Food Consumption Patterns Part 2

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Respondents were asked to provide a series of lists on their top-selling non-staple food items,
products purchased by children, and fortified products for babies, adults and pregnant women. The
results are presented below both as raw frequencies, which show how many of the 33 stores carry
each item, and as a percentage of the total responses in each category, which provide an indication
of the level of competition in that market.
The most common product type was cookies, which were reported in 29 of the 33 stores (88%, see
Table ##) and accounted for 23% of the 127 items (Table ##) listed by all respondents (some
respondents did not provide the full lists of five items requested in the survey). The second most
common non-staple product sold was cheese puffs, which were cited by 20 of the 33 stores (61%)
and accounted for 16% of the items listed by all respondents. The third most common item was
salted crackers (13 of 33 stores, 10% of items listed), cornflakes (11 stores, 9% of items listed),
hard candy (10 stores, 8% of items listed), bread or cassava with peanut butter (7 stores, 6% of
items listed), and cheese (6 stores, 5% of items listed).
Table A8-2: Top 10 non-staple foods sold in stores
Stores listing
Food item
item (N=33)
Cookies 29
Cheese puffs 20
Salted crackers 13
Cornflakes 11
Hard candy 10
Bread and peanut butter 7
Cheese 6
Bread 5
Lollipops 4
Pringles 2
Table A8-3: Top 10 non-staple foods sold in stores
Food item
% of total (N=127)
Cookies 23%
Cheese puffs 16%
Salted crackers 10%
Cornflakes 9%
Hard candy 8%
Bread and peanut butter 6%
Cheese 5%
Bread 4%
Lollipops 3%
Pringles 2%