Questionnaire Ready to Eat Food

Kindly tick the most appropriate box with a '√' wherever applicable / fill in the blanks with required information.

1. Gend er 2. Age Group 3. Marit al Status 4. Occupatio n

MAL E

FEMA LE

18-25

Single

26-40

41-55

Above 55

Marri ed

Servi ce Self Employed Housewife Other

5. You belong to a : Joint Family Nuclear Family Staying Single 6. Could you kindly tick your group as per Total Family Income per month Less than 20,000 20,000 – 50,000 50,000-1,00,000 Above 1,00,000

7. Given a normal week, meals (i.e. lunch & dinner) are cooked at home for All Days Week Days Week Ends Never 8. On days when meals are not cooked at home, how do you manage? (Select more than one if applicable) Visit a Restaurant Order food from a restaurant Pick up a Ready To Eat Packet 9. Have you heard of Ready to Eat meals? YES

NO

10.Have you ever purchased Ready To Eat meals? YES

NO

11.If yes what kind of Ready To Eat meal you bought? Froz en

Ambie nt

12. Do you remember any of the READY TO EAT brands? 1. __________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. __________

13. You picked up a Ready To Eat pack While shopping for monthly grocery items Separately during emergency

14. How did you come to know about the Ready To Eat Packs? more than one if applicable)

(Choose

TV Commercials Display At Malls Word Of Mouth Other Sources (Please Specify) _____________ 15. Kindly rate your opinion on the following parameters:STRON GLY AGREE A Ready To Eat Pack (a) saves a lot of time A Ready To Eat Pack saves a lot of effort in (b) cooking A pack of Ready to eat (b) has sufficient quantity A Ready To Eat Pack is easily available (c) whenever I need it I don’t see any sort of health problem due to the consumption of (d) Ready to Eat Food I think a Ready to Eat Food pack is value for (e) money

AGREE

NEITHER AGREE/N OR DISAGRE E

DISAGR EE

STRONGLY DISAGREE

(f)

(g)

(h) (i)

(j) (k)

(l) (m )

(n)

(o)

I think the Ready to Eat meal is not as tasty as freshly cooked food I know that the Ready to Eat Packs are manufactured at best quality standards I will surely use more Ready to Eat Food Packs if ready to eat rotis are also made available I think Ready to Eat Food is priced appropriately. I think Ready to Eat meals have same quantity of nutrients as compared to freshly prepared food. I choose Ready to Eat products from the wellknown brands only. Ready to Eat products are available in readily available in different pack sizes. I often buy Ready to Eat meals of seasonal products only I look for how to prepare/cook/store the product while buying Ready to Eat products. I choose Ready to Eat product when I don’t know the recipe of the meal.

16. Major reason behind choosing any brand? a) Taste e) Others

b) Advertisements ccc c) Schemes

d) Availability