Globalization's Influence on Food Habits: Prahova/Romania Case Study

This research project investigates the impact of globalization on the food habits of citizens in Prahova, Romania. The study explores how globalization influences the introduction of foreign dishes, changes in eating behaviors, and the effects of social and economic environments on dietary choices. It delves into the concept of globalization, its effects on the food sector, and the importance of understanding these trends for restaurant businesses. The project includes a literature review discussing globalization's role in economic development and its effects on various sectors. The research methodology involves formulating research questions, identifying factors affecting the research process, and conducting a critical review of the literature. The project aims to provide insights into the evolving eating habits of Romanians and the implications for the food industry, offering a comprehensive analysis of globalization's impact on the local food culture. The project includes a detailed table of contents, introduction, task breakdowns with research formulations, literature reviews, and data analysis to effectively assess the impact of globalization on the eating habits of the citizens of Prahova, Romania.

RESEARCH PROJECT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE..............................................................................................................................................5
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................5
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................6
1.1 Formulate and record of research project..............................................................................6
1.2 Factors affect process of research..........................................................................................7
1.3 Critical review (Literature review)........................................................................................8
1.4 Research project specification.............................................................................................14
1.5 Plan and procedure for project.............................................................................................16
2.1 Research questionnaire........................................................................................................20
TASK 2..........................................................................................................................................22
2.2 Abstract and methodology...................................................................................................22
2.3 Result...................................................................................................................................24
3.1 Data analysis........................................................................................................................26
3.2 Discussion............................................................................................................................34
3.3 Conclusion...........................................................................................................................35
Recommendation.......................................................................................................................36
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................36
4.1 Research results...................................................................................................................36
REFERENCE.................................................................................................................................37
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INDEX OF TABLES
Table 1: Time schedule..................................................................................................................20
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ILLUSTRATION INDEX
Illustration 1: Gantt chart...............................................................................................................19
Illustration 2: Network diagram.....................................................................................................19
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TITLE
The impact of globalization on food habits: A case study on citizen on Prahova/Romania
INTRODUCTION
Globalization is essential for economic and overall development of any country through
exchanging technology, information and products from one nation to another. However, it is
helpful to improve the standard of living of people. In this regard, different ideas are generated
for meeting customers' expectations in terms of providing food services globally. In this research
project, impact of globalization on food habits of citizens of Prahova/Romania can be
understood. Through this study, critical evaluation of globalization impact on food habits of
country's citizen is to be described. Including this, research methods and different authors' views
on globalization impact can be expressed. However, research specification and data analysis for
can be presented in this assignment. In this regard, a systematic manner for conducting research
and accomplishing tasks to recognize impact of globalization on eating habits of country's people
is to be presented. Thus, learners are able to understand different impacts of globalization on
food habits of nation's citizen through this research project efficiently.
Background
Current research study is carried out on the eating habits of the people. In order to carry
out research it is very important to understand the research topic background. Eating habits are
directly influenced by the varied factors like social, cultural, economic and globalization. In past
couple of years economic condition of the Romania people changed to great extent and
globalization of the nation happened. This is evidenced from the fact that in past year’s trade of
the mentioned nation increased at rapid pace with foreign nations. All these things create more
employment opportunity and lead to increase in income level of people. With change in income
level people spending on restaurants changed at rapid pace. It can be said that eating habits of the
people changed at fast rate. Romania is a part of Europe as its growth as same of other nations.
Thus, due to commencement of operations of foreign restaurant chains in mentioned nation
people become habitual of eating foreign dishes and in this way eating habits of local people
change with passage of time. In accordance to this, globalization role in food sector involving
health and nutrition is to be presented. It is well known city of Roman country which population
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density is very high that provides different countries' food trend in this individual nation. In this
regard, it is very important to identify that to what extent globalization put an impact on
country's people life style. Main aim of the present research project is to develop broad
understanding about various aspects of eating habits that is observed in people of Romania. In
many research studies it is identified that there is an impact of globalization on citizen eating
habits. Results that will be obtained from the present research study will be helpful in identifying
lots of hidden trends and factors. It can be said that there is huge importance of the present
research study and it will help people in making restaurant related business decisions.
