Table 7.

Summary of open-ended responses about food choice in lockdown.

Price	Participants expressed that they were now either having to buy more expensive food, or that they had less money to spend on food. Others, however, identified that they had saved money during lockdown that they could now spend on food.
Restricted choice/variety	Individuals found that their choices were limited, and this impacted their diets negatively
Weight	While some participants reported that they had lost substantial amounts of weight, others saw lockdown as an opportunity to eat healthily and lose weight
Support local businesses	A small number of participants attempted to buy their food from local suppliers to support small businesses
More junk/unhealthy food	For some, lockdown represented unhealthy food choices and increase in ‘junk’ and takeaway food