Supermarket Characteristics and Operating Costs in Low-Income Areas
the Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty has alerted us of a new publication from the USDA.
This report, based upon an examination of 32,000 supermarkets in the US that accept food stamps, explores whether poor people pay more for food as well as similarities and differences among markets serving poor, middle income and rich communities. In addition to retail food costs, the report examines market characteristics (square footage, age, hours open, number of checkout lines, and ownership traits); customer characteristics (income and ethnicity); competition issues (wages, unionization, employee turnover, and distance to nearest competitor); and other practices and measures.
Supermarket Characteristics and Operating Costs in Low-Income Areas
