Examining the Feasibility of Healthy Minimum Stocking Standards for Small Food Stores

Abstract

In contrast to the inventory observed, most owners believed store stock met basic recommendations. Further, findings indicate that small stores are capable of stocking healthy products; however, technical and infrastructure support, as well as incentives, would facilitate shifts from staple to healthier staple foods. Retailers may need support to understand healthier product criteria and to drive consumer demand for new products.

Store and neighborhood differences in retailer compliance with a local staple foods ordinance

“…This includes obtaining a supplier or the capacity to self-supply certain types of food, as well as having the basic infrastructure for stocking perishable products. Indeed, capacity to supply and infrastructure to stock a variety of healthy foods has consistently been cited in previous literature as central to the success of small stores in carrying healthy products [7,8]. Increases in carrying food in each of the 10 categories suggest a promising step in compliance; the statistically significant increase in Minneapolis compared with St. Paul stores suggest that Minneapolis stores may have expanded their network of suppliers and/or capacity to self-supply healthy and staple foods.…”

“…One limitation of the study is that changes in two of our three indicators did not differ significantly by city, so compliance changes in Minneapolis may be attributable to factors other than the ordinance. Another limitation is that our analysis did not test compliance mediators; while we can glean from previous studies what challenges may have been likely for different kinds of stores [7][8][9], these were not tested in the current study. Another limitation is the sample size for the Minneapolis-only analyses, which may not have been large enough to detect significant subgroup differences; our conclusions are supported by both visual trends and p-values.…”

“…Disparities in the healthfulness of local food environments are evident across the U.S. [1,2] High-minority and lowincome neighborhoods are less likely to have supermarkets and more likely to have small food stores [1][2][3]. Small and non-traditional stores, such as corner stores, gas-marts, dollar stores, and pharmacies, have consistently demonstrated a limited selection of healthy food items [4][5][6], with managers of these stores citing challenges in procuring, stocking, and selling health food [7][8][9][10]. Unequal access to healthy food is associated with disparities in diet-related health outcomes, including obesity [11][12][13][14][15].…”

Analisis Kelayakan Finansial Produksi Setup Buah Nipah Pada Skala Industri Kecil Menengah (Ikm)

“…Studi kelayakan mengkaji secara sistematis rencana suatu proyek baru maupun pengembangan usaha yang sudah ada. Studi kelayakan usaha dapat membantu para pengusaha, pemilik modal dan pihak terkait dalam mengambil keputusan kelayakan usaha patut dilaksanakan atau tidak (Ibrahim, 2009;Karpyn et al, 2018). Aspek finansial dapat mengetahui apakah keuntungan yang diperoleh layak dan mampu untuk memenuhi kewajiban finansialnya.…”

“…Perhitungan tersebut menunjukkan bahwa IRR 10.44% > DF 10%. Jika nilai IRR lebih besar dari DF maka usaha dapat dikatakan layak (Jumingan, 2009;Bejbl et al, 2014;Santandrea et al, 2017). Nilai IRR dapat diperoleh berdasarkan perhitungan persentase discount factor yang membentuk NPV positif dan NPV negatif.…”