Table 1.

Interview Questions for Micro-pantry Users

Question

1. The first question is just to help me learn how COVID-19 has affected you. a. How has your job situation changed because of COVID-19? b. How has your money situation changed? c. Tell me about your household. How many people are in your household right now? i. Tell me about any special food needs you or someone in your household has because of a certain diet or a health problem. d. How much do you worry about getting enough food for yourself and your household right now? i. How much did you worry before COVID-19? e. In what ways, if any, has a concern about getting COVID-10 changed where you get food? f. Tell me about your use of food pantries before COVID-19. i. Do you go to a regular food pantry now, during COVID-19? g. Where did you usually get food from before COVID-19? i. Which of those places do you still get food from now?

2. Next, I'd like to hear your thoughts about the micro-pantries. a. How did you learn about the micro-pantries? b. What led you to use the micro-pantry? c. Tell me about the types of foods you have taken from the micro-pantries. d. Tell me what you think about the foods that are in the micro-pantry. i. How well does the food meet your needs? ii. What foods do you see in there the most? iii. What do you wish you saw more of in there? iv. What are your thoughts about how nutritional the foods are? v. What concerns do you have, if any, about the safety of the foods? 1. What are your concerns, if you have any, about contamination with COVID-19? vi. What is your interest in somehow sharing your thoughts about the foods you would like to see in there with the people who stock the pantries? 1. What are the ways you would prefer to share that feedback? [probes: putting papers in the pantries in which you can list what you want; having a community website in which you could list what you want] e. Of all the food you need for your household, how much of it do you get from the micro-pantries? f. What, if anything, would you change about the micro-pantries?

COVID-19 indicates coronavirus disease 2019.