TASK 1
1.1 Formulate and record of research project
The main aim of present research project is to identify globalization impact on eating
habits of citizen of Prahova. In this regard, impact of globalization on countries' domestic dishes
food and flavors will be identified (Andrews and Hampel, 2015). In accordance with this, aim,
objectives and different research tools can be understood as below:-
Aim of research project
“To identify the impact of globalization on food habits of Citizen of Prahova.”
Objectives of the project
On the behalf of aim of study, set targets are to be described as follows:-
 To understand the concept of globalization for Prahova in food sector.
 To analyze the impact of globalization on Prahova’s food sector in terms of introduction
of foreign dishes.
 To understand changes in eating habits of people in Prahova due to globalization
 To identify the impact of change in social and economic environment on the eating habits
of people in Prahova.
Rationale of the study
It was important to conduct this study because this research study will help people in
understanding the changes that comes in past couple of years in terms of consumption of fast
food in restaurants. Research results will help restaurant owners to determine their product
portfolio and allocate resources across different products. Thus, it can be said that there is huge
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importance of the current research study. This research project is significant for understanding
the impact of food sector on Prahova's effectiveness. Through this study, different countries' food
qualities and tastes importance is to be described that is helpful for improving eating habits of
nation's. Therefore, impact of globalization on country's citizen in relation to eating habits is to
be understood that is interlinked with profitability of the restaurants in the nation. Thus, concept
of globalization including impact that it have on availability and preparation of different food
items in the nation. Besides this, the present report is will reveal wide variety of factors which
play an important role in attracting country's people towards tastes and flavors of food that are
eaten in other nations of the world. Hence, present report is essential for understanding impact on
varied factors on the eating habits of the people that happened due to globalization.
Research questions
Research is based on understanding the impact of globalization on food habits of
Prahova's citizens. In this regard, different research questions can be expressed like:-
 What is globalization?
 What is the extent of globalization have an impact on people eating behavior? In terms of
foreign dishes?
 What are the changes that come in peoples of Romania in eating habits due to
globalization?
 What is the impact of social and economic environment on eating habit of country's
people?
1.2 Factors affect process of research
There are different factors that put their impact on research project involves processes
and methods for conducting research and implementing plans to reach out for project
accomplishment. In this process, all tools and factors for completion of project and reaching out
its target can be explained (Gale and et.al., 2013). However, various tools for understanding
different aspects of research project and a systematic manner to meet set objectives. In this
regard, different tools for research project processing and various actions to be implemented can
be described. Including this, achieved results and several implementations are to be discussed to
analyze different views on food services efficiency through exchanging form one country to
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another effectively. In addition to this, it is justified that the all information and planning
procedure for research project is true and fair which is suitable for accomplishing project.
However, factors affecting research project are related to present globalization impact on citizen
of country regarding food and different tastes. In accordance to this, systematic process for
projecting and globalization affect is to be introduced through this assignment. Moreover,
various factors which are related to globalization on nation's effectiveness can be expressed that
impacts on different sectors of nation. Along with this, several tools and components for research
project and its accomplishment.
However, project can be followed that affects different factors for projection and
recognizing impact of globalization on country's effectiveness (Huang and et.al., 2013). In
addition to this, project aim, system process and action planning to succeed project activities are
impacted on result of the project. Including this, different determinants for making decisions
regarding country's growth as well role of food sector for country's citizen attraction towards
different nation's food tastes increases standard of living of the country's people. However,
positive and negative impacts on country's citizen on food sector of nation is to be expressed that
enhances effectiveness of nation same as other countries' development globally. Apart from this,
factors affect research project including reviews, research methods and data analysis are to be
identified for better quality services and enhancing food sector of nation is to be described. Thus,
through this assignment, the term of globalization for country's citizen is to be expressed for its
development and effectiveness. In this regard, importance of globalization for overall
development of the world is to be understood that affects on different sectors as well social and
cultural development.
