![]() Ĭheckout lanes represent a particularly promising target for intervention. ![]() For example, higher exposure to store displays for sugar-sweetened beverages and foods high in added sugars has been associated with higher customer body mass index. The store food environment may also affect health outcomes. Multiple reviews have found that the characteristics of store food environments influence consumer purchases, especially product placement and pricing. Two thirds of calories in the US diet come from grocery stores, making the retail food environment a key opportunity for improving diet quality. These results suggest that healthy checkout policies have the potential to improve nutrition equity. Conclusions: Purchasing foods or beverages from store checkouts is common and more prevalent among low-income and Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Black consumers. Purchasing items from checkout was more common among men adults < 55 years of age low-income consumers Hispanic, non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native, and non-Hispanic Black consumers those with a graduate or professional degree parents and consumers diagnosed with type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes ( p-values < 0.05). Results: Over one third (36%) of participants reported purchasing foods or drinks from checkout during their last grocery shopping trip. Methods: We assessed self-reported checkout purchasing and sociodemographic characteristics in a national convenience sample of adults ( n = 10,348) completing an online survey in 2021. To understand the extent to which such policies could improve nutrition equity, we assessed the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of purchasing items found at (i.e., from) checkout. Because most foods and beverages sold at checkout are unhealthy (e.g., candy, sweets, sugar-sweetened beverages, and salty snacks), policymakers and advocates have expressed growing interest in healthy checkout policies. This ownership leads to creating a grocery store you can feel proud to be part of.Background: As the only place in a store where all customers must pass through and wait, the checkout lane may be particularly influential over consumer purchases. The co-op model ensures that every voice is heard and that the people who shop and the people who work, can all have an impact. ![]() When’s the last time you wanted to make a change in a grocery store and felt like you could really do it? When was the last time you felt proud of your grocery store? At Weaver Street Market, shoppers and employees have a true voice because they are also the owners. ![]() The co-op model means everyone has a voice Its Round Up program, which encourages customers to round up when paying for purchases, has given over $2 million in money and goods since 2015 to community food partners. Weaver Street Market also contributes to local nonprofits working to end food insecurity, fundraising $338 thousand in 2022, according to the report. Compared to a chain grocery store, it had an additional $12.4 million impact on the local economy. "When you buy at a co-op, the beneficiaries are the people who work and use the store, not an out-of-town owner or hedge fund or stock share."Īmong its many products, Weaver Street sold more than 1.2 million local eggs, 207 thousand containers of local berries, and 178 thousand loaves of local organic bread in fiscal year 2022, according to its annual report. "Co-ops offer communities a lot of benefits - like access to food, good jobs, gathering spaces - but the most unique thing about co-ops is that they inherently keep equity local," said McDonald. It may seem simple, but for the four communities that Weaver Street Market now serves -Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Raleigh- the venture has been a game changer. Jon McDonald, bread bakery manager at Weaver Street Market’s FoodHouse summarized the founding like this: "A group of people were looking for a way to organic and natural foods, so they began the co-op to solve this problem." In addition, they wanted to ensure that their venture had a sustained, positive impact on the people within their communities. For Weaver Street Market, founded by current General Manager Ruffin Slater, and a group of like-minded people, that goal was to provide their community with high-quality, locally-sourced food. In short, co-ops are people-centric and generally have a mission to achieve a common goal.
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