Table 3.

Summary of food store audit assessment tools and key findings 2000–2011

	Authors	Number of items surveyed	Food categories	Results
Audit tool used (overall availability)
NEMS-S (Glanz)	Casagrande SS, Gustafson A, Franco M, Hermstad AK, Krukowski, Leone	8 Food categories	Nonfat/low-fat milk, fresh fruits and vegetables, ground beef, chicken, frozen foods, low-sodium items (tuna, soup), whole wheat bread, low-sugar cereal	Casagrande-high avail ass with high BMI Gustafson—null Franco–less availability in low-income neighborhood Hermstad-null; Krukowski–null; Leone—less availability in low-income neighborhood
NEMS-S (Rudd)	Andreyeva T	13 Food categories	Milk, cheese, fruit, vegetables, frozen and canned vegetables, meat, meat alternatives, bread, grains, cereal, potato chips, and beverages	Less availability in low-income neighborhoods
Food  pattern basket	Donkin A, Giskes, Latham	71 (Donkin), 28 (Giskes), 67 (Latham)	Fresh, tinned, frozen fruits and vegetables, fresh and frozen fish and meat, breakfast cereals, milk, cheese, yogurt, cooking spreads, sweets, chocolate, carbonated beverages	Donkin—higher prices in smaller stores Giskes—healthy basket is more expensive Latham—null
Market basket	Guy, Harrison MS, Mhurchu, O’Connell, Thornton, Williams PL, Zenk (2009)	50 (Guy) others are not available	Fresh fruits and vegetables, frozen and canned vegetables, cooking oil, eggs, whole grain bread, pasta, cereal, rice, low-fat dairy, juice, beans, poultry, canned fish	Guy—higher prices in smaller stores Harrison—healthy basket is more expensive Mhurchu—null O’Connell—lower prices in larger stores Thornton—null Williams—healthy basket is more expensive Zenk—null
Thirfty food plan	Block D, Jetter KM	22 (Block), 19 (Jetter)	Bread, canned fruit, cheese, poultry, cereal, cooking oil, milk, flour, potatoes, fish, meat, milk, rice, salad dressing, spreads, tuna	Block—prices differ between store types Jetter—healthy basket is more expensive
Dietary guideline audit	Baker EA, Bustillos B	78 (Baker), 75 (Bustillos)	Fruits, vegetable, canned and frozen fruits and vegetables, meat, poultry, dairy, eggs, dried fruit, canned fish, reduced-fat peanut butter, whole grain breads, brown rice, oatmeal, healthy condiments/spreads, low-fat snack items	Baker—less availability in low-income neighborhood Bustillos—high availability of healthy foods in traditional food stores
Food item checklist	Lee RE, Liese AD, Sloane DC	33 (Freedman), 21 (Liese)	Fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats, low-fat milk, eggs, and whole-grain breads	Lee—low quality available in low-income neighborhood Liese—healthy basket is more expensive Sloane—low quality available in low-income neighborhood
Diabetes food list	Horowitz	5	Diet soda, low-fat milk, high fiber bread, low-carbohydrate bread, fresh fruits and vegetables	Less availability in low-income neighborhoods
Audit tool (fruit and vegetable)
Display space for produce	Caldwell E		Fresh, packaged, frozen and canned produce, and frozen, canned and bottled juice	More variety was associated with improved intake of F/V
Healthy eating indicator shopping basket (HEISB)	Cummins S, Smith	15	Fresh, canned, frozen fruits and vegetables, and 100% fruit juice	Cummins—low quality available in low-income neighborhoods Smith—least deprived neighborhood had best access to high availability of healthy food
Checklist availability	Cole, Dunn R, Edmonds J, Ghirardelli, Grigsby-Toussaint, Hosler, Kipke, Morland, Pearson, Sharkey (2010), Winkler, Zenk (2006)	21 (Dunn), 7 (Ghirardelli), 39 (Cole & Morland), 10 (Winkler), 80 (Zenk)	Fresh fruits and vegetables based on consumption patterns. Frozen and canned (Morland and Sharkey 2010)	Cole—minority residents less availability Dunn—F/V more expensive in minority neighborhood Edmonds—availability not associated with intake Ghirardelli—small stores did have high availability Grisgby—minority residents less availability Hosler—low quality available in low-income neighborhood Kipke—low quality available in low-income neighborhood Morland—minority residents less availability Sharkey—proximity to availability is associated with intake Winkler—null Zenk—null
	Grigsby-Toussaint	59 (25 common foods, 16 African American, 18 Latino)	Fresh fruits and vegetables, include African American and Latino culturally specific items
Audit tool (other)
Prepared food	Creel J, Sharkey (2011)	25	Entrees (Breakfast, lunch and dinner), side dishes, beverages, and desserts	Creel—greater variety of regular entrees in supermarkets compared to fast-food Sharkey—high availability of prepared foods in supermarkets
Ethnic and American food	Dean W	Not available	Fruits and vegetables, taquerias, prepared hot foods, frozen sweet items, sweet and fried items, salty snacks, candy, bread and tortillas, sweetened breads, herbs and spices, live farm animal products, juice, sods, sugar-sweetened beverages	High availability of prepared foods in supermarkets
Snack items	Farley, Lucan	Not available	Sweetened beverages, coffee, salty snacks, candy, baked sweets, and frozen sweets, fresh and packaged fruits and vegetables and items with whole grains (Lucan only)	Farley—null Lucan—high availability of snack foods in corner stores
Fruit, vegetable, snack	Ball K, Rose	53 (Ball)	Fresh fruits, vegetables, chocolate, cakes, pastries, sausage rolls, pizza, chips, soft drinks	Ball—availability of healthy foods only slightly favored high income neighborhood stores Rose—more shelf space was associated with higher BMI
		Shelf-space for food categories (Rose)	Snack food categories: candies, salty snacks, cookies and pastries, and carbondated beverages. Include fresh, canned, and frozen fruits and vegetables