An Examination of Failed Grocery Store Interventions in Former Food Deserts

Autor/inn/en	Engler-Stringer, Rachel; Fuller, Daniel; Abeykoon, A. M. Hasanthi; Olauson, Caitlin; Muhajarine, Nazeem
Titel	An Examination of Failed Grocery Store Interventions in Former Food Deserts
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 46 (2019) 5, S.749-754 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Engler-Stringer, Rachel)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198119853009
Schlagwörter	Food; Retailing; Failure; Poverty; Small Businesses; Intervention; Urban Areas; Neighborhoods; Marketing; Low Income Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lebensmittel; Warenwirtschaft; Armut; Kleingewerbe; Urban area; Stadtregion; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft
Abstract	Background: Implementing food stores in deprived neighborhoods to improve access to healthy food is a debated topic. Aims: To uncover important contributors to the closure of grocery store interventions in urban food deserts. Method: We systematically reviewed both peer-reviewed and gray literature for publications on the failure of grocery store interventions. Results: We found nine articles on six different failed food stores. The reasons stated for closure included low sales, a lack of food retail experience, poor marketing, and difficulty in attracting and retaining a high volume of consumers from the local market. Discussion: Current literature on the topic of the closure of inner-city grocery stores does not have a concise rationale to explain why inner-city grocery store interventions were not successful. Conclusion: We must consider the most appropriate interventions to improve food environments in food deserts using local and national policies to address the social determinants of health. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01