ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2023
In-Store Marketing and Supermarket Purchases: Associations Overall and by Transaction SNAP Status.
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- The hidden hand in retail: a qualitative analysis of how ultra-processed food companies shape consumer purchasing.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Product Reformulation in Response to the 2016 FDA Updated Nutrition Facts Label.JAMA health forum · 2026Article
- Characterizing the Consumer Food Environment of Dollar Stores and Exploring Differences by Neighborhood Racial Composition.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2025Article
- Impacts of a Healthy Checkout Ordinance on Added Sugars, Sodium, and Other Nutrients at Checkout 1 Year After Implementation: Berkeley, California, 2021-2022.American journal of public health · 2025Article
- Support for Policies and Strategies to Promote Healthy Food Retail In-Store and Online: Perspectives From a National Sample of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participants.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2024Article
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program issuance timing is associated with sugar-sweetened beverage marketing in the USA.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- Navigating the online food environment: policy pathways for promoting food access, transparency, and healthy food choices online.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Effects of in-store marketing on food and beverage purchases: a longitudinal study of households with children.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionIn-store placement promotions are used widely in supermarkets, but their effects on customer purchases remain largely unknown. This study examined associations of supermarket placement promotions with customer purchases overall and by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit use.
methodsData on in-store promotions (e.g., endcaps, checkout displays) and transactions (n=274,118,338) were obtained from a New England supermarket chain with 179 stores from 2016 to 2017. Product-level analyses examined multivariable-adjusted changes in products' sales when they were promoted (versus not) across all transactions and stratified by whether the transaction was paid for with SNAP benefits. Food group-level analyses examined the extent to which a 20% increase from the mean number of weekly promotions for a food group (e.g., increasing the number of candy promotions from 17.0 to 20.4) was associated with total food group sales. Analyses were conducted in 2022.
resultsAcross stores, the mean (SD) number of promotions per week was highest for sweet/salty snacks (126.3 [22.6]), baked goods (67.5 [18.4]), and sugar-sweetened beverages (48.6 [13.8]) and lowest for beans (5.0 [2.6]) and fruits (6.6 [3.3]). Product sales were between 16% (low-calorie drinks) and 136% (candy) higher when promoted versus not promoted. In 14 of 15 food groups, associations were stronger among transactions made with SNAP benefits than among those not made with SNAP benefits. The number of in-store promotions was generally not associated with total food group sales.
conclusionsIn-store promotions, which were mostly for unhealthy foods, were associated with large product sales increases, particularly among SNAP purchasers. Policies limiting unhealthy in-store promotions and incentivizing healthy promotions should be explored.
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