@article{ee9294de047647799fc3105158547acf,
title = "Make It Fresh, for Less! A Supermarket Meal Bundling and Electronic Reminder Intervention to Promote Healthy Purchases Among Families With Children",
abstract = "Objective: To evaluate the effects of a supermarket meal bundling and electronic reminder intervention on food choices of families with children. Design: Quasi-experimental (meal bundling) and randomized, controlled trial (electronic reminders). Setting: Large supermarket in Maine during 40-week baseline and 16-week intervention periods in 2015–2016. Participants: English-speaking adults living with at least 1 child aged ≤18 years (n = 300) with 25% of households participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Intervention(s): (1) Four bundles of ingredients needed to make 8 low-cost healthful meals were promoted in the store through displays and point-of-purchase messaging for 4 weeks each; (2) weekly electronic messages based on principles from behavioral psychology were sent to study participants reminding them to look for meal bundles in the store. Main Outcome Measures: (1) Difference in storewide sales and individual purchases of bundled items (measured using supermarket loyalty card data) from baseline to intervention in intervention vs control groups. Analysis: Regressions controlling for total food spending and accounting for repeated measures. Results: There were no differences in spending on bundled items resulting from the meal bundling intervention or the electronic reminders. Conclusions and Implications: Overall, there was little impact of healthful meal bundles and electronic reminders on storewide sales or purchases of promoted items in a large supermarket.",
keywords = "SNAP, behavioral economics, fruits and vegetables, randomized controlled trial",
author = "Moran, {Alyssa J.} and Neha Khandpur and Michele Polacsek and Thorndike, {Anne N.} and Franckle, {Rebecca L.} and Rebecca Boulos and Sally Sampson and Greene, {Julie C.} and Blue, {Dan G.} and Rimm, {Eric B.}",
note = "Funding Information: This study was made possible by the Duke-UNC US Department of Agriculture Center for Behavioral Economics and Healthy Food Choice Research (No. 59-5000-4-0062), an anonymous gift in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, funding from the Coverys Community Healthcare Foundation, and a grant to Healthy Eating Research at Duke University from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr Moran was supported by a training grant (DK007703) from the National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The sponsors of this study had no role in the study design, data collection, management, analysis, or interpretation of the data, and did not require final approval of the manuscript. Funding Information: This study was made possible by the Duke-UNC US Department of Agriculture Center for Behavioral Economics and Healthy Food Choice Research (No. 59-5000-4-0062), an anonymous gift in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, funding from the Coverys Community Healthcare Foundation, and a grant to Healthy Eating Research at Duke University from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation . Dr Moran was supported by a training grant (DK007703) from the National Institutes of Health . The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health . The sponsors of this study had no role in the study design, data collection, management, analysis, or interpretation of the data, and did not require final approval of the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior",
year = "2019",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1016/j.jneb.2019.01.012",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "51",
pages = "400--408",
journal = "Journal of Nutrition Education",
issn = "1499-4046",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "4",
}