Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Purchases in an Urban Supermarket by Low-income Households

Phipps, Etienne; Stites, Shana D.; Wallace, Samantha L.; Braitman, Leonard E.

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2012.04.018

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“…Compared to respondents in Shanghai, they pay much less attention to promotion of vegetables in the marketplace. Although Phipps et al (2013) indicate there is no direct linkage of vegetable purchasing with household income based on a survey of 30 respondents in Northwest Philadelphia, findings in this study reveal that wealthier shoppers are paying more attention to origin labelling, selection, and quality instead of promotion of fresh vegetables. For those food shoppers in Shanghai who purchase large volume of vegetables, quality is the most influential factor in making purchasing decisions.…”

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Information used in food shoppers’ vegetable purchasing decisions in Chinese societies

Hsu

Shiue

Hung

2017

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reveal influential information used in vegetable purchasing decisions of household primary food shoppers in China and in Taiwan. Design/methodology/approach Two in-person surveys were administrated separately in Shanghai, China and in Taipei, Taiwan, the two most populous metropolitan areas in China and in Taiwan, respectively. Findings Results reveal that about 32 per cent of respondents in Taipei purchase vegetables once in every two to three days. The majority of respondents in Shanghai (81 per cent) purchase vegetables on a daily basis. Results of factor analysis reveal the four dimensions, origin labelling, promotion, selection, and quality, influence purchasing decisions of respondents in Taipei and in Shanghai. For household primary food shoppers in Taipei, origin labelling and selection help food shoppers in Taipei in vegetable purchasing decisions, but not promotion. For those food shoppers in Shanghai who purchase large volume of vegetables, quality is the most important factor in purchasing decisions. Originality/value This study provides new insights into vegetable purchasing decisions in two populous cities in China and Taiwan. The contributions of this study are to provide valuable information in vegetable purchasing decisions for effective information communication in retailing; and to fill in the gap of research in vegetable purchasing decisions in consumer behaviour studies in Chinese societies.

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Information used in food shoppers’ vegetable purchasing decisions in Chinese societies

Hsu

Shiue

Hung

2017

BFJ

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“…A positive relationship was observed between purchases of fresh produce and the number and age range of children, independent of household size. 75 Household composition, therefore, is likely to be an important influencer of food purchasing and how products are distributed among the household, but this cannot be gained from secondary purchase records.…”

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“…Transaction data can contribute to refinement of modelling parameters (eg, understanding the impact of age of children in the household on fruit and vegetable purchase quantities). 75 …”

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A systematic review of supermarket automated electronic sales data for population dietary surveillance

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Context Most dietary assessment methods are limited by self-report biases, how long they take for participants to complete, and cost of time for dietitians to extract content. Electronically recorded, supermarket-obtained transactions are an objective measure of food purchases, with reduced bias and improved timeliness and scale. Objective The use, breadth, context, and utility of electronic purchase records for dietary research is assessed and discussed in this systematic review. Data sources Four electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Global Health) were searched. Included studies used electronically recorded supermarket transactions to investigate the diet of healthy, free-living adults. Data extraction Searches identified 3422 articles, of which 145 full texts were retrieved and 72 met inclusion criteria. Study quality was assessed using the National Institutes of Health Quality Assessment Tool for Observational Cohort and Cross-Sectional Studies. Data analysis Purchase records were used in observational studies, policy evaluations, and experimental designs. Nutrition outcomes included dietary patterns, nutrients, and food category sales. Transactions were linked to nutrient data from retailers, commercial data sources, and national food composition databases. Conclusion Electronic sales data have the potential to transform dietary assessment and worldwide understanding of dietary behavior. Validation studies are warranted to understand limits to agreement and extrapolation to individual-level diets. Systematic Review Registration PROSPERO registration no. CRD42018103470

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“…Perhaps females typically having the responsibility as the primary cook and food shopper and being more likely to seek social interaction could explain these primary characteristics found in farmers market shoppers. Other studies that surveyed primary shoppers in food retail outlets also included samples characterized by having more females than males (Phipps et al 2013). These findings suggest the importance of increasing the diversity of healthy food incentive program participants to be representative of SNAP participants and that expanding to grocery locations in addition to farmers markets can facilitate this growth.…”

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What Characteristics Define Participants of Michigan’s Healthy Food Incentive Program?

Parks

Jaskiewicz

Dombrowski

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Journal of Planning Education and Research

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To characterize participants of a statewide healthy food incentive program in terms of shopping behaviors, surveys were collected at farmers markets (N = 436) and grocery stores (N = 131). Farmers market and grocery store respondents were mostly forty-five to fifty-four years old (21 percent to 24 percent) and female (72 to 82 percent). Grocery store respondents were more diverse. Farmers market participants were more likely to be female (p = .011), not have children (p = .006), and traveled further compared to grocery store participants. As healthy food incentive programs expand, participant characteristics should inform tailored outreach to expand to diverse populations to have a greater public health impact.

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Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Purchases in an Urban Supermarket by Low-income Households

Cited by 5 publications

References 18 publications

Information used in food shoppers’ vegetable purchasing decisions in Chinese societies

Information used in food shoppers’ vegetable purchasing decisions in Chinese societies

A systematic review of supermarket automated electronic sales data for population dietary surveillance

What Characteristics Define Participants of Michigan’s Healthy Food Incentive Program?

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