NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Food Availability and Cost Patterns in Mississippi Retail Stores Participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Gray, Virginia B.; Byrd, Sylvia H.; Downey, Laura – Journal of Extension, 2021
Research has suggested that availability of healthful food varies according to rurality/urbanicity, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation, and sociodemographic variables. We investigated differences in variety and cost of fruits and vegetables in convenience stores, grocery stores, and supermarkets across Mississippi. We…
Descriptors: Food, Nutrition, Social Services, Purchasing
Food Shopping Perceptions, Behaviors, and Ability to Purchase Healthful Food Items in the Lower Mississippi Delta
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McGee, Bernestine B.; Johnson, Glenda S.; Yadrick, M. Kathleen; Richardson, Valerie; Simpson, Pippa M.; Gossett, Jeffrey M.; Thornton, Alma; Johnson, Crystal; Bogle, Margaret L. – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2011
Objective: To examine the agreement between perceptions, behaviors, and ability to purchase healthful food in the Lower Mississippi Delta (LMD). Design: A regional food store survey of healthful food options in supermarkets, small/medium stores, and convenience stores. Focus group discussions were conducted on shopping perceptions and behaviors.…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Counties, Nutrition Instruction, Food
Retailers' Views of Tobacco Policy and Law Enforcement
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Reinert, Bonita; Carver, Vivien; Range, Lillian M.; Pike, Chris – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2009
Aims: Tobacco retailers are in a unique position to implement policies that can influence sales and ultimately tobacco use, so the present survey explored retailers' tobacco policies, involvement and problems with law enforcement, and pessimism about whether youth will obtain tobacco products. Methods: 144 randomly selected tobacco retailers…
Descriptors: Smoking, Law Enforcement, Policy, Surveys
Case Study of East Mississippi Community College's Plan to Assist the Sara Lee Corporation Employees Due to Plant Closing
Direct linkDirect link
Hanson, Bruce J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The aim or purpose of this study was to statistically determine whether there were significant differences in obtaining employment and wages after training provided by East Mississippi Community College (EMCC). The training was specifically provided to employees of Sara Lee Corporation, LLC, after the massive layoff when the company closed its…
Descriptors: Wages, Employment Level, Training, Program Effectiveness
Virtual Retail Simulations in Second Life
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Drake-Bridges, Erin; Strelzoff, Andrew; Sulbaran, Tulio – Marketing Education Review, 2011
This paper explores the use of simulations in virtual reality to teach students the fundamental processes behind retailing and product development. The project described involved one class of students who developed their own clothing lines of "virtual merchandise." A second class of students then "purchased" the wholesale…
Descriptors: Retailing, Clothing, Cooperative Learning, Student Projects
Standardized Curriculum for Service Station Retailing.
Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. Office of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education. – 1989
This curriculum guide for service station retailing was developed by the state of Mississippi to standardize vocational education course titles and core contents. The objectives contained in this document are common to all service station retailing programs in the state. The guide contains objectives for service station retailing I and II courses.…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists, Competency Based Education