Food waste is a serious problem around the world. To solve this problem, food sharing platforms were developed to distribute leftover food. There is a limited number of empirical studies investigating the drivers of purchasing surplus food, particular...
Food waste is a serious problem around the world. To solve this problem, food sharing platforms were developed to distribute leftover food. There is a limited number of empirical studies investigating the drivers of purchasing surplus food, particularly in developing countries. Surplus food is unprocessed fresh food raw materials, and a large amount of surplus food is discarded and wasted every day. As a new business model, surplus food blind boxes can attract consumers to buy and reduce food waste. The main purpose of this study is to explore how to improve consumers' awareness of blind boxes of leftovers to increase purchase intention. Therefore, this study analyzes the relevant factors that affect consumers' purchase intention of blind boxes of surplus food and conducts analysis through this study using SPSS 23.0 and AMOS 23.0. Frequency analysis was conducted on the sample characteristics based on 528 questionnaires, and a consumer perception model of blind box purchase intention of surplus food that can be used for future research was established. The results show that diversity, subjective norms, economy, and gamification experience all have an impact on perceived egoism value and perceived altruistic value. Our findings also show that people with higher education levels and lower-income groups show higher purchase intentions for surplus food. Practitioners, consumers, governments and researchers can use the findings to reduce food waste. Key words: Surplus Food, Blind Box, Perceived Egoism Value,Perceived Altruistic Value, Impure Altruism, Benefit Appeal, Purchase Intention * A thesis for the degree of Master in February 2024.