1.3 Critical review (Literature review)
Concept of globalization
According to Landt and Melville, (2013) globalization is essential for any nation's
development and improving lifestyle of its citizen. It is beneficial for country's growth and
enhancing different kinds of efficiencies globally. However, globalization affects on country's
growth in different ways. For managing transaction of goods, services, information and different
things, government of the nation prepares various policies to be followed on. Therefore, several
aspects of globalization is gained for effectiveness of nation involving different sectors
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employment, tourism, education and so on. In this regard, various tools and factors are affected
for overall development of other nations' efficiencies. Therefore, it is recognized that
globalization is essential for developing nation and its different factors for enhancing nation's
efficiency. Including this, exchange of products and country's goods are exchanges from one to
another that affects several factors and nation's growth. However, importance of globalization is
gained that affects different sectors of any nation for balancing development of various nations
internationally. It is recognized that globalization impacts on country's growth in all ways for its
effectiveness as well enhancing efficiencies. Apart from this, through exchanging goods,
information and services from one country to another is helpful for development of different
countries worldwide. Including this, nation's growth can be achieved for proper balancing
through helping each other top allocate resources and fund effectively. Moreover, several kinds
of development of any nation is achieved for improving living standard of people and providing
different services from one to another country for proper balances. Therefore, various tools and
technological growth of any country can be achieved through this approach. However,
globalization is helpful to developing nation and increasing social and cultural development of
nation. Thus, it is analyzed that globalization is a process that remains helpful for exchanging
goods and services from one country to another globally therefore all countries development can
be gained in efficient ways.
On the contrary to this, Nédó and Paulik, (2012) argues that there are different rules and
obligations set by various countries relating to globalization. However, differences in social
choices and various interests of people adequate balance of all nations is not effective globally.
In this regard, variances in social systems and culture, exchange of goods and information
remains difficult. Including this, due to inefficient fund and poor countries are not able to
accepting advance technologies and machinery equipment. Along with this, different countries
have various charges for import and export of products therefore, high charges on excise duty as
well exchange of goods are remains costly an not affordable for all countries. Therefore, it is
difficult for any country to exchanging goods and services from one country to another because
of variances in resources and fund efficiency of different nations. Thus, it is needed for any
country to analyzing actual profitability and potentials for exchanging goods and information
from one country to another. All countries development can be achieved through focusing on
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each individual's strength and seeking to create balance among nations through aid economically
and non-financially. Hence, it is necessary for any country to apply globalization term by
focusing on all countries' potential and efficiency for transacting goods and information
efficiently.
Therefore, it is analysed that globalization is influenced on business operations of entity
worldwide. It has both positive and negative impacts which is food habits in any country.
However, food habits are varies from people to people because of differences in tastes, attitude
and so on. On critical evaluation, it is identified that it is difficult to consider an individual's
choice as well providing services according to is. Thus, it is essential to consider both positive
and negative impacts of globalization on country's people food habits.
To analyze impact of globalization on country food sector in terms of introduction of foreign
dishes in the nation due to change in food habits of people”
As per the point of view of Januszewska,, Pieniak and Verbeke, (2011) globalization
affects citizen's interest towards various kinds of dishes and tastes that increase people's spending
on restaurants. This lead to enhancement of entire productivity in restaurant industry. Ultimately,
this lead to enhancement of country’s economic growth. Through transacting goods and services,
different countries' people get attracted towards various tastes and various nations' uniqueness. It
is one of the effective aspect especially for developing country to balancing resources and unique
tastes of food from one country to another efficiently. However, it is beneficial for restaurants to
acquire knowledge about several nations' unique products and taking advantages of that things to
introduce product in homeland. Therefore, with introduction of new product curiosity created
among the people and them start eating foreign dishes. This lead to change in the eating habits of
the people to some extent. It is useful term for improving life style of country's people by
providing them various tastes of other nations' food. Hence, globalization impacts on citizen
demand for various countries food for example; Chinese, Mexican, Italian and so on. Thus,
globalization process relating to import and export of different food tastes that is interlinked with
proper economic growth of nation.
