Table 4.

Cross-cutting considerations for future research on healthy food retail discussed by in-person convening participants.

Theme	Consideration
Research partnerships	Build long-term relationships with retailers and manufacturers to facilitate the implementation and evaluation of in-store interventions and access to proprietary data
	Collaborate with nontraditional partners, including trade associations, growers and distributors, marketing firms, business schools, advocacy groups, and retailers connected to academic research institutions (e.g., university hospitals, cafeterias, campus stores)
Data sources	Increase access to federal data sources (e.g., SNAP redemption data)
	Make data accessible and affordable to researchers through programs modeled after RWJF Health Data for Action, which serves as a conduit between data owners and researchers [22]
Study design and setting	Study nontraditional retailers, including supercenters, dollar stores, and online retailers
	Use a variety of study designs (e.g., laboratory experiments, pilot programs, randomized controlled trials, longitudinal evaluations)
	Draw lessons from interventions or policies abroad
	Promote innovative data collection approaches, such as investigative journalism or federally or congressionally commissioned investigations