Healthy Bodegas: Increasing and Promoting Healthy Foods at Corner Stores in New York City

Dannefer, Rachel; Williams, Donya A.; Baronberg, Sabrina; Silver, Lynn

doi:10.2105/ajph.2011.300615

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“…As has been observed in previous studies with corner stores (6,8–11) , these stores attract loyal customers who are drawn there for convenience and make purchases daily or multiple times a week. As in previous corner store studies (6,7,9,10,38) , food and beverage purchases at small and non-traditional retailers are usually limited to a few dollars, for which a few low-nutrient, energy-dense products tend to be purchased.…”

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“…Visits to small food stores (commonly referred to as “corner stores”), have been described as “routinized” (5) , with customers often reporting that they visit these stores every day or multiple times per week (6–11) . In general, corner stores stock few healthy options and an abundance of less healthy items like snacks, candy, and sugar-sweetened beverages (2,12–14) .…”

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Food and beverage purchases in corner stores, gas-marts, pharmacies and dollar stores

Caspi

Lenk

Pelletier

et al. 2016

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Little is known about customer purchases of foods and beverages from small and non-traditional food retailers (i.e. corner stores, gas-marts, dollar stores and pharmacies). The present study aimed to: (i) describe customer characteristics, shopping frequency and reasons for shopping at small and non-traditional food retailers; and (ii) describe food/beverage purchases and their nutritional quality, including differences across store type. Design: Data were collected through customer intercept interviews. Nutritional quality of food/beverage purchases was analysed; a Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI-2010) score for purchases was created by aggregating participant purchases at each store. Setting: Small and non-traditional food stores that were not WIC-authorized in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN, USA. Subjects: Customers (n 661) from 105 food retailers. Results: Among participants, 29 % shopped at the store at least once daily; an additional 44 % shopped there at least once weekly. Most participants (74 %) cited convenient location as the primary draw to the store. Customers purchased a median of 2262 kJ (540 kcal), which varied by store type (P = 0·04). The amount of added sugar far surpassed national dietary recommendations. At dollar stores, participants purchased a median of 5302 kJ (1266 kcal) for a median value of $US 2·89. Sugar-sweetened beverages were the most common purchase. The mean HEI-2010 score across all stores was 36·4. Conclusions: Small and non-traditional food stores contribute to the urban food environment. Given the poor nutritional quality of purchases, findings support the need for interventions that address customer decision making in these stores.

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Food and beverage purchases in corner stores, gas-marts, pharmacies and dollar stores

Caspi

Lenk

Pelletier

et al. 2016

Public Health Nutr.

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“…Mobile vending might exacerbate demographic, diet, and diet-related health disparities in urban neighborhoods, but the extent of their negative contributions to food-environment healthfulness may vary by weather and season. From a positive standpoint, mobile vending could improve healthy-food availability in neighborhoods (Abusabha et al, 2011; Jennings et al, 2012; Leggat et al, 2012; Marx, 2012; Tester et al, 2012; Widener et al, 2012) and might provide a viable alternative to more-resource-intensive strategies for food-environment modification focused on ‘fixed’ food sources (e.g., restricting fast-food development,(Babey et al, 2011; Keener, July 2009) attracting new grocers,(Babey et al, 2011; Centers for Disease Control, 2011; Institute of Medicine, 2009; Keener, July 2009) redesigning small stores,(Bodor et al, 2010; Centers for Disease Control, 2011; Dannefer et al, 2012; Gittelsohn et al, 2010; Institute of Medicine, 2009; Keener, July 2009; O'Malley et al, 2013; Raja, 2008) or promoting supermarkets (Centers for Disease Control, 2011; Giang et al, 2008; Institute of Medicine, 2009; Keener, July 2009; Morland et al, 2002; Pothunkuchi, 2005)). Future research on mobile vending should explore availability, quality, and price of mobile foods compared to foods from adjacent store-front businesses, and determine customer demographics, purchasing, and consumption patterns.…”

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Mobile food vendors in urban neighborhoods—Implications for diet and diet-related health by weather and season

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This study describes mobile food vendors (street vendors) in Bronx, NY, considering neighborhood-level correlations with demographic, diet, and diet-related health measures from City data. Vendors offering exclusively “less-healthy” foods (e.g., chips, processed meats, sweets) outnumbered vendors offering exclusively “healthier” foods (e.g., produce, whole grains, nuts). Wet days and winter months reduced all vending on streets, but exclusively “less-healthy” vending most. In summer, exclusively “less-healthy” vending per capita inversely correlated with neighborhood-mean fruit-and-vegetable consumption and directly correlated with neighborhood-mean BMI and prevalences of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia (Spearman correlations 0.90-1.00, p values 0.037 to <0.001). In winter, “less-healthy” vending per capita directly correlated with proportions of Hispanic residents and those living in poverty (Spearman correlations 0.90, p values 0.037). Mobile food vending may contribute negatively to urban food-environment healthfulness overall, but exacerbation of demographic, diet, and diet-related health disparities may vary by weather, season, and neighborhood characteristics.

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“…12 As these results suggest, the quality of food outlet nutrition environments may vary across place or over time due to national policy changes such as the modified WIC “food package” or the Affordable Care Act’s calorie-posting requirements (expected to go into effect in 2014), or to local initiatives such as the “healthy corner store” efforts underway in a number of cities. 26–29 …”

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Comparing Nutrition Environments in Bodegas and Fast-Food Restaurants

Neckerman¹,

Lovasi²,

Yousefzadeh³

et al. 2014

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Many small grocery stores or “bodegas” sell prepared or ready-to-eat items, filling a similar niche in the food environment as fast food restaurants. However, little comparative information is available about the nutrition environments of bodegas and fast food outlets. This study compared the nutrition environments of bodegas and national chain fast food restaurants using a common audit instrument, the Nutrition Environment Measures Study in Restaurants (NEMS-R) protocol. The analytic sample included 109 bodegas and 107 fast food restaurants located in New York City neighborhoods in the upper third and lower third of the census tract poverty rate distribution. Inter-rater reliability was evaluated in 102 food outlets including 31 from the analytic sample and 71 from a supplementary convenience sample. The analysis compared scores on individual NEMS-R items, a total summary score, and sub-scores indicating healthy food availability, nutrition information, promotions of healthy or unhealthy eating, and price incentives for healthy eating, using t-tests and chi-square statistics to evaluate differences by outlet type and neighborhood poverty. Fast food restaurants were more likely to provide nutritional information, while bodegas scored higher on healthy food availability, promotions, and pricing. Bodegas and fast food restaurants had similar NEMS-R total scores (bodegas: 13.09, fast food: 14.31, p=0.22). NEMS-R total scores were higher (indicating healthier environments) in low- than high-poverty neighborhoods among both bodegas (14.79 vs. 11.54, p=0.01) and fast food restaurants (16.27 vs. 11.60, p<.01). Results imply different policy measures to improve nutrition environments in the two types of food outlets.

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Healthy Bodegas: Increasing and Promoting Healthy Foods at Corner Stores in New York City

Abstract: Corner stores are important vehicles for access to healthy foods. The approach described here achieved improvements in participating corner stores and in some consumer purchases and may be a useful model for other locales.

Cited by 118 publications

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Food and beverage purchases in corner stores, gas-marts, pharmacies and dollar stores

Food and beverage purchases in corner stores, gas-marts, pharmacies and dollar stores

Mobile food vendors in urban neighborhoods—Implications for diet and diet-related health by weather and season

Comparing Nutrition Environments in Bodegas and Fast-Food Restaurants

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