Variation in retail costs for fresh vegetables and salty snacks across communities in the United States

Food Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-135

  Stewart, Hayden ^a   Dong, Diansheng ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food prices; Fresh vegetables; Price dispersion; Snack foods

Indexed keywords

FOOD MARKET; PRICE DYNAMICS; RETAILING; VEGETABLE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952315186     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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