The Impact of a Non-profit Market on Food Store Choice and Shopping Experience: A Community Case Study
Research evaluating the impact of new food stores in “food deserts” have reported limited impact on eating and health outcomes of residents who live nearby. Few studies have reported on shoppers' food store choices and experiences in these new stores. This study focused on residents' exper...
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| description | Research evaluating the impact of new food stores in “food deserts” have reported limited impact on eating and health outcomes of residents who live nearby. Few studies have reported on shoppers' food store choices and experiences in these new stores. This study focused on residents' experience with a new non-profit food market in Chester, PA and analyzes spatial patterns regarding who did and did not choose to shop at the new store. Phone surveys (n = 135) and in-person interviews (n = 13) were conducted with the primary food shopper for households living in Chester 1–2 years, respectively, after the opening of a store. Participants who shopped at the new market reported positive experiences in regard to convenience, customer service, food quality, and prices and believed that the new market had a positive impact on the community. But most participants had not shopped at the new market, citing many of the same factors in their decision to shop at supermarkets outside the city. Our findings underscore the need to combine new food retail strategies with community engagement and other interventions, such as in-store promotions and health education programs, to maximize the number of people who shop at new food outlets designed to improve access to healthful foods. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-436f48eaddbe455295ee13018685c9ef2022-12-21T22:43:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652019-04-01710.3389/fpubh.2019.00078450621The Impact of a Non-profit Market on Food Store Choice and Shopping Experience: A Community Case StudyMengni Yao0Amy Hillier1Elizabeth Wall2Katherine I. DiSantis3School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, MA, United StatesSchool of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesCollege of Health Sciences, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, United StatesResearch evaluating the impact of new food stores in “food deserts” have reported limited impact on eating and health outcomes of residents who live nearby. Few studies have reported on shoppers' food store choices and experiences in these new stores. This study focused on residents' experience with a new non-profit food market in Chester, PA and analyzes spatial patterns regarding who did and did not choose to shop at the new store. Phone surveys (n = 135) and in-person interviews (n = 13) were conducted with the primary food shopper for households living in Chester 1–2 years, respectively, after the opening of a store. Participants who shopped at the new market reported positive experiences in regard to convenience, customer service, food quality, and prices and believed that the new market had a positive impact on the community. But most participants had not shopped at the new market, citing many of the same factors in their decision to shop at supermarkets outside the city. Our findings underscore the need to combine new food retail strategies with community engagement and other interventions, such as in-store promotions and health education programs, to maximize the number of people who shop at new food outlets designed to improve access to healthful foods.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00078/fullfood desertsupermarketfood shopping behaviorsfood accessnon-profit supermarket |
| spellingShingle | Mengni Yao Amy Hillier Elizabeth Wall Katherine I. DiSantis The Impact of a Non-profit Market on Food Store Choice and Shopping Experience: A Community Case Study Frontiers in Public Health food desert supermarket food shopping behaviors food access non-profit supermarket |
| title | The Impact of a Non-profit Market on Food Store Choice and Shopping Experience: A Community Case Study |
| title_full | The Impact of a Non-profit Market on Food Store Choice and Shopping Experience: A Community Case Study |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of a Non-profit Market on Food Store Choice and Shopping Experience: A Community Case Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of a Non-profit Market on Food Store Choice and Shopping Experience: A Community Case Study |
| title_short | The Impact of a Non-profit Market on Food Store Choice and Shopping Experience: A Community Case Study |
| title_sort | impact of a non profit market on food store choice and shopping experience a community case study |
| topic | food desert supermarket food shopping behaviors food access non-profit supermarket |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00078/full |
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