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Determinants of purchase intention of Halal packaged
food among non-Muslim consumers in Thailand
Muhammad Syukur*, Dej-anan Bungkilo and
Chatrudee Jongsureyapart
Business Excellence and Logistics Research Centre (BE-Logist),
School of Management,
Mae Fah Luang University,
333 Moo 1, Thasud, Mueang, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Email: msyukurmail@gmail.com
Email: muhammad.syu@mfu.ac.th
Email: dej-anan@mfu.ac.th
Email: chatrudee.jon@mfu.ac.th
*Corresponding author
Abstract: Halal food is not specially nor exclusively prepared for Muslim
consumers. It is the food for all faith, Muslim and non-Muslims. Thailand’s
dream to be the Halal hub in the region must start from the readiness of the
country. This paper is an expanded version of the previous research which took
Thai Muslim consumers as the samples. This research aims to test the
determinants of purchase intention from Thai non-Muslims for halal packaged
food. Multiple regression analysis is applied to the data from 193 respondents
representing all four regions in Thailand. It is found that the place, promotion,
and awareness are determinants for purchase intention on halal packaged food.
By matching the result of the related research on Thai Muslims, it is concluded
that place (product availability) and awareness are determinants of purchase
intention of halal packaged food among both Muslims and non-Muslim in
Thailand.
Keywords: purchase intention; halal food; Thailand; non-Muslims; marketing
mix functions; the theory of planned behaviour; halal awareness; knowledge
about halal food; religiosity.
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Syukur, M., Bungkilo, D-a.
and Jongsureyapart, C. (2021) ‘Determinants of purchase intention of Halal
packaged food among non-Muslim consumers in Thailand’, Int. J. Procurement
Management, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp.413–425.
Biographical notes: Muhammad Syukur is a Lecturer in the School of
Management at Mae Fah Luang University. His research project covers Islamic
marketing and procurement strategy.
Dej-anan Bungkilo is a Lecturer at Mae Fah Luang University. Currently, he is
actively supervising Master’s degree students covering issues related to general
business and management topics.
Chatrudee Jongsureyapart is the Head of Business Excellence and Logistics
Research Centre (BE-Logist) and Dean of the School of Management, Mae Fah
Luang University.