Table 7.
Characteristics of four food store types
| |
Food store type |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wet market | Supermarket | Small market | Convenience store | |
| Number of establishments |
2 |
9 |
4 |
10 |
| Store size, m2 |
8100 (2121) |
233 (360) |
59.4 (42.6) |
37.4 (48.0) |
| Types of items sold |
|
|
|
|
| Soy products |
100% |
0% |
0% |
10% |
| Packaged foods |
100% |
67% |
0% |
30% |
| Frozen meals |
0% |
11% |
0% |
10% |
| Fresh cooked/prepared foods |
100% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Basic grain products |
100% |
56% |
0% |
20% |
| Processed/preserved dried meat and seafood |
100% |
33% |
0% |
20% |
| Cooking oil |
100% |
56% |
0% |
20% |
| Cleaned/easy-to-cook/combo meals |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Cold dessert/ice cream |
100% |
78% |
0% |
30% |
| Indicator food items |
|
|
|
|
| Salty snack |
0% |
100% |
0% |
60% |
| Sweet snack |
0% |
100% |
0% |
60% |
| Sweet drinks |
100% |
100% |
0% |
67% |
| Alcohol |
0% |
100% |
0% |
80% |
| Milk/yogurt |
100% |
89% |
0% |
50% |
| Bottled water |
100% |
89% |
0% |
70% |
| Powdered drinks |
0% |
67% |
0% |
70% |
| Tea |
100% |
44% |
0% |
10% |
| Instant noodles |
0% |
78% |
0% |
60% |
| Pastry/baked goods |
100% |
33% |
0% |
50% |
| Tofu products |
100% |
33% |
0% |
0% |
| Fruits |
100% |
0% |
75% |
0% |
| Vegetables |
100% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Fresh meat/poultry | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |