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Showing 1 to 20 of 87 for “"Grocery stores"”.
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Nutrition environmental measures for Asian restaurants and Asian grocery stores
… measures survey for Asian restaurants and grocery stores. Target audience: Educators working with Asian clients. Theory, Prior Research, Rationale: Nutrition Environment Measures Surveys (NEMS) provide valid and reliable observational measures of community and consumer nutrition …
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Reducing scope 3 carbon emissions in grocery stores' supply chain systems
… in collaboration with the Icelandic low-cost grocery store chain Krónan ehf. and the company was used as a case in the study. The aim of the thesis was to evaluate and calculate the scope 3 carbon emissions from transportation and distribution in Krónan’s supply chain, with the objective of …
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Labeling Compliance and Species Authentication of Fish Fillets Sold at Grocery Stores in Southern California
… (COOL) compliance for fresh fish fillets sold at grocery store seafood counters in Southern California. A total of 120 fillets representing 16 different categories of fish were collected from 30 grocery stores. Each sample underwent DNA barcoding to determine the species. Use of an acceptable …
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Labeling Compliance, Species Authentication, and Short-Weighting of Prepackaged Frozen Shrimp Sold in Grocery Stores in Southern California
… 106 frozen shrimp packages were purchased from grocery stores in Southern California. Samples were determined to be COOL compliant if both the procurement method and country of origin were reported at the point of sale. Species authentication and acceptable market names were determined by …
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Labeling Compliance, Species Authentication and Net Weight Identification of Frozen Fish Fillets Sold in Grocery Stores in Southern California
… 13 different fish categories were purchased from grocery stores in Southern California. The fish categories targeted for this study were: catfish, cod, flounder, halibut, mahi-mahi orange rough, pollock, salmon, swai, swordfish, tilapia, tuna, and whiting. Samples were determined to be COOL …
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Measuring Accessibility for Pedestrians, Bicyclists, and Transit Riders to Grocery Stores in the Excelsior/Outer Mission Neighborhoods of San Francisco
<p>Grocery stores are an important amenity in neighborhoods and access to grocery stores is important for health and well-being. While grocery store accessibility is a popular topic of research, studies measuring access for pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders are extremely rare. When a new …
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From Grocery Stores to Daycares: Analyzing the Desirability and Feasibility of a Proposed Intervention to Mitigate Child Hunger in North Philadelphia
… to implement. The program being considered is grocery stores selling to daycares, at a discounted price, excess edible and redistributable produce to be distributed to the children enrolled in the daycare, providing them with fresh and nutritious fruits and vegetables. To determine whether the …
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Cross-cultural food consumption in Chicago: The impact of ethnic grocery stores on the availability of a healthy, affordable, and quality food supply
… the cultural and commercial role of ethnic grocery stores on food availability and consumption habits in the City of Chicago. By collecting data on the prices and inventory available at ethnic groceries, and applying the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey in Stores to these providers, it …
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Dollar Stores and Supermarket Survivability in Non-metropolitan US Communities
<p>With the growing popularity of dollar stores, concerns have surfaced over the potential relationship between dollar stores and the closures of grocery stores. Healthy food accessibility for consumers, particularly those in rural areas, has additionally become of great interest. This thesis aims …
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The Effects of Socioeconomic, Built Environment, and Food Environment Factors on Childhood Obesity in Montclair, California
… the number of parks, fast food restaurants, and grocery stores within the school district border lines were tallied. I also observed the quality of the parks and food sold in the markets, built environment I hypothesized that childhood obesity is associated with SES (i.e., income level and …
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Growing Support: Localism, Nonprofits, and Food Access in Post-Katrina New Orleans
… of operational full-service supermarkets and grocery stores throughout the city. The result has been a widespread presence of food deserts and grocery gaps, particularly in low-income neighborhoods. This thesis explores the emergence of food localism practices by food advocacy professionals as …
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Building a Better Local Food System: A Case Study of the Western Montana Growers Cooperative
… wholesale food purchasers, such as restaurants, grocery stores, schools, or hospitals, thus limiting their markets to direct sales to consumers. Wholesale customers, in turn, face a number of barriers to purchasing local food. Producer cooperatives may alleviate some of the challenges faced by …
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Building a Better Local Food System: A Case Study of the Western Montana Growers Cooperative
… wholesale food purchasers, such as restaurants, grocery stores, schools, or hospitals, thus limiting their markets to direct sales to consumers. Wholesale customers, in turn, face a number of barriers to purchasing local food. Producer cooperatives may alleviate some of the challenges faced by …
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"The Virtual Grocery Store: A Proposal to Improve the Quality of Life for Retail Customers through a Virtual Environment"
… growth potential exists in the electronic grocery store industry. Currently, electronic grocery stores have not taken advantage of key components of traditional grocery retailing practices or information technology (Raijas, 2002). Consequently, electronic grocery stores have not yet …
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Utilizing geographic information systems to examine the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in food oasis and food desert in Wayne County, MI
… who live more than ¼ mile walking distance from grocery stores. Although the food desert metaphor has been used in research in different disciplines such as regional planning and public health, this term has been used loosely without a precise definition and without identifying the factors that …
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Grocery-anchored shopping centers : a better retail investment?
A very popular hypothesis of late is that grocery-anchored shopping centers perform better and are less risky than other retail investments. This hypothesis is primarily based on three notions: 1) grocery stores are unique in their ability to attract shoppers on a regular basis, often two to three …
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Associations between the built environment and physical activity from analyses of spatial clusters, trail use, and locations where physical activity occurs
… between the presence of neighborhood grocery stores and recreational facilities and obesity. Despite this evidence, there continues to be limitations in built environment studies conducted to date. The three dissertation studies described here were designed to address several different …
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Won't You Be My Neighbor?: Child Abuse in a Community Context
… to determine their relevance. They include grocery stores, parks, libraries, hospitals, schools and religious institutions. Results include significant relationships between reporting rates and unemployment, vacancy rates, marital status, the elderly population, and the location of …
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Geography of urban food access : exploring potential causes of food deserts
… understood. Beyond the economics of retail grocery exist systemic, physical factors which contribute to the gaps in food access. Although grocery retailers have different models and consider varying factors when choosing where to locate, it is true that the built environment plays a part in …
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