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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Agric Food Syst Community Dev. 2019 May 1;9(1):59–68. doi: 10.5304/jafscd.2019.091.010

Table 5.

Mean Food Hub Quality Preferences by Food Hub Shopping Frequency

Intended Food Hub Shopping Frequency Compared to Main Store

Food Hub Qualities Less Frequently About the Same More Frequently
Customer Service and Product Qualities

Clean 3.95 3.97 3.94
Good Quality 3.89 3.94 3.95
Affordability 3.81 3.86 3.91
People Are Welcoming 3.75 3.82 3.81
Good Variety* 3.74 3.78 3.86

Ease of Use

Convenient to Shop 3.69 3.77 3.81
One-stop Shop 3.62 3.71 3.75

Community Engagement

Vendors Are from Community 3.07 3.19 3.08
Customers Are from Community 2.95 3.12 3.02

Employment Opportunities

Work as an Employee* 2.13 2.19 2.47
Work as a Vendor* 1.80 1.97 2.08

N= 229 142 111
*

significant at p<.05