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    This document discusses efforts to address health disparities related to food access and affordability in poor neighborhoods. It presents a study examining how low-income residents in the Bronx, Hillsborough, and Morristown are benefiting from the ShopRite supermarket chain. Customer surveys and management interviews were conducted. Key findings include that most Bronx residents found the new ShopRite accessible and rated their health as good, though affordability remains a barrier. The document concludes that chain supermarkets like ShopRite may help close the nation's health gap, and a larger study is warranted.

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    This document discusses efforts to address health disparities related to food access and affordability in poor neighborhoods. It presents a study examining how low-income residents in the Bronx, Hillsborough, and Morristown are benefiting from the ShopRite supermarket chain. Customer surveys and management interviews were conducted. Key findings include that most Bronx residents found the new ShopRite accessible and rated their health as good, though affordability remains a barrier. The document concludes that chain supermarkets like ShopRite may help close the nation's health gap, and a larger study is warranted.

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    This document discusses efforts to address health disparities related to food access and affordability in poor neighborhoods. It presents a study examining how low-income residents in the Bronx, Hillsborough, and Morristown are benefiting from the ShopRite supermarket chain. Customer surveys and management interviews were conducted. Key findings include that most Bronx residents found the new ShopRite accessible and rated their health as good, though affordability remains a barrier. The document concludes that chain supermarkets like ShopRite may help close the nation's health gap, and a larger study is warranted.

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    Does ShopRite have the Answer?

    Kim Ferrara
    Professor Pearce-Morris
    Spring 2019
    LOW INCOME
    healthy
    expensive
    POOR DIET
    Buying cheap &
    innutritious foods
    BAD HEALTH

    No supermarket
    access
    What is being done to

    ?
    close the health gap
    in terms of
    affordability & availability
    of food in poor neighborhoods
    AFFORDABILITY

    $126
    $30

    HEALTHY CHOICES
    AVAILABILITY

    REDLINING GREENLINING

    GENTRIFICATION

    FOOD DESERT FOOD MIRAGE


    My ShopRite Study

    How are low-income residents benefiting from a


    chain supermarket like ShopRite?
    Data Collection

    Bronx

    Hillsborough

    Morristown
    Store
    Bronx Hillsborough Morristown
    Data Location
    Customers
    Collection surveyed
    n=15 n=15 n=15

    Management Non-Perishables Store Assistant Store


    Interviewed Ast. Manager Manager Manager

    Lower Class Middle Class Upper-Middle


    Average Class
    Economic [majority was
    Status $100,000 and above,
    [$20,000-$39,999] [$80,000 and above] minority varied greatly]

    Area Type urban suburban suburban


    Customer Survey Management Interview

    ❖ During a regular grocery shopping trip, what kinds of ❖ Which departments have the greatest
    foods do you buy? Why? and least customer demand?
    ❖ Which ShopRite services do you use, AND ❖ Which products sell regularly & which
    which ones would you use if money were no object? do not?
    ❖ Where else do you shop, why, for what? ❖ Does your store offer any specialty
    ❖ Income range? SNAP user? Distance from store? services?
    ❖ Rate your health? ❖ (Bronx only) What was the grand
    opening like?
    ❖ (Bronx only) How did you feel about the opening?
    FINDINGS

    BRONX MORRISTOWN
    Income Income
    BRONX FINDINGS
    13 out of 14
    bought fresh fruit

    > 50% bought


    main food groups

    PRICE is still a
    barrier
    8 out of 14 desire
    healthier, higher-end
    services
    BRONX FINDINGS
    10 out of 14 rated
    “good” health

    MOST found new


    store easily accessible
    9 out of 14 found
    new location
    convenient
    ALL respondents
    were excited
    Store Comparison

    Self-Rated Types of Food


    Health Purchased
    Bronx
    AFFORDABILITY ShopRite
    AVAILABILITY

    CONCLUSION

    $$$
    Conduct a larger study!
    Efforts are being made
    to close our nation’s
    health gap,
    and chain supermarkets like
    ShopRite may be the answer...
    Thank You!

    Questions?
    References
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    January 2017.

    2. Zhang, M. and Debarchana, G. (2016). Spatial Supermarket Redlining and Neighborhood Vulnerability: A Case Study of Hartford, Connecticut. Transactions in GIS : TG, U.S.
    National Library of Medicine. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4810442/.

    3. Rosenberg, N. and Cohen, N. (2018) Let Them Eat Kale: The Misplaced Narrative of Food Access, 45 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1091. Available at:
    https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ulj/vol45/iss4/5

    4. Anderson, P. and Butcher, K. (2016). Center on Budget & Policy Priorities. The Relationships Among SNAP Benefits, Grocery Spending, Diet Quality, and the Adequacy of
    Low-Income Families’ Resources. 1,3,5-14.

    5. Treuhaft, S. and Karpyn, A. (2010). The Grocery Gap: Who Has Access to Healthy Food and Why It Matters. Philadelphia, PA: The Food Trust.

    6. Cohen, N. (March 27, 2018). Feeding or Starving Gentrification: The Role of Food Policy. CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute.

    7. Bentzel D., Weiss S., Bucknum M. and Shore K. (2015). Healthy Food and Small Stores: Strategies to Close the Distribution Gap. Philadelphia, PA: The Food Trust.

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