From: The neighborhood food environment: sources of historical data on retail food stores
Potential data source | Data available for the 1980s | Dates of operation | How often information is updated | Store name and address | Indicator of scale of operationsb | Some information for classifying food store as supermarket, etc. | Include small grocery stores |
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GOVERNMENT SOURCES | |||||||
Local business licensing agencies | Yesc | Yes | When licenses are renewed | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
State Board of Equalizationd (California) | Yes | Can be derived from multiple renewal records | When permits are renewed | Yes | No | Yes | Only those that carry taxable items e |
COMMERCIAL SOURCES | |||||||
Dun & Bradstreetf | Yes | Yes | Semi-annually | Yes | Yesg | Yes | Not usually |
Trade Dimensionsh | Yes | Yes | Annually or semi-annually | Yes | Yes | Yes | Stores with annual sales volume of <$0.5 m are not usually included |
Yellow Pages | Yes | No | Updated only when advertisement contract is renewed | Address sometimes not available | No | Yes | Usually |