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Table 3 Effects of varying price discount levels on food purchases in the web-based supermarket – results two-way ANCOVA analyses a

From: Effects of different discount levels on healthy products coupled with a healthy choice label, special offer label or both: results from a web-based supermarket experiment

Discount

10% discount

25% discount

  

B

Lower 95% CI

Upper 95% CI

B

Lower 95% CI

Upper 95% CI

N

10% discount

-

-

-

1.81

−3.74

7.35

Unhealthy

50% discount

−3.20

−8.42

2.02

−1.39

−6.76

3.98

N Healthy

10% discount

-

-

-

−0.44

−5.57

4.70

 

50% discount

−8.58**

−13.4

−3.75

−9.02***

−14.0

−4.05

Total items

10% discount

-

-

-

1.37

−6.90

9.63

 

50% discount

−11.8**

−19.6

−4.00

−10.4*

−18.4

−2.41

Total

10% discount

-

-

-

2,899

−4,936

10,733

Calories

50% discount

−8,878*

−16,258

−1,499

−5,980

−13,566

1,607

N healthy

10% discount

-

-

-

−0.41

−4.21

3.38

excl F&V b

50% discount

−5.65**

−9.22

−2.07

−6.06**

−9.73

−2.38

% Healthy

10% discount

-

-

-

−2.53

−9.24

4.18

 

50% discount

−4.02

−10.3

2.30

−6.55‡

−13.1

-.06

% Healthy

10% discount

-

-

-

−1.75

−6.46

2.95

excl F&V b

50% discount

−2.32

−6.75

2.11

−4.07

−8.63

0.49

Vegetables

10% discount

-

-

-

−82.8

−887

721

(gram)

50% discount

−1,108

−1,866

−350

−1,191**

−1,970

−412

Fruit

10% discount

-

-

-

398

−384

1,180

(gram)

50% discount

−544

−1,280

193

−146

−903

612

% budget

10% discount

-

-

-

−1.34

−8.99

6.31

Spent

50% discount

5.52

−1.69

12.7

4.18

−3.23

11.6

  1. Data were measured in 2010 in the Netherlands. Participants included a community sample (n = 109).
  2. a. Results of two-way ANCOVA including the fixed factors level of discount, type of promotion label and the interaction discount x promotion label.
  3. b. Healthy excl F&V means number of healthy products excluding fruits and vegetables.
  4. * significant at p < .05.
  5. ** significant at p < .01.