Abstract:
The purposes of this independent study were to compare the importance of the marketing mix factors of non-toxic vegetables as well as to study the relationships between the motivations and the importance of the marketing mix factors and purchasing behavior toward non-toxic vegetables of consumers in Bangkok. Descriptive statistics used for data analysis were Percentage, Mean, and Standard Deviation. According to inferential statistics, the Independent Samples t-test, One-Way Analysis of Variance, and the Pearson Correlation were used for hypothesis testing. Regarding the marketing mix factors, the result showed that the highest levels of importance were from product and place factors while price and promotion factors also indicated high levels of importance. In addition, regarding the motivations of non-toxic vegetable purchase decision, the result revealed that the highest level was from the cleanliness aspect in such a way that consumers did not want any dirt to be mixed up with non-toxic vegetable. As for the safety aspect, the result indicated the high level of motivation showing that consumers were afraid of the danger from the consumption of other vegetable which had chemical contamination.
According to the hypothesis testing, the result revealed that consumers with different genders, ages, and average monthly incomes considered the importance of the marketing mix factors differently at significant level of 0.05. In addition, the motivations of non-toxic vegetable purchase decision in terms of cleanliness and safety aspects were significantly related to tendencies of future purchase and word-of-mouth at significant level of 0.05. Besides, the place and promotion factors were significantly related to purchasing value per time and purchasing frequency per month at significantly level of 0.05. Moreover, the product and price factors were significantly related to the future purchase tendency at significantly level of 0.05.