Measuring the healthfulness of food retail stores: variations by store type and neighbourhood deprivation

Table 2 Retail food outlet categorisation system

Code	Store type	Description	Examples
0	Premium supermarket	5+ manned cash registers	Waitrose, M&S
0	Premium supermarket	Promoted as offering highest quality goods and service	Waitrose, M&S
1	Large supermarket	5+ manned cash registers	Tesco, Sainsburys, Asda, Morrisons
		All foods & many varieties
		Majority of supermarket share
2	Discount supermarket	5+ manned cash registers	Aldi, Lidl, Iceland, Netto, Kwiksave
2	Discount supermarket	Heavily promoted as low price stores	Aldi, Lidl, Iceland, Netto, Kwiksave
3	Small supermarket	1-4 manned cash registers	Tesco express, Co-op, Sainsburys local
3	Small supermarket	Smaller store of known brand name	Tesco express, Co-op, Sainsburys local
4	‘World’ store	1-4 manned cash registers	Asian supermarkets, Polish supermarkets, World foods
4	‘World’ store	Products for specific ethnicities	Asian supermarkets, Polish supermarkets, World foods
5	Convenience store	1-4 manned cash registers	Spar, OneStop, MACE, Independent stores
		Limited number of products
		Independents & ‘symbols’^a
6	Petrol station store	Sell petrol/diesel	Shell Select, Tesco petrol station, BP, M&S
6	Petrol station store	Includes small supermarkets that sell petrol	Shell Select, Tesco petrol station, BP, M&S

^a ‘Symbol’ convenience stores are affiliated with a symbol group brand such as OneStop and Spar.

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