The Food Retail Hierarchy and Food Import Dependency in a Dominican Town

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dc.contributor.authorLee, Heather N.en
dc.contributor.committeechairGrossman, Lawrence S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCampbell, James B. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKolivras, Korine N.en
dc.contributor.departmentGeographyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:36:18Zen
dc.date.adate2010-06-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:36:18Zen
dc.date.issued2010-05-03en
dc.date.rdate2010-06-07en
dc.date.sdate2010-05-17en
dc.description.abstractThis research examines the percentage of imported foods sold in stores at three levels of the food retail hierarchy—small-sized retail food stores, known locally as colmados; medium-sized food retail stores, or super-colmados; and the large supermarkets, or supermercados —in the Dominican Republic. It also considers variations in sources of imported foods for the three types of stores. Data were collected during fieldwork conducted in Verónâ a small town located in the province of La Altagracia on the eastern end of the Dominican Republic—over a three-week period from August 15 to September 9, 2009. A stratified random sample was selected along the primary highway in Verón consisting of 15 stores. At these stores, the principal investigator collected inventory data and conducted interviews with storeowners and employees. The findings suggest that food import dependency increases as the level in the food retail hierarchy, or store size, increases.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05172010-100814en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05172010-100814/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42696en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLee_HN_T_2010.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectDominican Republicen
dc.subjectfood import dependencyen
dc.subjectfood retail hierarchyen
dc.titleThe Food Retail Hierarchy and Food Import Dependency in a Dominican Townen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineGeographyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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