Foodstuffs Double Standard

15th International Conference on European Integration - Realities and Perspectives Danubius University May 15, 2020

8 Pages Posted: 14 May 2020

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Pauna Dan

Danubius University of Galati

Date Written: May 15, 2020

Abstract

This paper aims to emphasize a recent phenomenon which is the double standard applied to foodstuffs on the market in Eastern Europe. The same producer produces and sells a trade mark to consumers from both Western and Eastern Europe. The only problem is that the quality standard of one product, is not the same, for the eastern and western consumers. This study rhetorically asks the question: are consumers in Western Europe better than the ones in Eastern Europe?

Keywords: food apartheid, foodstuffs, higher-quality, communist food nostalgias

JEL Classification: D18,I12,L66,P46

Suggested Citation

Dan, Pauna, Foodstuffs Double Standard (May 15, 2020). 15th International Conference on European Integration - Realities and Perspectives Danubius University May 15, 2020 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3580098

Pauna Dan (Contact Author)

Danubius University of Galati ( email )

Blvd. Galati no.3
Galati
Romania

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