Hiroshi Mamiya1, Erica E M Moodie2, Alexandra M Schmidt2, Yu Ma3, David L Buckeridge2. 1. Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, 1120 Ave Pine, Montreal, QC, H3G 1A1, Canada. hiroshi.mamiya@mail.mcgill.ca. 2. Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, 1120 Ave Pine, Montreal, QC, H3G 1A1, Canada. 3. Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, 1001 Ave Sherbrooke West, Montreal, QC, H3G 1G5, Canada.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Global consumption of caffeinated energy drinks (CED) has been increasing dramatically despite increasing evidence of their adverse health effects. Temporary price discounting is a rarely investigated but potentially powerful food marketing tactic influencing purchasing of CED. Using grocery transaction records generated by food stores in Montreal, we investigated the association between price discounting and purchasing of CED across socio-economic status operationalized by education and income levels in store neighbourhood. METHODS: The outcome, log-transformed weekly store-level sales of CED, was modelled as a function of store-level percent price discounting, store- and neighbourhood-level confounders, and an interaction term between discounting and each of tertile education and income in store neighbourhood. The model was separately fit to transactions from supermarkets, pharmacies, supercentres, and convenience stores. RESULTS: There were 18,743, 12,437, 3965, and 49,533 weeks of CED sales from supermarkets, pharmacies, supercentres, and convenience stores, respectively. Percent price discounting was positively associated with log sales of CED for all store types, and the interaction between education and discounting was prominent in supercentres: -0.039 [95% confidence interval (CI): -0.051, -0.028] and -0.039 [95% CI: -0.057, -0.021], for middle- and high-education neighbourhoods relative to low-education neighbourhoods, respectively. Relative to low-income areas, the associations of discounting and log CED sales in supercentres for neighbourhoods with middle- and high-income tertile were 0.022 [95% CI: 0.010, 0.033] and 0.015 (95% CI: -0.001, 0.031), respectively. CONCLUSION: Price discounting is an important driver of CED consumption and has a varying impact across community education and income.
OBJECTIVES: Global consumption of caffeinated energy drinks (CED) has been increasing dramatically despite increasing evidence of their adverse health effects. Temporary price discounting is a rarely investigated but potentially powerful food marketing tactic influencing purchasing of CED. Using grocery transaction records generated by food stores in Montreal, we investigated the association between price discounting and purchasing of CED across socio-economic status operationalized by education and income levels in store neighbourhood. METHODS: The outcome, log-transformed weekly store-level sales of CED, was modelled as a function of store-level percent price discounting, store- and neighbourhood-level confounders, and an interaction term between discounting and each of tertile education and income in store neighbourhood. The model was separately fit to transactions from supermarkets, pharmacies, supercentres, and convenience stores. RESULTS: There were 18,743, 12,437, 3965, and 49,533 weeks of CED sales from supermarkets, pharmacies, supercentres, and convenience stores, respectively. Percent price discounting was positively associated with log sales of CED for all store types, and the interaction between education and discounting was prominent in supercentres: -0.039 [95% confidence interval (CI): -0.051, -0.028] and -0.039 [95% CI: -0.057, -0.021], for middle- and high-education neighbourhoods relative to low-education neighbourhoods, respectively. Relative to low-income areas, the associations of discounting and log CED sales in supercentres for neighbourhoods with middle- and high-income tertile were 0.022 [95% CI: 0.010, 0.033] and 0.015 (95% CI: -0.001, 0.031), respectively. CONCLUSION: Price discounting is an important driver of CED consumption and has a varying impact across community education and income.
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Energy drinks; Food environment; Food marketing; Public health nutrition; Sugar-sweetened beverages
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