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Table 2 Total menu offerings, nutrient profile of menu items with average weekly menu size, and total sales volume, within each retail outlet at QEII Health Sciences Centre, April 2018 to December 2019

From: Effect of a relative pricing intervention and active merchandising on snack purchases: interrupted time series analysis of a hospital retailer-led strategy

 

QEII TOTAL all outlets

Large Cafeteria A: Largest cafeteria, full-service kitchen, dine-in

Large Cafeteria B: Large cafeteria, full-service kitchen, dine-in

Grab-and-go Café: Permanent coffee kiosk with no proximal seating

Small Cafeteria: Small cafeteria, limited on-site kitchen prep, limited dine-in

Total menu items over 87 weeks (n)

568

500

404

255

216

Menu items over 87 weeks by NS nutrient profile, and average weekly menu size1

MAX n (%)

134

122 (24.4%)

101 (25.0%)

68 (26.7%)

66 (30.5%)

Average weekly menu size n

Mean 57

Mean 52.1

Mean 48.7

Mean 24.5

Mean 24.4

 

Median 52

Median 49

Median 24

Median 24

 

Mode 51, 53

Mode 50

Mode 23

Mode 22

MOD n (%)

295

259 (51.8%)

222 (54.9%)

117 (45.9%)

89 (41.2%)

Average weekly menu size n

Mean 95

Mean 70.6

Mean 72.6

Mean 29.3

Mean 26

 

Median 69

Median 69

Median 30

Median 26

 

Mode 58

Mode 61

Mode 29

Mode 24

MIN n (%)

139

119 (23.8%)

81 (20.0%)

70 (27.4%)

61 (28.2%)

Average weekly menu size n

Mean 49

Mean 38.3

Mean 37.9

Mean 27.4

Mean 24.6

 

Median 38

Median 38

Median 27

Median 25

 

Mode 35, 38

Mode 38

Mode 27

Mode 23

Total sales volume over 87 weeks ($CAD, %)

$CAD

$7,319,046

$3,159,340

$2,443,219

$1,331,161

$385,326

%

100%

43.2%

33.4%

18.2%

5.3%

  1. 1Frequencies and proportions show counts of unique single-serve food and beverage items cumulatively over the 87 week period; average weekly menu size is shown for each grouping of MAX, MOD, and MIN items according to NS Health nutrient criteria, as mean/median/mode menu size per week. Proportions do not sum to 100% due to rounding