Frewer, Risvikand Schifferstein, (2013) claims that globalization affects negatively on
each country's citizen tastes and interest for food. Due to variances in different people tastes for
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food, import and export get affected. However, it is difficult for any nation to promote and
sustain individual dish in other country. In many nations it happened that people start consuming
more foreign dishes then indigenous dishes. Including this, because of dynamics in government
policies for exchanging goods and services, various factors and other sectors get impacted.
Along with this, it is also gained that interest towards other countries' dishes affect on particular
nation's dishes. It is because attraction towards other dishes get increased however lack in
demand for own nation's food is analyzed. It is resulted for increasing in import that is
interlinked with country's monetary position. In this regard, several factors get affected regarding
balancing of all nations' food sector and demand for dishes which are in trend as well variances
in their testes. Thus, it is necessary for preparing policies related to globalization in food sector
for increasing food varieties and different tastes that impacts import and export of food in
different countries.
Now-a-days, it is trend to adopt other countries culture in terms of providing variety of
dishes regarding their choices. However, it is good for increasing satisfaction level of different
countries' people which impact on visiting and customer loyalty. It influences profit level and
increasing nation's effectiveness at maximum level. Likewise, on critical evaluation, author also
argues that it is difficult to adopt new culture because of different issues such as; high cost
required, demographic and geographic factors' issue and so on. Thus, it is needed to consider
different countries' culture as well adopting them for maximizing customers' interests variety in
food in wide range.
Globalization and changes in eating habits of people
In opinion of Neghina and et.al., (2010) different countries have various tastes of food
that affects their interest and food habits. By importing and exporting food within countries,
different changes are implemented including technologies and various flavors in food. However,
attraction towards particular country's food is increased that is interrelated with monetary
position of nation. In this regard, different changes are occurred such as people's lifestyle, living
standard and varieties of tastes in food. It influences environment of country and healthcare
sector of the nation. Therefore, different environmental factors affect people attitude and
perception towards food services of several countries. In accordance to this, changes in food
habits are increased as well varieties of choices are obtained for testing different food and flavors
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of various nations worldwide. Including this, import and export of food get affected through this
changes including social status and people interest towards food. Along with this, various kinds
of food and different tastes are gained for people's habit and demand for different tastes. For
example; demanding Chinese and Mexican food in UK provides different tastes and unique
features in food and flavors. Therefore, different choices are available for food habits and
demand for different country's flavors. Hence, due to changes in food habit of country's people,
varieties in choices are determined that affects environment of food sector of any particular
country.
On the basis of critical evaluation, Yeh and et.al., (2014) claims that due to variances in
food habits and particular choice of food habit of any country's people, environment get
impacted. However, for import and export of food and different flavors of dishes are changed.
Including this, negative perception towards any nation's food remains unable for promoting and
sustaining food in other country of the world. Moreover, it is difficult for any country for
development in food sector due to inefficient resources and fund so that nation's proper growth
remains difficult. Along with this, due to high cost of food and dishes, all countries are not able
to transacting food within nations worldwide. Therefore, environment and different kinds of
lacks are determined for taking advantages of different countries' food. Including this, because of
variances in food tastes and changes in rules for import and export of products affect nation's
economic growth. However, due to inefficient fund and resources as well variances of different
countries' fluctuated earning power, different variations are occurred in nation's growth.
Therefore, it is needed for country to presenting its own food specialty more attractively and
enhancing improvements for proper growth effectively. In this regard, it is necessary for any
country to increasing export and decreasing import therefore proper management of food and
nation's development can be achieved systematically.
Changes in food habits is very common from people to people therefore adopting new
culture and providing services according to there is needed for any country. It is related with
profit maximization and competitiveness in comparison to other nations of the world. Therefore,
according to people's changes attitude, variety of ideas are generated for increasing their
satisfaction level as well demand for food services on larger scale.
Impact of change in social factor and economic environment on people eating habit
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