HALAL LEAN RETAIL
“Examining
retailers’
behavior
in managing
critical points in Halal meat handling:
a PLS analysis”
Abstract : This
research aims to examine the casual relationship between normative belief (NB),subjective
norms
(SN), retailer’s behavioural
belief (RBB), retailer’s attitude (RATT), retailer’s
behaviour
intention
(RBI), retailer’s actual behaviour
(RAB) and retail performance (RetailP).
Managing
Halal meat
becomes an issue for retailers due to consumers’ concerns for their religious
belief.
Introduction : Muslim consumers are
intensively demanding for Halal products, especially
meat. To know and understanding what is
Halal, it is a principal to every single Muslim’s belief, then we should
consider all the information
that is known by necessity. In this
study we deal with retailers’ Halal meat handling behaviour.
Many of the existing studies
that have examined the food retail environment of youth have focused
on food
retailers in proximity to the young persons’ homes.
Literature Review : The Halal meat chain is adapting to
newly emerging
consumer requirement such as looking after the animals’ welfare and
making it
easy for food preparation and consumption. Many large retailers have begun
to sell
Halal meat in their stores such as Tesco the results focussing
on the spending of Halal products were
almost entirely a part of general consumptions researches. The only
contribution to Halal products consumption research is
that consumers have positive attitudes and
beliefs considering Halal goods in the world.
Methodology : A total of 230 questionnaires were
distributed among Malaysian meat retailers of which
178 useful
questionnaires were collected. In the first part of the questionnaire, the
respondents were asked about the type of ownership,
size of organization, type of organization,
number of employees, length of operation, type of meat company sale and
amount of
meat producing
Conclusion : In the case of the Halal meat market,
retailers should understand to monitor all steps in Halal compliance
very well.
Critical points in Halal meat handling in this study are clear when
decision-makers in organization are making decisions in
their respective companies accordingly.
Retailers should understand the importance of the Halal meat market for
organizations which are operating in the Halal market
and Muslim population.
“Preferences
for Halalan Toyyiban Retail Supply Chain Certification:A Case of
Hypermarket”
Abstract : One of the aspects that the grocery
retailer needs to take into considerations while be able to serve its customers
efficiently is by looking at
the effectiveness of their store operations that deal with the issue of halalal
toyyiban
fulfilment. Issues such as whether the store
offer halal products according to syariah;
offer products that are imported from various different countries and obtained
halal status
as well as transit handling and authenticity of halal status of the products
offered in the store are well documented are all
vulnerable and crucial for grocery retailer in order to keep their customers
confidence at all time.
Introduction : Grocery retail environment in Malaysia is
becoming more competitive due to rapidly changing market conditions
and consumer
requirements. Consumer always looks for well-stocked shelves, food freshness,
and better services with promotions.
In addition, consumer beliefs and thought about food consumption is also
considered vital to the grocery retail
operations where majority of its consumers are Muslim.
Literature Review : In the context of Malaysian Halal food
logistics, many studies focused in different issues and have come up with
various arguments. The main concerned was the
issue related to lack of enforcement by halal certification authority.
Methodology : The methodologies applied in this study
are qualitative in nature. Interviews were conducted in order to understand
grocery retailers’ views on the preferences of halalan-toyyiban
supply chain certification. This approach develops an
understanding of retailers’ subjective experiences by analysing
the subjective realities of their experiences as well as
be able
to obtain a deeper understanding of how grocery retailers understand on the
issues being discussed.
Conclusion : This
study is significant for both industry professionals and
academician in order to gain information related to the issues of halalan
toyyiban
retail supply
chain certification,
thus helping the management in planning their halalan
toyyiban
retail supply chain certification as well
as act as an added value to the hypermarket concern thus able to remain
competitive in the market.
“RETAILING LAYOUTS FOR HALAL FOOD SUPPLY
CHAIN:
ISSUES & CHALLENGES”
ISSUES & CHALLENGES”
Abstract : This literary paper aims to examine the
issues and challenges of retailing layout for halal food supply chain. for
retail
layout, as a consumer and a manufacturer to the halal products, we must have
knowledge on our rights
so that
we could understand the certain issues and take the right action to the future
in halal food supply chain.
Introduction : The
traditional grocery retail shops have been replaced by
supermarkets and subsequently by hypermarkets which
have dramatically
changed both the market structure and the
regulatory policy. Muslim consumer nowadays is
starting to concern more on Halal products
since Malaysia has already taken seriously on
approach towards developing Halal products.
Literature Review : In Malaysia, the structure of food
retailing has changed drastically since
over the last few decades. the food
retailing industry in Malaysia has experienced
tremendous growth as well. Instead of development in
food
retail industry,
the behaviour
of consumers in Malaysia has also changed.
Conclusion : As
the demand for Halal food products is expected to grow
even bigger
in the future, major factors such as Halal
certification, Halal standard, Halal traceability, Halal
integrity, and Halal in retailing should be given
a serious
approach in order to ensure the needs and
well-being of the Halal food
consumers can be satisfied and well protected. Additionally, illegal and
unethical business practices such as
falsifying Halal certificate and selling non-Halal
as Halal
products can be minimised
if governance parties involve together.
