Table 5.
Responses to open-ended survey question ‘Please share any additional comments’, categorized into the five dimensions of access, among participants responding to the question (n 45) in the Go Fresh mobile produce market survey, Springfield, MA, USA, October 2014
| Dimension of access* | Comment type | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | Want more variety† | 2 |
| Enjoy variety† | 1 | |
| Accessibility | Enjoy convenience† | 9 |
| Not convenient† | 1 | |
| Want more locations† | 1 | |
| Affordability | Affordable† | 1 |
| Not affordable† | 1 | |
| Acceptability | Enjoy freshness† | 9 |
| Enjoy quality | 3 | |
| ‘Prefer organic’ | 1 | |
| Accommodation | Enjoy market ‘set up’ | 1 |
| Grateful that SNAP is accepted | 2 | |
| Want more hours† | 4 | |
| Want winter market | 1 | |
| Other comments | Positive experiences/expressions of gratitude | 14 |
| Enjoy staff – ‘excellent’ ‘friendly’ ‘nice’ ‘professional’, ‘pleasant’ | 10 | |
| Request to keep Facebook page updated | 1 |
SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
*
Each participant’s response may have multiple comments that fit into more than one category.
†
Write-in response overlaps with discrete response categories from other questions.