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Adam Drewnowski - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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does urban form influence Grocery Shopping frequency a study from seattle washington usa
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, 2016Co-Authors: Junfeng Jiao, Anne Vernez Moudon, Adam DrewnowskiAbstract:Purpose The purpose of this paper is to ascertain how elements of the built environment may or may not influence the frequency of Grocery Shopping. Design/methodology/approach Using data from the 2009 Seattle Obesity Study, the research investigated the effect of the urban built environment on Grocery Shopping travel frequency in the Seattle-King County area. Binary and ordered logit models served to estimate the impact of individual characteristics and built environments on Grocery Shopping travel frequency. Findings The results showed that the respondents’ attitude towards food, travel mode, and the network distance between homes and stores exerted the strongest influence on the travel frequency while urban form variables only had a modest influence. The study showed that frequent shoppers were more likely to use alternative transportation modes and shopped closer to their homes and infrequent shoppers tended to drive longer distances to their stores and spent more time and money per visit. Practical implications This research has implications for urban planners and policy makers as well as Grocery retailers, as the seemingly disparate groups both have an interest in food Shopping frequency. Originality/value Few studies in the planning or retail literature investigate the influence of the urban built environment and the insights from the planning field. This study uses GIS and a planning framework to provide information that is relevant for Grocery retailers and those invested in food distribution.
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Grocery Shopping how individuals and built environments influence choice of travel mode
Transportation Research Record, 2011Co-Authors: Junfeng Jiao, Anne Vernez Moudon, Adam DrewnowskiAbstract:This research investigated the influences of socioeconomic characteristics of individual travelers and of the environments where the travelers live and shop on choice of travel mode for Grocery Shopping. The data on travel for Grocery Shopping came from 2,001 respondents to the 2009 Seattle Obesity Study survey in King County, Washington. Eighty-eight percent of the respondents drove to their Grocery stores, whereas 12% used transit or taxis, walked, biked, or carpooled. The addresses of 1,994 homes and 1,901 primary Grocery stores used by respondents were geographically coded. The characteristics of built environments in the neighborhoods around homes and Grocery stores and the distances between those homes and stores were measured in a geographic information system. Four binary logistic models estimated the impact of individual socioeconomic characteristics, distance, and built environments around homes and Grocery stores on the travel mode used for Grocery Shopping. Fourteen variables were significantly related to mode choice. The strongest predictors of driving to the Grocery store were more cars per adult household member, more adults per household, living in a single-family house, longer distances between homes and Grocery stores (both the stores used and the nearest stores), and more at-ground parking around the Grocery store used. Higher street density, more quick-service restaurants around homes, and more nonchain Grocery stores near the primary Grocery store used were related to not driving. Results suggested that reductions of distances between homes and Grocery stores, clustering of Grocery stores and other food establishments, and reductions in the amount of the parking around them could lead to less driving for Grocery Shopping.
Stephanie Jilcott B Pitts - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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perceived advantages and disadvantages of online Grocery Shopping among special supplemental nutrition program for women infants and children wic participants in eastern north carolina
Current developments in nutrition, 2020Co-Authors: Stephanie Jilcott B Pitts, Jonathan L Blitstein, Alison Gustafson, Casey J Kelley, Shivani Pandya, Hillary WeismillerAbstract:This study's purpose was to qualitatively examine perceived advantages and disadvantages of online Grocery Shopping among participants (n = 7) in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Initial in-depth, qualitative interviews were conducted, after which participants completed an episode of online Grocery Shopping, picked up the online order at the store, and completed an in-store Shopping episode and a follow-up in-depth interview. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed deductively. Participants stated that in-store impulse purchases occurred at the check-out and cookie aisles and included chips and candy, but sometimes healthier foods such as fruit. Advantages of online Grocery Shopping included ease, convenience, and saving time. Disadvantages included inadequate substitutions, the online Shopping fee, lack of control over selection of perishable goods, and inability to find good deals online versus in the store. Further research is needed to determine how to encourage healthy Grocery purchases online.
