Data on location and retail price of a standard food basket in supermarkets across New York City.

ABSTRACT: Previous work has suggested that the price of food sold at supermarkets may vary according to the socioeconomic characteristics of a neighborhood. Given the importance of food prices in securing access to food, understanding how food prices vary across neighborhoods is crucial to assessing affordability. To study food pricing in New York City (NYC) a defined standard food basket (SFB) was collected in supermarkets across NYC neighborhoods. A dataset was created that includes pricing data collected in-person for ten pre-determined food items from 163 supermarkets across 71 of the 181 NYC neighborhoods during March through August of 2019. Included in these data are raw and processed pricing data files that illustrate the complexity of standardizing pricing across items. An additional dataset

SUBMITTER: Crossa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10293947 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature