Table 5.
Level of availability and variety of fresh and processed fruits and vegetables by food store type
| Traditional Food Stores | Convenience Food Stores | Non-Traditional Food Stores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supercenter (n = 1) % | Supermarket (n = 11) % | Grocery (n = 12) % | Convenience (n = 140) % | Dollar (n = 16) % | Mass (n = 4) % | Pharmacy (n = 1) % | |
| Fruit* | |||||||
| Poor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Medium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.3 | 56.2 | 100 | 100 |
| Good | 100 | 100 | 100 | 10 | 43.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Vegetable† | |||||||
| Poor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.1 | 6.2 | 0 | 100 |
| Medium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 0 | 75.0 | 0 |
| Good | 100 | 100 | 100 | 27.9 | 93.8 | 25.0 | 0 |
* Fruit availability: Poor = summary score 0-1; medium = summary score 2-3; good = summary score 4-9
† Vegetable availability: Poor = summary score 0-1; medium = summary score 2-3; good = summary score 4-10.