Table 3.
Price of selected healthy foods relative to the regular version comparing convenience and grocery stores in rural Alabama counties (May 2013–November 2015)
(Numbers and percentages)
| Food | Convenience stores | Grocery stores | P* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Milk | |||||
| No. of stores | 27 | 24 | |||
| Lower price for low-fat† or non-fat | 0 | 0·0 | 14 | 58·3 | <0·001 |
| Same price for low-fat or non-fat | 22 | 81·5 | 8 | 33·3 | |
| Higher price for low-fat or non-fat | 0 | 0·0 | 1 | 4·2 | |
| Price not available | 5 | 18·5 | 1 | 4·2 | |
| Soda | |||||
| No. of stores | 65 | 24 | |||
| Lower price for diet | 3 | 4·6 | 0 | 0·0 | 0·67 |
| Same price for diet | 61 | 93·8 | 23 | 95·8 | |
| Higher price for diet | 1 | 1·5 | 0 | 0·0 | |
| Price not available | 0 | 0·0 | 1 | 4·2 | |
| Fruit juice | |||||
| No. of stores | 65 | 24 | |||
| Lower price for 100 % | 2 | 3·1 | 2 | 8·3 | <0·001 |
| Same price for 100 % | 54 | 83·1 | 0 | 0·0 | |
| Higher price for 100 % | 7 | 10·8 | 22 | 91·7 | |
| Price not available | 2 | 3·1 | 0 | 0·0 | |
| Bread | |||||
| No. of stores | 15 | 24 | |||
| Lower price for whole-grain | 2 | 13·3 | 1 | 4·2 | <0·001 |
| Same price for whole-grain | 9 | 60·0 | 8 | 33·3 | |
| Higher price for whole-grain | 3 | 20·0 | 15 | 62·5 | |
| Price not available | 1 | 6·7 | 0 | 0·0 | |
| Cereal | |||||
| No. of stores | 26 | 24 | |||
| Lower price for healthier | 3 | 11·5 | 12 | 50·0 | <0·001 |
| Same price for healthier | 15 | 57·7 | 3 | 12·5 | |
| Higher price for healthier | 0 | 0·0 | 8 | 33·3 | |
| Price not available | 8 | 30·8 | 1 | 4·2 | |
*
P values from χ2 statistic.
†
1 or 2 % fat.