Table 1

Price Availability, Conditional Mean Price and Consumption Shares of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Types

Stores with non-missing price¹

Mean price²

Min

Max

Consumption share⁴

($)

($)

($)

(%)

Fruits

apples

23(92%)

1.10 ± 0.32

0.61

1.99

11.7

avocado

22(88%)

2.34 ± 1.07

0.74

5.47

9.1

bananas

22(88%)

0.52 ± 0.10

0.33

0.69

33.8

berries

15(60%)

3.00 ± 0.61

2.00

3.99

6.2

grapes

19(76%)

1.77 ± 0.54

0.89

2.79

8.9

melon

18(72%)

0.75 ± 0.24

0.33

1.12

18.2

oranges

23(92%)

0.93 ± 0.36

0.33

1.49

7.7

peaches

13(52%)

1.68 ± 0.34

1.27

2.29

2.6

Pears

11(44%)

1.11 ± 0.43

0.35

1.69

1.8

All types³

8(32%)

100

Vegetables

carrots

23(72%)

1.01 ± 0.46

0.49

1.98

7.8

Corn

13(41%)

0.97 ± 0.39

0.45

1.82

5.7

cruciferous

16(50%)

0.92 ± 0.32

0.32

1.49

3.8

Green beans

10(31%)

1.52 ± 0.50

0.99

2.79

2.1

greens

15(47%)

1.00 ± 0.31

0.70

2.01

1.1

lettuce

25(78%)

0.81 ± 0.34

0.49

1.98

7.7

onions

24(75%)

0.97 ± 0.39

0.39

1.99

16.4

potatoes

24(75%)

0.62 ± 0.42

0.30

2.39

33.8

tomatoes

24(75%)

1.34 ± 0.43

0.69

2.39

4.8

squash

17(53%)

1.18 ± 0.40

0.50

1.88

17

All types³

10(31%)

100

¹ For fruit, sample is all stores selling at least three types: n = 25. For vegetables, sample is all stores selling at least four types: n = 36. The proportion of stores with non-missing price among those selling at least three fruit types and at least 4 vegetable types in parentheses.

² Conditional means (mean price over stores with non-missing price information) are reported ± SD. For example, the mean price of apples in the 23 stores with non-missing prices is $1.10 per pound with a standard deviation of $0.32. The lowest observed price in these 23 stores is $0.61 per pound, while the highest observed price is $1.99 per pound.

³All types summarizes the number of stores selling all types of fruits or vegetables, respectively.

⁴Consumption share of each type from Fresh Look Marketing, Inc for Dallas market.

Dunn et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:6   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-6