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APPENDICES

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY ON FOOD QUALITY IN LABRADOR

Community: ____________

1. How would you describe the quality of the following kinds of food sold in your community IN THE PAST 3 MONTHS (December, January, February)?

  Poor Fair Good Excellent
Apples, oranges
Bananas, grapes
Berries
Potatoes
Carrots, onions, turnips, cabbage
Lettuce, tomatoes, peppers
Broccoli, cauliflower
Bread
Eggs
Fresh milk
Fresh meat
Frozen meat
Frozen vegetables
Other frozen food

2. Is there enough variety of fresh fruit and vegetables available?

Never Sometimes Most of the time Always

3. Which of the following foods have you bought IN THE PAST 4 WEEKS?

Fresh fruit:
Apples Oranges Bananas Grapes Berries
Kiwi Plums Melons Grapefruit Other


Fresh vegetables:
Lettuce Broccoli Tomatoes Cauliflower Turnips
Cabbage Onions Peppers Carrots Potatoes
Cucumber Celery Squash Spinach Mushrooms


Milk products:
Fresh milk Boxed milk Cheese Yogurt Ice cream
Powdered milk Evaporated milk


Frozen food:
Frozen meat Frozen pizza Frozen fish
French fries Other frozen vegetables Frozen juice


4. Since this time last year, has the quality of food in your community

improved a lot?
improved a little?
stayed the same?
become worse?

5. When do you find the quality of food to be best and worst?

Best in Worst in
Spring Spring
Summer Summer
Fall Fall
Winter Winter

6. If the quality of fresh fruit and vegetables improved in your community, would you buy more of these foods?

Yes, a lot more Yes, a bit more No Don’t know

7. What is keeping you from buying more fresh fruit and vegetables? (Check all that apply.)

They cost too much Don’t like the taste
Poor quality Too much trouble to cook them
Not enough variety Don’t need these foods to be healthy
Often not available Already eat a lot of these foods
Don’t know how to use them Can’t digest these foods
They don’t keep well at home Can’t afford them
Prefer canned products Prefer frozen products
Another reason: _________________________________________

8. Since this time last year, how has the price of fresh fruit and vegetables in your community changed?

Gone up Gone down Stayed the same Don’t know

9. Different groups of people may not have the same opinion about the foods available in your community. Therefore, it would be helpful if you would tell us which group you belong to:

Inuit
Innu
Metis
Other

10. Where do you usually buy fresh fruit and vegetables?

COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS:

Are there any fresh or frozen foods you would like to see at the store that are not usually available?

No
Yes¸ Please name them:

Do you have any comments or suggestions about the quality, variety or price of fresh and frozen food sold in your community?

RETAILER SURVEY ON FOOD QUALITY IN LABRADOR

1. How would you describe the quality of the following kinds of food available in your store IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS (December, January, February)?

  Poor Fair Good Excellent
Apples, oranges
Bananas, grapes
Berries
Potatoes
Carrots, onions, turnips, cabbage
Lettuce, tomatoes, peppers
Broccoli, cauliflower
Bread
Eggs
Fresh milk
Fresh meat
Frozen meat
Frozen vegetables
Other frozen food

2. Is there enough variety of fresh fruit and vegetables available in your store?

Never Sometimes Most of the time Always

3. Which of the following foods have you received as FOOD MAIL IN THE PAST MONTH (February)? (Check all that apply.)

Fresh fruit:
Apples Oranges Bananas Grapes Berries
Kiwi Plums Melons Grapefruit Other


Fresh vegetables:
Lettuce Broccoli Tomatoes Cauliflower Turnips
Cabbage Onions Peppers Carrots Potatoes
Cucumber Celery Squash Spinach Mushrooms


Milk products:
Fresh milk Boxed milk Cheese Yogurt Ice cream
Powdered milk Evaporated milk


Frozen food:
Frozen meat Frozen pizza Frozen fish
French fries Other frozen vegetables Frozen juice


4. Since this time last year, has the quality of food in your store

improved a lot?
improved a little?
stayed the same?
become worse?

5. When do you find the quality of food to be best and worst?

Best in Worst in
Spring Spring
Summer Summer
Fall Fall
Winter Winter

6. If the quality of fresh fruit and vegetables improved in your store, do you think you would you sell more of these foods?

Yes, a lot more Yes, a bit more No Don’t know

7. If the quality of the fresh food improved, would you:

increase prices, because customers would be willing to pay more?
lower prices, because you would have less spoilage?
continue to charge the same price?

8. How often do you get complaints from customers about food quality?

Never Once in a while Every week G Every day

9. What do you think is the main cause of the problems you have with the quality of fresh food at this time of the year?

Poor handling by the airline
Flight delays
Poor quality available from suppliers in Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Damage in getting the food from the airport to your store
Poor temperature control on the plane
Packaging not adequate
Storage facilities at the airport not adequate
Don’t have problems with quality
Don’t know
Other causes (please explain)

10. How much of the following foods have you thrown out because of poor quality or spoilage in a typical week DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS (December, January, February)?

  Under 5% 5-10% 10-20% 20-40% Over 40% Don’t sell
Apples
Oranges, grapefruit
Bananas, grapes
Berries
Potatoes
Carrots, cabbage
Lettuce, peppers
Tomatoes
Fresh milk
Cheese, yogurt
Fresh meat
Frozen vegetables
Other frozen food

11. Can you list the foods where you have the greatest problem with quality?

1) _______________ 2) _________________ 3) _______________

12. Are there any fresh or frozen foods you would like to sell that are not usually available from your supplier?

No Yes¸ Please name them:

COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS

Your name: ______________________________

Business name: ______________________________

Community: ______________________________


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