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Table 2 Impact of the intervention on the purchases of inexpensive foods with good nutritional quality

From: In-store marketing of inexpensive foods with good nutritional quality in disadvantaged neighborhoods: increased awareness, understanding, and purchasing

Food category

Control stores

(n = 3974)

Intervention stores

(n = 2651)

P year

P type of store

P-interaction year*type of store

2013

2014

2013

2014

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

All

21.4 (12.0)

22.0 (13.8)

20.0 (11.7)

21.4 (14.7)

<0.001

<0.001

0.235

Fruits and vegetables

50.7 (18.9)

52.4 (21.5)

48.3 (20.7)

52.5 (24.1)

<0.001

<0.001

0.001

Starches

28.7 (26.0)

29.8 (28.1)

25.7 (24.6)

29.8 (29.3)

<0.001

0.000

0.011

Meat/Fish/Eggs

15.0 (23.0)

14.7 (24.9)

22.4 (29.9)

22.2 (32.1)

0.006

<0.001

0.363

Mixed dishes and sandwiches

1.2 (6.6)

1.3 (6.2)

1.3 (6.8)

1.7 (8.7)

0.009

0.031

0.056

Dairy products

19.5 (21.2)

19.8 (23.1)

23.1 (23.5)

22.7 (26.6)

0.867

<0.001

0.363

Others

0.4 (2.3)

0.6 (4.2)

0.6 (3.1)

0.8 (4.4)

0.015

0.010

0.297

  1. Average contribution (%) of inexpensive foods with good nutritional quality to the total spending on food of member-customers, overall and by food category. Purchases of promoted products were compared based on the type of store (intervention/control) and year (2013/2014) using a generalized linear mixed model