Globally supermarkets have been seen as a remedy to the problems of poor diets in deprived neighbourhoods where access to healthy foodstuffs has been limited. This study seeks to quantify the consequences of one such United Kingdom intervention, in Seacroft, Leeds. Where previous work often...

Presenting a novel model of local shopping, the benefit of monopoly provision due to market size effects is explored. Prices are lower, variety and aggregate consumer surplus higher, than local shopping but many shoppers’ utility falls. Policymakers should take care.

Concern about diet and access to healthy foodstuffs is felt worldwide. The introduction of large retailers, with low prices and wide product ranges, to poor access areas has been seen as a solution. We apply quantile regression to data related to one such opening, the Seacroft Intervention Study...