• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.440-447
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• 2002

The usage status of convenience food, convenience food restaurants and satisfaction level was surveyed from local college students in Kangreung to provide fundamental data for developing more appropriate convenience food. The subjects (80.4%) answered that they are quite aware of convenience food or to some degree. They normally consumed convenience food in the convenience food restaurants (48.85%). In many cases they took it as a snack (69.6%), and the most frequently consumed item was ramyun (45.8%). The main reason for consuming convenience food was to save time (44.8%). Regarding the price and sanitation level of convenience food, only 17.2% and 22% were satisfied, respectively. The results of analyzing the usage status and the satisfaction level with convenience food by gender and housing status showed that the highest rate of people (46.0%) answered that, "because it is convenient" was the main reason for using convenience food restaurants. Female students (P$\leq$0.014) and the students staying away from home used convenience food restaurants more often than male students and the students staying in their own homes. Especially the students who have to cook for themselves fell into the high rate of convenience food restaurant users (P$\leq$0.001). The convenience food restaurant with the highest usage rate was hamburger restaurant (38.8%).

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.564-570
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• 2014

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Although the issues of singles' dietary style and quality of life are becoming important due to the increasing number of singles with economic power, little research has been conducted to date on singles' use of convenience food and quality of life in relation to their dietary style. Thus, the present study intends to provide basic data to improve the quality of life by determining the current status of the use of convenience food and explicating its relationship with quality of life through analyzing the dietary lifestyles of the singles. SUBJECTS/METHODS: The targets of this study were singles, identified as adults between the ages of 25 and 54, living alone, either legally or in actuality having no partner. A statistical analysis of 208 surveys from Seoul, respectively, was conducted using SPSS12.0 for Windows and SEM using AMOS 5.0 statistics package. RESULTS: The convenience-oriented was shown to have a significant positive effect on convenience food satisfaction. HMR satisfaction was found to have a significant effect on positive psychological satisfaction and the convenience-oriented was found to have a significant negative effect on all aspects of quality of life satisfaction. CONCLUSIONS: There must be persistent development of food industries considering the distinctive characteristics of the lives of singles in order to satisfy their needs and improve the quality of their lives.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.208-222
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• 2019

Objectives: This study examined the usage status and the degree of satisfaction of university foodservice (UF) perceived by international students in Busan. Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted on the utilization of UF, improvement requirements, preference type and recipe, as well as the importance and satisfaction of UF quality attributes as perceived by international students (n=604) at universities in the Busan area between April and June 2017. Results: UF was 'generally satisfied' or 'very satisfied' in about 35.4% of the study population, and 'not very satisfied' or 'not satisfied at all' in approximately 11.5%. Approximately 21.7% said that UF contributed to dietary life 'very much' or 'quite significantly' and 36.4% said 'not very much' or 'not at all'. The largest demand for improvement of UF was 'variety of menu' (52.0%). The most leftover food in UF was kimchi (30.3%) and broth/stew (19.2%), and the major reason for having leftover was 'not to one's taste' (27.8%). After dividing the foodservice quality attributes into 5 factors - food quality and price, sanitation, convenience, physical environment, and service environment - and analyzing the importance and satisfaction of each factor, it was shown that satisfaction was generally lower than the degree of importance. Sanitation factor was high for both importance and satisfaction of UF, while convenience factor was high for the importance but low for satisfaction of UF. Four variables in the food quality and price factor ('food taste', 'freshness of food', 'nutritive value of food', and 'reasonable price') and 3 variables in the convenience factor ('variety of menu', 'prompt food service', and 'display of the meals for the day') had high importance but low satisfaction, showing the need for an improvement on these areas. Conclusions: Based on the study results, it is necessary to improve the food quality, as well as the price and convenience factors, and to provide various menus to increase the satisfaction of UF in international students.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.312-318
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• 2014