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the association between the plate it up kentucky supermarket intervention and changes in Grocery Shopping practices among rural residents
Translational behavioral medicine, 2019Co-Authors: Alison Gustafson, Stephanie Jilcott B PittsAbstract:Rural communities experience higher rates of obesity, and residents have a lower intake of fruits and vegetables. Innovative healthy food promotions in supermarkets may improve healthy food access and dietary intake among residents, yet few supermarket interventions have been translated to the rural context. The aim of this project was to determine whether a supermarket-based intervention "Plate it Up Kentucky" was associated with change in fruit, vegetable, and sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) purchases among rural supermarket customers. Ten Kentucky supermarkets participated in an intervention titled "Plate It Up" to provide in-store promotions, including recipe cards, samples, price reductions for specific fruits and vegetables, and marketing on Shopping carts. Six stores in rural Kentucky and North Carolina were controls. Two cross-sectional customer intercept surveys were conducted among Grocery store customers in Spring of 2016 (baseline, n = 131 control and n = 181 intervention store customers) and Spring-Summer of 2017 (post-intervention, n = 100 control and n = 83 intervention store customers). Customers were asked to provide store receipts and participate in a survey assessing Grocery Shopping practices and dietary intake. The primary outcome was purchases in fruit and vegetable (obtained from receipt data). The secondary outcome was dietary intake (captured with the National Cancer Institute's Fruit and Vegetable Screener and BRFSS questionnaire). An adjusted, difference-in-difference model was used to assess the differences between control and intervention store customers at baseline, post-intervention, and then between the two time points. Post-intervention, there was a greater increase in customers stating that they "liked the food" as one main reason for Shopping in the store where surveyed among intervention versus control store customers. The adjusted difference-in-difference model indicated that intervention store customers spent on average 8% more on fruits and vegetables from baseline to post-intervention (p = .001) when compared with customers from control stores. Among controls, spending on SSB decreased from $3.61 at baseline to $3.25 at post-intervention, whereas among intervention customers, spending on SSB decreased from $2.75 at baseline to $1.81 at post-intervention (p = .02). In-store promotions that provide recipe cards, samples, price reductions for specific fruits and vegetables, and marketing on Shopping carts hold promise as a method to promote healthy food purchases among rural supermarket customers at two time points.
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online Grocery Shopping promise and pitfalls for healthier food and beverage purchases
Public Health Nutrition, 2018Co-Authors: Stephanie Jilcott B Pitts, Jonathan L Blitstein, Alison Gustafson, Mihai NiculescuAbstract:Objectives (i) To determine the current state of online Grocery Shopping, including individuals' motivations for Shopping for groceries online and types of foods purchased; and (ii) to identify the potential promise and pitfalls that online Grocery Shopping may offer in relation to food and beverage purchases. Design PubMed, ABI/INFORM and Google Scholar were searched to identify published research. Setting To be included, studies must have been published between 2007 and 2017 in English, based in the USA or Europe (including the UK), and focused on: (i) motivations for online Grocery Shopping; (ii) the cognitive/psychosocial domain; and (iii) the community or neighbourhood food environment domain. Subjects Our search yielded twenty-four relevant papers. Results Findings indicate that online Grocery Shopping can be a double-edged sword. While it has the potential to increase healthy choices via reduced unhealthy impulse purchases, nutrition labelling strategies, and as a method to overcome food access limitations among individuals with limited access to a brick-and-mortar store, it also has the potential to increase unhealthy choices due to reasons such as consumers' hesitance to purchase fresh produce online. Conclusions Additional research is needed to determine the most effective ways to positively engage customers to use online Grocery Shopping to make healthier choices.
