Fisheries and aquaculture products consumption in France: when the Covid-19 crisis did not lead to more sustainable purchases

Special Issue - COVID-19 effects on fisheries and aquaculture food systems

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Table 6

Home consumption of long-shelf life fishery and aquaculture products during lockdowns per distribution channel in France.

	Canned Fish		Frozen Fish

	First lockdown	Second lockdown	First lockdown	Second lockdown
	% Rate of change	% Rate of change	% Rate of change	% Rate of change
Amount spent
Total France	+22.47***	+12.08	+28.34	+7.58
Generalised Dist. Channels	+22.41***	+11.02	+28.44	+8.31
Incl. Proximity Shops	+67.29***	+7.52
Incl. Online Dist. Channels	+84.39***	+68.09***
Specialised Dist. Channels	+24.81**	+45.61*	+28.12**	+6.09
Quantities purchased
Total France	+16.3***	+8.27	+23.31	+7.46
Generalised Dist. Channels	+15.89***	+6.71	+23.48	+8.85
Incl. Proximity Shops	+60.74***	+7.61
Incl. Online Dist. Channels	+76.36***	+62.3***
Specialised Dist. Channels	+36.69***	+72.86	+22.62**	+2.03
Average Prices
Total France	+5.26***	+3.55	+4.12**	+0.08
Generalised Dist. Channels	+5.59***	+4.09	+4**	–0.54
Incl. Proximity Shops	+4.31*	–0.09
Incl. Online Dist. Channels	+6.6*	+3.75
Specialised Dist. Channels	–9.42	–15.27***	+4.81	+4.35
Market penetration
Total France	+12.1**	+3.16	+18.03	+5.78
Generalised Dist. Channels	+12.01**	+2.34	+17.43	+6.17
Incl. Proximity Shops	+47.33***	+6.06
Incl. Online Dist. Channels	+90.95***	+56.56***
Specialised Dist. Channels	+28.49**	+48	+23.99**	+3.87
Amount spent per purchasing act
Total France	+6.12**	+10.2**	+6.97***	+2.19
Quantities purchased per purch. act
Total France	–0.97	+4.84	+0.9	+0.56

Student's t-test/Welch's t-test, * p < 0.10, ^** p < 0.05, ^*** p < 0.01.

Comparison between March, April and May 2017–2019 (9 observations) and 2020 (3 observations) for the first lockdown.

Comparison between November and December 2017–2019 (6 observations) and 2020 (2 observations) for the second lockdown.

Monthly data extracted on 27/06/21, source: COPECO, based on FranceAgriMer-Kantar data.

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