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Due to recent changes in social structure, single-person households are on the rise worldwide and therefore the interest in the quality of life of singles is increasing, but the research on the relationships related to their diet-related quality of life is scarce. This research analyzes the structural relations in the effect of convenience food satisfaction and quality of life according to dietary style of Korean, Japanese and Chinese singles. SUBJECTS/METHODS: The targets of this study were Korean, Japanese, and Chinese singles, identified as adults between the ages of 25 and 54, having economic capabilities or working and living alone, either legally or in actuality having no partner. A statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS12.0 for Windows and SEM using AMOS 5.0 statistics package. The reliability of these findings was supported by a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.6 and higher for all the factors. In an attempt to study the level of satisfaction with convenience food in accordance to dietary style and the quality of life of singles, a structural equation model was constructed and analyzed. RESULTS: Of the three countries, regarding the effect of dietary style on singles' quality of life, the convenience-oriented style was found to have a negative effect on Korean singles' overall quality of life, but a positive effect on Japanese singles' overall quality of life, and a negative effect on Chinese singles' positive psychological aspect of quality of life. In addition, although Chinese singles have a high level of interest in health, they have an overall high level of satisfaction regarding fast food and its nutritional value. CONCLUSIONS: The number of singles in Korea, Japan, and China has been consistently increasing in recent years, and there is a need for continuous interest in their healthy dietary lifestyles in terms of convenience, economy, and taste.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.611-623
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• 2011

The goal of this study was to understand the reasons for learning about Korean herbal food by examining the actual conditions in a Korean herbal food course during lifestyle education. The general characteristics of the people learning about or working with the food as well as the correlations between the examined factors were analyzed, focusing on each person's dietary lifestyle. We divided the class participants into five dietary lifestyle groups by analyzing their scores. Group 1 was the"taste-seeking type", group 2 was the "quality-seeking type", group 3 was the"economy-seeking type", group 4 was the"convenience and economy-seeking type", and group 5 was the"convenience and health-seeking type". A person with a cooking career was considered to have more experience with Korean herbal food. The highest motivation for Korean herbal food education was for professional reasons, and the class that was most appreciated was learning about Korean traditional herbal foods. The highest satisfaction for the class was based on the instructor's knowledge, followed by food tastes, foodstuffs, educational materials, and the facilities superintendent. Satisfaction with the class tuition and practical utilization was relatively low.

• 무역학회지
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.151-168
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• 2019

This study aims to investigate the determinants that can influence customer satisfaction and loyalty. Compared to some of the determinants that have been investigated by other scholars before, this study also includes a new approach to mobile food-ordering that has only appeared within the Chinese fast-food industry in recent years. It is very important to test if the convenience of mobile ordering services can influence customer satisfaction, as more and more customers are using mobile apps to order food, especially in the 4th Industrial Revolution Era. Research data mostly was collected from customers who visited one of five famous Western fast-food restaurants (KFC, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Subway, and Burger King) in China. The results show that not only price, service quality, food quality, and the physical environment can significantly affect customer satisfaction but also the convenience of mobile ordering services, a new determinant accompanied by the fast development of IoT technology.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.631-641
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate dining-out behavior at ethnic restaurants and its relationship with ethnic restaurant satisfaction based on the food-related lifestyle (FRL) of undergraduate students. A total 306 of questionnaires were analyzed using SPSS ver. 12.0 package. The data were analysed using frequency, chi-square, one-way ANOVA, factor analysis and multiple regression analysis. According to the results of factor analysis, the FRL of undergraduate students categorized into health factor, taste factor, convenience factor and ethnic restaurant satisfaction was influenced by four elements: service & hygiene, food quality & convenience, atmosphere & image and unique culture. In addition, visiting frequency and visiting motivation of all dining-out behaviors at ethnic restaurants were significantly different and the FRL groups had differences in the influence of food quality & convenience, atmosphere & image and unique culture. Futhermore, the health factor of FRL was influenced by all elements of ethnic restaurant satisfaction. The findings indicate that ethnic restaurant owners should provide food with healthy ingredients in addition to unique culture and atmosphere to customers.

• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.246-257
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• 2004

To provide basic information for the proper usage of frozen convenience foods in elementary school foodservice operations, 51 dietitian employeed in school foodservices in Inchon were surveyed. Among the frozen convenience foods, dumpling-type foods(60.8%) and processed meats(40.4%)were used widely in school foodservice. Generally, the frequency of using frozen food items was fewer than 1 time per month. More than 15% of respondents were using pork cutlet, chicken, chickenball, dumpling stuffed with meat about 2-3 times per month. Sweet and sour pork(Tangsuyuk), kebap(Sanjuk), fish/shrimp cutlet, fried potato items were used only fewer than 1 time per month. Dietitian's age, carrier, employed status influenced the utilization rate. The grand mean of satisfaction score was 3.36 out of 5. The factors affecting satisfaction in using frozen foods were sanitation, taste, price, nutrition, food additives in order. The major reasons of utilizaing frozen convenience foods were 'improved labor productivity(4.47)' and 'meet customer preference(4.25)'. The limiting factors in using frozen foods were taste(35.3%), price(23.5%), nutrition(17.6%). The management practices of frozen convenience foods through food processing flow were assessed. Average performance rate was 64.7%. To enlarge the usage of frozen convenience foods in foodservice operations, dietitians should observe sanitary practices.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.629-637
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• 2016

본 연구는 최근 편의점 PB식품이 대표적인 효자상품으로 자리잡음에 따라 소비자들의 편의점 PB식품군에 대한 구매행동과 만족도를 살펴보고 구매행동 및 만족도에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 분석결과 첫째, 편의점 PB식품을 구매하는 이유로 기존 제품 대비 가격이 저렴하다는 이유가 높은 것(46.7%)으로 나타났다. 둘째, 편의점 이용빈도와 PB식품 구매빈도에 소비자 특성이 미치는 영향을 다중회귀로 분석한 결과 편의점 이용빈도에 연령이 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며 PB식품 구매빈도에는 성별과 연령이 모두 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 편의점 이용빈도는 PB식품 구매빈도에 유의한 영향을 미치며 PB식품군 6개 군(과자/스낵, 음료, 유제품, 간편식, 라면/면류, 빵/튀김/핫바) 모두에서 선호하는 편의점 브랜드와 PB식품의 선호브랜드간 상관분석결과 Cramer V계수가 0.2~0.4로 모두 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 소비자들은 PB식품의 만족도를 속성별로 평가한 결과 보통 이상의 만족도를 보였으며 식품군 다양성과 제품군 맛 다양성 측면의 만족도가 3.57로 가장 높았고 가격에 대한 만족도가 가장 낮았다(3.49). 마지막으로 전반적 만족도에 영향을 미치는 속성별 만족도를 다중회귀로 분석한 결과 맛, 디자인/포장 속성의 만족도가 전반적 만족도에 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 분석결과를 토대로 다음과 같은 제언을 제시한다. 첫째, 선호하는 편의점 브랜드와 PB식품의 선호브랜드가 일치할 가능성이 크기 때문에 PB식품에 대한 적극적인 광고를 한다면 역으로 편의점을 선호브랜드로 자리매김할 수 있을 것으로 보인다. 둘째, 연령이 높아질수록 편의점 이용빈도와 PB식품 구매빈도는 낮아졌기 때문에 PB식품은 가격과 품질 모두 신뢰할 수 있도록 제품 개선 및 이미지 개선이 필요하다. 셋째, PB식품의 전반적 만족도에 영향을 미치는 요소인 맛 또는 디자인/포장의 경쟁력을 향상시킬 필요가 있다.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.746-752
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• 2016

In this study, we analyzed the dietary style of Chinese singles; in addition, the effect of convenience food consumption on the quality of life of singles was evaluated through construct model development on the relationship between the frequency of consumption and satisfaction with convenience food and quality of life. A statistical analysis of 153 surveys from Tianj was conducted using SPSS 12.0 for Windows and SEM using AMOS 5.0 statistics package. The reliability of the data was confirmed by an exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The measurement model was confirmed as appropriate by a confirmatory factor analysis of the measurement model in conjunction with AMOS. The results of a factor analysis were as follows. Dietary style was categorized into four factors. The level of satisfaction with convenience food was categorized into seven factors and quality of life was categorized into four factors. The reliability of these findings was supported by a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.6 and higher for all the factors. For the level of satisfaction with convenience food based on dietary style and the quality of life of singles, a structural equation model was constructed and analyzed. The results of all tests indicated that the model satisfied the recommended level of goodness of fit index and thus, the overall research model was appropriate. The current study highlights the increased interest in eating habits of singles and is necessary for further improvement in nutrition education.