Christine K Ranney - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the monthly food stamp cycle shooping frequency and food intake decisions in an endogenous switching regression framework
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2000Co-Authors: Parke Wilde, Christine K RanneyAbstract:Mean food spending by food stamp households peaks sharply in the first three days after benefits are received. For those who conduct major Grocery Shopping trips only once per month (42% of all food stamp households), mean food energy intake drops significantly by the fourth week of the month. For the remaining households, intake remains steady over the course of the month. These patterns motivate an empirical model that simultaneously accounts for the Shopping frequency and food intake decisions over time. Results have implications for policies that may affect the frequency of Grocery Shopping by food stamp households. Copyright 2000, Oxford University Press.
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the monthly food stamp cycle shooping frequency and food intake decisions in an endogenous switching regression framework
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2000Co-Authors: Parke Wilde, Christine K RanneyAbstract:Mean food spending by food stamp households peaks sharply in the first three days after benefits are received. For those who conduct major Grocery Shopping trips only once per month (42% of all food stamp households), mean food energy intake drops significantly by the fourth week of the month. For the remaining households, intake remains steady over the course of the month. These patterns motivate an empirical model that simultaneously accounts for the Shopping frequency and food intake decisions over time. Results have implications for policies that may affect the frequency of Grocery Shopping by food stamp households.
Chery Smith - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the art of Grocery Shopping on a food stamp budget factors influencing the food choices of low income women as they try to make ends meet
Public Health Nutrition, 2009Co-Authors: Kristen Wiig, Chery SmithAbstract:Objective Amidst a hunger–obesity paradox, the purpose of the present study was to examine the Grocery Shopping behaviour and food stamp usage of low-income women with children to identify factors influencing their food choices on a limited budget. Design Focus groups, which included questions based on Social Cognitive Theory constructs, examined food choice in the context of personal, behavioural and environmental factors. A quantitative Grocery Shopping activity required participants to prioritize food purchases from a 177-item list on a budget of $US 50 for a one-week period, an amount chosen based on the average household food stamp allotment in 2005. Subjects Ninety-two low-income women, with at least one child aged 9–13 years in their household, residing in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA. Results Participants' mean age was 37 years, and 76% were overweight or obese (BMI≥25·0kg/m 2 ). Key findings suggest that their food choices and Grocery Shopping behaviour were shaped by not only individual and family preferences, but also their economic and environmental situation. Transportation and store accessibility were major determinants of Shopping frequency, and they used various strategies to make their food dollars stretch (e.g. Shopping based on prices, in-store specials). Generally, meat was the most important food group for purchase and consumption, according to both the qualitative and quantitative data. Conclusions Efforts to improve food budgeting skills, increase nutrition knowledge, and develop meal preparation strategies involving less meat and more fruits and vegetables, could be valuable in helping low-income families nutritionally make the best use of their food dollars.
Keith Chun Leem Lee - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Grocery Shopping food waste and the retail landscape of cities the case of seoul
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018Co-Authors: Keith Chun Leem LeeAbstract:Abstract The reasons for household food waste are complex and not yet fully understood, especially with regards to how the food retail sector might influence and interact with food management practices. This study explores the causes of household food waste from this perspective, drawing from practice theory and the concept of systems of provision. Survey data from 460 Seoul households is analyzed using bivariate and multivariate analyses to assess whether avoidable food waste per household member is affected by the type of food retailers (e.g. supermarkets, hypermarkets, traditional markets, etc.) a household buys its groceries from. Seoul was chosen as the research site due to its diverse food retail sector and South Korea's distinctive food waste policy environment. The results indicated that households' Grocery Shopping trips take on different characteristics depending on the type of retailer visited, and that these characteristics, including travel time and buying frequency, are differentially associated with over-purchasing and avoidable food waste. Overall, this study suggests that the influence of food retailers on household food waste is not limited to marketing promotions, but also extends to the ways they may shape households' Grocery Shopping patterns. As such, waste reduction policies and initiatives need to take urban retail development patterns into greater account in order to more effectively tackle the problem of household food waste.
