Any Size for a Dollar: The Effect of Any‐Size‐Same‐Price Versus Standard Pricing on Beverage Size Choices

KL Haws, PJ Liu, SK Dallas, J Cawley… - Journal of Consumer …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Overconsumption of sugary drinks is linked with obesity. These beverages have been the
target of recent public health policies, and, simultaneously, some firms have altered their …

Regulating the way to obesity: unintended consequences of limiting sugary drink sizes

BM Wilson, S Stolarz-Fantino, E Fantino - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Objectives We examined whether a sugary drink limit would still be effective if larger-sized
drinks were converted into bundles of smaller-sized drinks. Methods In a behavioral …

Containing big soda: Countering inducements to buy large-size sugary drinks

PW Dobson, R Chakraborty, JS Seaton - Journal of Business Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Health concerns about overconsumption of large portions apply to a wide range of highly
calorific foods and drinks. Yet, amongst all products, sugar-sweetened soft drinks and …

Value for money or making the healthy choice: the impact of proportional pricing on consumers' portion size choices

WM Vermeer, E Alting, IHM Steenhuis… - European Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background: Large food portion sizes are determinants of a high caloric intake, especially if
they have been made attractive through value size pricing (ie lower unit prices for large than …

The impact of price discounts and calorie messaging on beverage consumption: a multi-site field study

JJS Jue, MJ Press, D McDonald, KG Volpp, DA Asch… - Preventive …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To examine the efficacy of alternative approaches for shifting consumers
toward zero calorie beverages. We examined the effect of price discounts and novel …

The 101 calorie mini pack: the interaction between numerical and verbal marketing cues

EA Minton, RL Liu, CT Lee - Marketing Letters, 2018 - Springer
Research has yet to adequately explore how numerical (eg, calorie information) and verbal
(eg, size descriptors) food portion cues on product packaging interact to influence consumer …

That's not so bad, I'll eat more! Backfire effects of calories-per-serving information on snack consumption

AH Tangari, M Bui, KL Haws, PJ Liu - Journal of Marketing, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This research investigates how provision of calories-per-serving information on serving size
labels affects snack consumption quantity. Drawing from expectancy-disconfirmation theory …

Using extremeness aversion to fight obesity: Policy implications of context dependent demand

KM Sharpe, R Staelin, J Huber - Journal of Consumer Research, 2008 - academic.oup.com
This article illustrates how the compromise effect alters consumers' selection of soft drinks.
Using three within-subject studies, we show that extremeness aversion and price …

One man's tall is another man's small: how the framing of portion size influences food choice

DR Just, B Wansink - Health Economics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Labels such as 'Large'or 'Super‐size'are often used to describe portion sizes. How do these
normative labels influence consumer choice and how much they ultimately either consume …

Substitution of healthy for unhealthy beverages among college students. A health-concerns and behavioral-economics perspective

CC Yang, WB Chiou - Appetite, 2010 - Elsevier
Excessive intake of sugar-sweetened beverages by undergraduates is closely related to the
increasing prevalence of obesity, making investigations of the substitution of healthy for …