Table 1 Classification and description of food store types

Public Market

Municipally owned building where vendors sell fresh food from open stalls.

Supermarket

Large corporate owned “chain” food stores with several employees and cash registers.

Small Grocery

Non-corporate-owned small food stores, with no more than 1 cash register.

Specialty Store

Small food store that sells only one group of foods (eg: fruits/vegetables, butchers, fishmongers)

Corner Store

Small store with long shopping hours and (generally) owned by ethnic minorities.

Convenience Store/Gas Station

Food stores with a limited selection of foods, with long shopping hours (>18 h/day), attached or not to a gas station.