TABLE 7.
Location of products from each category within eight different supermarket locations.
| % Of products displayed in each location | ||||||
| Tofu products | Legume products | Plant-based meats | Products sharing the section/Display | Products in neighboring sections | Section/Shelf labels or flags to indicate range? | |
| Freezer | ||||||
| Store A-1 | 0 | 0 | 80% | Ready meals | Ready meals, frozen vegetables | No (“meals”) |
| Store A-2 | 0 | 0 | 80% | Potato gratin products | N/A – endcap | No |
| Store B-1 | 0 | 6% | 51% | Gluten-free products (ready meals), savory party snacks | Savory party snacks (pies, sausage rolls), gluten-free products (pastry, pasta, garlic bread) | No |
| Store B-2 | 33% | 0 | 54% | Gluten-free products (crumbed chicken, pastry, pizza bases, ready meals, garlic bread, savory party snacks) | Ready meals, frozen vegetables | Meat-free monday, any night!” (sticker)* |
| Store C-1 | 0 | 40% | 91% | Savory party snacks | Savory party snacks (dumplings, spring rolls) | “Make it meat free” (shelf tag)* |
| Store C-2 | 0 | 6% | 78% | Gluten-free products (ready meals, crumbed chicken, pizza bases, pastry) | Gluten free products (conventional meat products – honey chicken, sweet and sour pork, fried rice), Frozen desserts | “Make it meat free” (shelf tag)* |
| Store D-1 | 0 | 0 | 52% | Exclusively meat-alternatives | Ready meals, frozen vegetables | No (“vegetables”) |
| Store D-2 | 0 | 6% | 41% | Exclusively meat-alternatives | Conventional meat - battered fish, Frozen vegetables | “Vegetarian and plant based” (sticker) |
| Average | 6% | 6% | 60% | |||
| Chilled – general | ||||||
| Store A-1 | 0 | 100% | 20% | Fresh pasta, Tofu, Ready meals, Pizza | Conventional meat – sausages and smallgoods, Juices | No (“ready meals”) |
| Store A-2 | 0 | 100% | 20% | Fresh pasta, Tofu, Ready meals, Pizza | Pre-made salads, juices | No |
| Store B-1 | 100% | 94% | 19% | Tofu, other plant-based products (dressing/sauces, desserts), liquid egg whites, Fermented cabbage products | Packaged seafood (smoked salmon, prawns, mussels) | No |
| Store B-2 | 67% | 100% | 22% | Cheese + crackers, fermented cabbage products | N/A – endcap | No |
| Store C-1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Store C-2 | 100% | 94% | 22% | Tofu, vegan products (cheese, dressings/sauces, probiotic drinks), bone broth (free-range chicken bone broth, grass-fed free-range beef bone broth), protein smoothie | Frozen meals, frozen bakery products, plant-based products, including pesto, sauerkraut, protein smoothies, vegan cheese | ”Plant-based destination” (shelf label) |
| Store D-1 | 0 | 70% | 48% | Vegan products (cheese, sour cream), Tofu, dressings and sauces, fermented cabbage products | Conventional meat - smoked salmon, prawns, octopus | ”Enjoy alternative plant-based foods and meals. Perfect for meatless monday” and “ready to enjoy non-dairy. Try our range |
| of delicious milk alternatives like Soy, Almond and Coconut” | ||||||
| Store D-2 | 0 | 50% | 0 | Vegan products (cheese, sour cream), dressings/sauces, Fermented cabbage products | Dairy products (cheese) | No |
| Average | 33% | 79% | 12% | |||
| Chilled – meat section | ||||||
| Store A-1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Store A-2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Store B-1 | 0 | 0 | 30% | Conventional meat – kangaroo sausages | Conventional meat sausages, kangaroo products | No (“sausages,” “game”) |
| Store B-2 | 0 | 0 | 11% | Conventional meat – kangaroo sausages and burgers, organic chicken meat | N/A – endcap | No (“organic,” “game”) |
| Store B-2 | 0 | 0 | 14% | Conventional meat – sausages | Conventional meat – sausages, sliders | “Meat free” (flag) |
| Store C-1 | 100% | 60% | 9% | Vegan products (cheese, sour cream, sauces), Fresh pasta, Tofu, Fermented cabbage products | N/A endcap | “Vegan and vegetarian” (sign on fridge) |
| Store C-2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Store D-1 | 100% | 30% | 0 | Exclusively meat-alternatives | Conventional meat – crumbed chicken products | “Plant-based” (x3 flags) |
| Store D-2 | 100% | 44% | 59% | Exclusively meat-alternatives | N/A – endcap | “Plant-based” (flag) |
| Average | 61% | 15% | 29% | |||
*Indicates promotional material was associated with brand-specific campaigns that were running at the time of data collection.