The Determinants of Consumer’s Behaviour in Restaurant Food Waste Mitigation: Evidence from North Cyprus

The current circumstance on food waste mitigation in North Cyprus shows that, it needs a productive and successful waste administration system having analysed the case of waste mitigation of the food sectors in North Cyprus. This thesis empirically examines the determinants of consumer’s behaviour in restaurant food waste mitigation in North Cyprus. Regression analysis, independent t test and ANOVA analysis were employed to inspect the trade-off between food waste mitigation and its determinants. Surveys were distributed to two hundred and six participants for the analysis on an online platform. Regression results indicate that new ecological paradigm, favourable to natural conduct at home, mentalities towards eatery food squander and foreseen feelings towards eatery food squander have significant positive impact on food waste mitigation. The results also illustrate that male and female mostly have different opinions on food waste mitigation whereas Anova analysis shows that job status as well as job occupation have different opinions. Keywords: food waste mitigation, Regression analysis, food sector, North Cyprus.