Green Sourcing: Effects on Supplier Performance Metrics in Fast Food Restaurants in Frontier Markets

Abstract

Purpose: Following the banning of expanded polystyrene packaging material, the fast food restaurant industry was serendipitously plunged into green sourcing initiatives for its packaging materials leading to heightened efforts on evaluating the suitability of various suppliers of green packaging material. This study therefore sought to assess the performance of selected suppliers on supplier performance metrics of total cost of ownership, quality of sourced material and delivery performance, in Zimbabwe’s restaurant industry.

Keywords

• green sourcing
• supplier evaluation
• fast food restaurant
• frontier markets
• supplier performance metrics
• green packaging material
• total cost of ownership
• quality of sourced material
• delivery performance