ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
The Healthiness of Food and Beverages on Price Promotion at Promotional Displays: A Cross-Sectional Audit of Australian Supermarkets.
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- Affordability of Habitual (Unhealthy) and Recommended (Healthy) Diets in the Illawarra Using the Healthy Diets ASAP Protocol.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Global food retail environments are increasingly dominated by large chains and linked to the rising prevalence of obesity.Nature food · 2025Article
- Impacts of sugar and sweetener warning labels on substitution between sugar- and non-sugar-sweetened beverages in a non-hypothetical selection task.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- Healthiness of food products promoted through placement strategies in Australian online supermarkets: a cross-sectional study.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- In-Store Marketing and Supermarket Purchases: Associations Overall and by Transaction SNAP Status.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Food and Beverage Environments at Store Checkouts in California: Mostly Unhealthy Products.Current developments in nutrition · 2023Article
- Parents' Perceptions of Children's Exposure to Unhealthy Food Marketing: a Narrative Review of the Literature.Current nutrition reports · 2022Review
- Identifying Opportunities for Strategic Policy Design to Address the Double Burden of Malnutrition through Healthier Retail Food: Protocol for South East Asia Obesogenic Food Environment (SEAOFE) Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A Proposed Research Agenda for Promoting Healthy Retail Food Environments in the East Asia-Pacific Region.Current nutrition reports · 2021Review
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Abstract
Supermarket environments can strongly influence purchasing decisions. Price promotions are recognised as a particularly persuasive tactic, but the healthiness of price promotions in prominent in-store locations is understudied. This study compared the prevalence and magnitude of price promotions on healthy and unhealthy food and beverages (foods) displayed at prominent in-store locations within Australian supermarkets, including analyses by supermarket group and area-level socio-economic position. A cross-sectional in-store audit of price promotions on foods at key display areas was undertaken in 104 randomly selected stores from major Australian supermarket groups (Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and independents) in Victoria, Australia. Of the display space dedicated to foods with price promotions, three of the four supermarket groups had a greater proportion of display space devoted to unhealthy (compared to healthy) foods at each promotional location measured (end of aisles: 66%; island bins: 53%; checkouts: 88%). Aldi offered very few price promotions. Few measures varied by area-level socio-economic position. This study demonstrated that price promotions at prominent in-store locations in Australian supermarkets favoured unhealthy foods. Marketing of this nature is likely to encourage the purchase of unhealthy foods, highlighting the need for retailers and policy-makers to consider addressing in-store pricing and placement strategies to encourage healthier food environments.
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