Abstract:
The aim of this research was to study the factors associated to consumers buying behaviors of vegetable oil in the central region. The samples consisted of 385 consumers and data were collected by questionnaires.
The results showed that the majority of respondents were female, aged between 21 40 years, having marital status as single, having bachelor degree, working in a private company, and having monthly income between 10,001 20,000 Baht. Regarding the buying behaviors of vegetable oil, consumers in the central region showed that the soy oil with A Ngoon brand was most selected. They normally bought the vegetable oil at the department store with the frequency of once per four weeks. Furthermore, they, most of the time, bought only one bottle with the size of one liter. They also indicated that the reason of buying came from perceived properties of vegetable oil and information resource that affecting buying decision was advertising.
Regarding demographic factors of the consumers, gender had relation with the buying place and number of weeks for each buys. Age related to number of weeks for each buy and information source influencing the buying decision. Moreover, marital status related to buying place and volume bought each time. Education level correlated with type of vegetable oil and buying place. In addition, career correlated with type of vegetable oil and volume bought each time. Finally, monthly income had correlation with the most frequently buying place. All results were analyzed with statistical significance of 0.05.
With respect to motivation factors, rationale aspect correlated with volume bought each time and the reason for buying vegetable oil. Furthermore, emotional aspect correlated with frequency of the buying vegetable oil for cooking and volume bought each time. According to marketing mix factors, it was found that product factor correlated with volume bought each time while distribution channel factor correlated with brand currently used. For marketing promotion factor, it correlated with the most frequently buying place, volume bought each time and reason for buying vegetable oil. All mentioned results were tested with statistical significance of 0.05. On the other hand, the price factor had no correlation with vegetable oil buying behaviors of consumers in the central region.