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Investigating business outcomes of healthy food retail strategies: a systematic scoping review

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posted on 2019-10-01, 00:00 authored by Miranda BlakeMiranda Blake, Kathryn BackholerKathryn Backholer, E Lancsar, Tara Boelsen-Robinson, C Mah, J Brimblecombe, Christina Zorbas, N Billich, Anna PeetersAnna Peeters
Large changes to food retail settings are required to improve population diet. However, limited research has comprehensively considered the business implications of healthy food retail strategies for food retailers. We performed a systematic scoping review to identify types of business outcomes that have been reported in healthy food retail strategy evaluations. Peer-reviewed and grey literature were searched. We identified qualitative or quantitative real-world food or beverage retail strategies designed to improve the healthiness of the consumer nutrition environment (eg, changes to the “marketing mix” of product, price, promotion, and/or placement). Eligible studies reported store- or chain-level outcomes for measures of commercial viability, retailer perspectives, customer perspectives, and/or community outcomes. 11 682 titles and abstracts were screened with 107 studies included for review from 15 countries. Overall item sales, revenue, store patronage, and customer level of satisfaction with strategy were the most frequently examined outcomes. There was a large heterogeneity in outcome measures reported and in favourability for retailers of outcomes across studies. We recommend more consistent reporting of business outcomes and increased development and use of validated and reliable measurement tools. This may help generate more robust research evidence to aid retailers and policymakers to select feasible and sustainable healthy food retail strategies to benefit population health within and across countries.

History

Journal

Obesity Reviews

Volume

20

Issue

10

Pagination

1384 - 1399

Publisher

Wiley

Location

Chichester, Eng.

ISSN

1467-7881

eISSN

1467-789X

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2019, World Obesity Federation