Point-of-Sale

Point-of-sale environments heavily influence food choices and impulse purchases.

Six years old boy walking at the supermarket with his father, choosing groceries and looking around the aisle. iStock Photo Credit: Constantinis

Our research examines how checkout displays, pricing strategies, and promotional materials shape purchasing behavior. We also evaluate policy efforts to improve the healthfulness of point-of-sale environments.

8 Results

Comparison of Sales from Vending Machines With 4 Different Food and Beverage Messages

JAMA
Work May 8, 2024

Online RCT of Icon Added-Sugar Warning Labels for Restaurant Menus

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Work April 17, 2023

Perceived effectiveness of added-sugar warning label designs for U.S. restaurant menus: An online randomized controlled trial

Preventive Medicine
Work July 1, 2022

The retail food environment: Time for a change

International Journal of  Environmental Research and Public Health
Work November 28, 2020

Online Randomized Controlled Trials of Restaurant Sodium Warning Labels

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Work December 1, 2019

Estimating the effect of calorie menu labeling on calories purchased in a large restaurant franchise in the southern United States: quasi-experimental study

British Medical Journal
Work October 30, 2019

Consumer perceptions of specific design characteristics for front-of-package nutrition labels

Health Education Research
Work April 1, 2018

Changes in the nutritional quality of fast-food items marketed at restaurants, 2010 v. 2013

Public Health Nutrition
Work March 27, 2018