Food purchasing behaviour of shoppers from different South African socio-economic communities: results from grocery receipts, intercept surveys and in-supermarkets audits.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify factors associated with food purchasing decisions and expenditure of South African supermarket shoppers across income levels.

Design

Intercept surveys were conducted, grocery receipts collated and expenditure coded into categories, with each category calculated as percentage of the total expenditure. In-supermarket food quality audit and shelf space measurements of foods such as fruits and vegetables (F&V) (healthy foods), snacks and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) (unhealthy foods) were also assessed. Shoppers and supermarkets were classified by high-, middle- and low-income socio-economic areas (SEA) of residential area and location, respectively. Shoppers were also classified as "out-shoppers" (persons shopping outside their residential SEA) and "in-

SUBMITTER: Odunitan-Wayas FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11574871 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature