Research Paper
Year: 2022 | Month: December | Volume: 9 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 309-318
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20221234
Behavior of Purchasing and Consuming Coffee in The Era of COVID-19 Pandemic
Parama Almuntahaatul Hasna Aziz1, Ujang Sumarwan2, Diah Krisnatuti2
1School of Business, IPB University, Jl Padjadjaran, Bogor, Indonesia 16151
2Department of Family and Consumer Science, Faculty of Human Ecology, IPB University, Jl Agatis, IPB Dramaga, Bogor, Indonesia 16680
Corresponding Author: Parama Almuntahaatul Hasna Aziz
ABSTRACT
Modern behavior in the global era had led to higher levels of coffee consumption by both millennial and non-millennial groups. This phenomenon appeared during the COVID-19 pandemic which was increasingly spreading. Therefore, the pandemic has influenced the changing pattern of buying and consuming coffee. The purposes of this research were to identify the lifestyle, the brand equity, the behavioral situation of buying and consuming coffee in millennial and non-millennial groups. The data from the research was collected by distributing online questionnaires to several respondents throughout Indonesia. The research method used multiple linear regression with 220 samples. The results for the millennial group obtained an R-value of 65.9 % and an R-value of 43.4 % indicating that the brand equity and the situation affected the behavior in buying and consuming coffee during the COVID-19 pandemic. Otherwise, the lifestyle had no effect. The results for the non-millennial group obtained an R-value of 65.9 % and an R Square value of 43.4 % indicated that the lifestyle and the situation affected the behavior of buying and consuming coffee during the COVID-19 pandemic c . Otherwise, brand equity had no effect on the behavior of buying and consuming coffee.
Keywords: buying and consuming coffee, lifestyle, brand equity, situation
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