이 필요하겠다. 또한 포장 용기의 유해 물질 검출에 대한 소비자의 불안감 해소와 용기의 편이성을 위한 디자인 개발, 서비스 노하우 축적 등은 경쟁사보다 차별적이고 지속적인 경쟁우의를 차지할 수 있는 핵심요인으로써 기업이 가진 자원을 핵심역량으로 발전시키는데 주력해야 할 것이다. 본 연구는 HMR의 선택속성을 통하여 소비자들은 실용적 가치를 인지함으로써 지속적인 구매가 이루어진다는 관점에서 연구가 되었으나, 몇몇 한계점과 향후 연구방향은 다음과 같다. 우선 서울 경인 지역의 대형할인마트와 백화점의 HMR 고객을 대상으로 전체를 대표하기에는 한계점이 있는 것으로 판단되며, 최근 활성화 되고 있는 인터넷 HMR 시장에 대한 연구가 추가적으로 필요할 것으로 보인다. 또한 HMR 구매에 있어 쾌락적 가치를 포함한 전반적인 가치 평가 연구도 부족한 것으로 보여진다. 따라서 HMR 시장의 지속적인 성장과 발전하기 위해서는 본 연구의 한계점을 보완하고 변화되는 외부 환경 변화와 경쟁기업과 차별화 할 수 있는 다각적인 전략 방안을 추가적으로 검토해 보아야 할 것이다.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.588-604
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• 2023

This study was conducted to investigate whether there were differences in eco-friendly food, home meal replacement (HMR) purchases, and eating-out behavior according to the level of agri-food consumer competence. The data for the study were extracted from main food consumers (n=3,321) in the 2022 Food Consumption Behavior Survey. The competence index was divided into awareness-attitude-practice items, and three groups were classified by competence level. The results showed an agri-food consumer competency score of 70.62, with the highest score for awareness (73.96), followed by practice (69.28) and attitude (66.18). The frequency of purchasing eco-friendly food was higher in the excellent group compared to other groups, and quality and price satisfaction was higher with higher competency (p<0.001). Regarding HMR, the results showed that the shortage group had the lowest HMR consumption rate, and satisfaction decreased as competence decreased (p<0.001). The main reason for eating-out was to enjoy food in all groups (59.0%), followed by a lack of cooking time in the excellent group (15.7%) and hassle with food preparation in the moderate and shortage groups (17.3%, 16.6%) (p<0.001). In short, agri-food consumption competency showed differences by contents and components, and differences in food purchases and eating-out behavior by competency level were found.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2023

This study was conducted to explore the change in the market issues on HMR (Home Meal Replacements) using local foods after the COVID-19 outbreak. Online text data were collected from internet news, social media posts, and web documents before (from January 2016 to December 2019) and after (from January 2020 to November 2022) the COVID-19 outbreak. TF-IDF analysis showed that 'Trend', 'Market', 'Consumption', and 'Food service industry' were the major keywords before the COVID-19 outbreak, whereas 'Wanju-gun', 'Distribution', 'Development', and 'Meal-kit' were main keywords after the COVID-19 outbreak. The results of topic modeling analysis and categorization showed that after the COVID-19 outbreak, the 'Market' category included 'Non-face-to-face market' instead of 'Event,' and 'Delivery' instead of 'Distribution'. In the 'Product' category, 'Marketing' was included instead of 'Trend'. Additionally, in the 'Support' category, 'Start-up' and 'School food service' appeared as new topics after the COVID-19 outbreak. In conclusion, this study showed that meaningful change had occurred in market issues on HMR using local foods after the COVID-19 outbreak. Therefore, governments should take advantage of such market opportunity by implementing policy and programs to promote the development and marketing of HMR using local foods.