Sales data of a supermarket – a tool for monitoring nutrition interventions

Abstract

Proportional sales data are proposed as a tool for measuring the effect of nutrition interventions and also as a possible indirect assessment for population salt and fat intake.

Supermarket sales data: a tool for measuring regional differences in dietary habits

“…Sales data from supermarket chains have provided useful information on regional differences in fat consumption 16 and proportional sales data have been proposed as a possible indirect assessment for population salt and fat intake 17 . The aim of this study was to assess how well supermarket sales data from a major supermarket chain could reflect on regional differences in dietary behaviour by comparing the sales data with the results provided by the annual health behaviour surveys.…”

Supermarket Sales Data: Feasibility and Applicability in Population Food and Nutrition Monitoring

“…Approximately 67% of the studies (12/18) were conducted in the United States, [29][30][31][33][34][35]38,[41][42][43]45,46 two in Finland, 32,37 one in Belgium, 36 one in Australia, 39 one in Denmark, 40 and one in the United Kingdom. 44 Eight studies collected sales data from participating supermarkets, 29,30,32,[36][37][38][39][40] two used marketing research databases including household characteristics, 31,35 two used warehouse purchase orders, 33,34 and six used receipts. [41][42][43][44][45][46] The periods of data collection varied from one week to more than two years.…”

Review of the journal ‘Public Health Nutrition’, first volume 1998

“…About one-third of contributions dealt with this important topic. A study of the utility of supermarket sales data to estimate consumption of certain foods showed more stability when items were considered on a proportional rather than absolute basis (Närhinen et al 1998). Databases of household budget and individual surveys were used to predict the extent to which percentages of households can be used to predict the percentage of foods consumed by individuals within and between countries (Lambe et al 1998).…”