Research Rotation – Week 2 Journal

Dates of rotation: (Monday) September 18, 2017 – (Friday) September 22, 2017

Location: CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute

Activities & Assignments:

• Fixed initial ranking because upon further research some stores were found closed.
  • Re-ranked # of supermarkets, pharms, and dollar stores per community district.
• Continued ranking by revenue/community district
• RefUSA is a new database introduced by Dr. Cohen which contains more updated square footage and revenue information for some of the establishments.
  • Re-ranked community districts using the new information.

Comments / Thoughts / Challenges:

• When calculating revenue per community district, the amount of Krasdale stores listed on Food Trade News was much higher than what we have in the database.
  • Contacted Krasdale to ask for information about the stores they own. Not only was I denied that information but I also found out that Alpha 1 Corporation which we have as the corporate name for Krasdale stores is the marketing arm of Krasdale.  Krasdale supplies the food items while Alpha 1 provides marketing and technological support to the stores.  Without the list of Krasdale supplied stores, the revenue per community district ranking is considered flawed.

Learning Objectives Met:

CRDN 1.5: Conduct projects using appropriate research methods, ethical procedures and data analysis.

CRDN 1.6: Incorporate critical thinking skills in overall practice.

CRDN 2.2: Demonstrate professional writing skills in preparing professional communications.

Program Specific Competency 2: Compile and analyze data on nutrition and health, and use social and behavioral theories relevant to Public Health.

 Total Clock Hours: 40 hours and 15 minutes