Abstract:
The objectives of this study were 1) to explore personal factors of working people who consumed fast food 2) to study marketing mix factors affecting the fast food consumption behavior and 3)to study the fast food consumption behavior of working people in Chomthong District, Bangkok. The sample group used in this study was 400 working people who consumed fast food in Chomthong District, Bangkok. The sampling was purposive sampling and used questionnaires as a tool for data collection. The data was analyzed by frequency, percentage, means and standard deviation. The statistics for testing hypothesis were Chi square and one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) by analyzing Least Square Difference (LSD) at 95 percent confidence level.
The results showed that most consumers were female, aged between 26 35 years old, working as a private company, an average income of 30,001 40,000 Baht per month and having a Bachelors degree education. The analysis of marketing mix factors revealed that distribution channels were at the highest opinion level and in terms of product, price, marketing promotion, personnel, physical evidence and process were at the high opinion level. The analysis of fast food consumption behavior showed that most choose to eat fast food by the type of food; the frequency of fast food consumption was up to 16 20 times per month; most popular to use fast food restaurants in residential communities; the average expense of fast food consumption was 51 100 Baht per time; and the reasons for fast food consumption were fast service and limited break time. Hypothesis testing found that the different personal factors include gender, age, occupation, average monthly income and educational level affecting the different fast food consumption behaviors of working people in Chomthong District, Bangkok was statistically significant at 0.05 level and the marketing mix factors: product, price, place, promotion, people, physical evidence and process related to fast food consumption behavior of working people in Chomthong District, Bangkok was statistically significant at 0.05 level.
From the results of this study, it was found that the sample group focused on marketing mix factors in most distribution channels, therefore, people who would like to operate fast food restaurants should develop strategies and additional marketing plan by: 1)expand business branches to have fast food locations in the community where it is easy to reach consumers; 2) adding delivery services or develop a form of packaging to be brought home for convenience; 3) meet the needs of consumers at the right point should impress and promote repeat purchases. These strategies would help to increase sales and the growth rate of fast food restaurants where continuous improvements will provide continuous business.
Keywords: Fast Foods, Consumption Behavior, Working People.