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. 2017 Oct 18;14(10):1242. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14101242

Table 3.

Food and beverage availability in food stores stratified by store type, %.

Item All Stores N = 127 Small Grocery N = 34 Limited Service N = 93 p-Value a SNAP Authorized N = 108
Bread:
100% Whole Wheat Bread 12.1% 21.2% 8.8% 0.06 14.2%
White Bread 84.0% 93.9% 80.4% 0.07 90.7%
Cereal:
Low-Sugar (<6 g) 55.2% 66.7% 51.1% 0.12 59.8%
High-Sugar (≥6 g) 88.8% 90.9% 88.0% 0.28 94.4%
Rice:
Brown Rice 21.0% 33.3% 16.5% 0.04 23.6%
White Rice 88.8% 93.9% 87.0% 0.28 90.7%
Cheese:
Low or Reduced-Fat 31.8% 60.6% 21.5% <0.0001 35.2%
Regular-Fat 46.5% 82.4% 33.3% <0.0001 50.9%
Yogurt:
Low-Fat or Non-Fat 4.8% 8.8% 3.3% 0.19 4.7%
Whole-Fat or Regular 1.6% 2.9% 1.1% 0.46 0.9%
Ground Beef:
Extra Lean (≤10% Fat) 6.3% 23.5% 0.0% <0.0001 7.4%
Regular (≥20% Fat) 18.1% 67.7% 0.0% <0.0001 20.4%
Potato Chips (Plain):
Baked or Low-Fat 9.0% 9.1% 9.0% 0.99 10.4%
Regular 96.0% 90.9% 97.9% 0.08 96.3%
Milk:
1% or Skim 11.8% 14.7% 10.8% 0.54 12.0%
Whole or 2% 85.8% 94.1% 82.8% 0.11 92.6%
Juice:
100% Juice 88.7% 84.9% 90.1% 0.41 89.6%
<50% Juice or Fruit Punch 96.8% 97.0% 96.7% 0.94 97.2%
Soda:
Diet 76.6% 63.6% 81.3% 0.04 75.5%
Regular 97.6% 97.0% 97.8% 0.94 98.1%
Water:
Plain 98.8% 97.0% 98.9% 0.45 99.1%
Enhanced 42.7% 27.3% 48.4% 0.04 43.4%

HFFI, Healthy Food Financing Initiative; a p value examines difference between small grocery stores and limited service stores.