{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7203752198","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2026.154.013","title":"Formative research on strategies to improve food donation in grocery retail","display_name":"Formative research on strategies to improve food donation in grocery retail","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7203752198","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2026.154.013"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.5304/jafscd.2026.154.013","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2026.154.013","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2026.154.013","pdf_url":"https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/download/1555/1539","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764628096","display_name":"Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development","issn_l":"2152-0798","issn":["2152-0798","2152-0801"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","norway-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310316899","host_organization_name":"Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310316899"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/download/1555/1539","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5044428184","display_name":"Kaitlyn M. Harper","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1737-7034","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1737-7034"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I145311948","display_name":"Johns Hopkins University","ror":"https://ror.org/00za53h95","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I145311948"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kaitlyn Harper","raw_affiliation_strings":["Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1737-7034","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I145311948"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5114821654","display_name":"Steffanie Espat","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7543-0115","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7543-0115"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I148143595","display_name":"Maryland Institute College of Art","ror":"https://ror.org/043mgze97","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I148143595"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Steffanie Espat","raw_affiliation_strings":["Maryland Institute College of Art"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7543-0115","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Maryland Institute College of Art","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148143595"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5147542257","display_name":"Lee Davis","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3271-7747","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3271-7747"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I148143595","display_name":"Maryland Institute College of Art","ror":"https://ror.org/043mgze97","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I148143595"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lee Davis","raw_affiliation_strings":["Maryland Institute College of Art"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3271-7747","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Maryland Institute College of Art","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I148143595"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014618441","display_name":"Nicole Labruto","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I145311948","display_name":"Johns Hopkins University","ror":"https://ror.org/00za53h95","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I145311948"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nicole Labruto","raw_affiliation_strings":["Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I145311948"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5064662970","display_name":"Roni Neff","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0010-2635","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0010-2635"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I145311948","display_name":"Johns Hopkins University","ror":"https://ror.org/00za53h95","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I145311948"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Roni Neff","raw_affiliation_strings":["Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0010-2635","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I145311948"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":500,"currency":"USD","value_usd":500},"apc_paid":{"value":500,"currency":"USD","value_usd":500},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"20"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12583","display_name":"Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability","score":0.9980000257492065,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1106","display_name":"Food Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12583","display_name":"Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability","score":0.9980000257492065,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1106","display_name":"Food Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11610","display_name":"Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations","score":0.00139999995008111,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14179","display_name":"Waste Management and Recycling","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2311","display_name":"Waste Management and Disposal"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/food-donation","display_name":"food donation","score":0.996999979019165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/grocery-retailing","display_name":"grocery retail","score":0.9259999990463257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/food-waste","display_name":"food waste","score":0.8560000061988831},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/barriers-to-donation","display_name":"barriers to donation","score":0.7979999780654907},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/co-design","display_name":"co-design","score":0.6000000238418579},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/donation-incentives","display_name":"donation incentives","score":0.7160000205039978},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/food-surplus","display_name":"food surplus","score":0.5180000066757202},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/employee-training","display_name":"employee training","score":0.5350000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/communication-and-feedback","display_name":"communication and feedback","score":0.7540000081062317}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775933685","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1124860","display_name":"Donation","level":2,"score":0.7843000292778015},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.713100016117096},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29122968","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1414816","display_name":"Incentive","level":2,"score":0.6315000057220459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.6028000116348267},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42525527","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1209955","display_name":"Formative assessment","level":2,"score":0.6011999845504761},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2992627081","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1295201","display_name":"Grocery store","level":2,"score":0.4781000018119812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C516717267","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q909821","display_name":"Food safety","level":2,"score":0.37959998846054077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.36629998683929443},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C513059894","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q540912","display_name":"Food industry","level":2,"score":0.30250000953674316},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108713360","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1824206","display_name":"Supply chain","level":2,"score":0.2946000099182129},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112698675","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37038","display_name":"Advertising","level":1,"score":0.2818000018596649},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776854237","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6031064","display_name":"Information sharing","level":2,"score":0.2775999903678894},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C88199923","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q627371","display_name":"Food processing","level":2,"score":0.26910001039505005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778139618","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13440398","display_name":"Workforce","level":2,"score":0.25859999656677246}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.5304/jafscd.2026.154.013","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2026.154.013","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2026.154.013","pdf_url":"https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/download/1555/1539","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764628096","display_name":"Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development","issn_l":"2152-0798","issn":["2152-0798","2152-0801"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","norway-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310316899","host_organization_name":"Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310316899"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:f7dfd0411bb947fc8bd01721d54ff679","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/f7dfd0411bb947fc8bd01721d54ff679","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Vol 15, Iss 4 (2026)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.5304/jafscd.2026.154.013","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2026.154.013","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2026.154.013","pdf_url":"https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/download/1555/1539","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764628096","display_name":"Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development","issn_l":"2152-0798","issn":["2152-0798","2152-0801"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","norway-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310316899","host_organization_name":"Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310316899"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.833299994468689,"display_name":"Responsible consumption and production","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/12"},{"score":0.7142999768257141,"display_name":"Zero hunger","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/2"},{"score":0.41670000553131104,"display_name":"No poverty","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/1"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7203752198.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7203752198.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":19,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2058012674","https://openalex.org/W2126340581","https://openalex.org/W2178426372","https://openalex.org/W2344338266","https://openalex.org/W2496479046","https://openalex.org/W2755807927","https://openalex.org/W2793793823","https://openalex.org/W2967208655","https://openalex.org/W3004768960","https://openalex.org/W3047748270","https://openalex.org/W3113119709","https://openalex.org/W3121562451","https://openalex.org/W4214604982","https://openalex.org/W4296785191","https://openalex.org/W4307846395","https://openalex.org/W4380202535","https://openalex.org/W4398143155","https://openalex.org/W4412957492","https://openalex.org/W7135077885"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4412957492","https://openalex.org/W6955042620","https://openalex.org/W7163815812","https://openalex.org/W4366816964","https://openalex.org/W4292249172","https://openalex.org/W7221413599","https://openalex.org/W4231992456","https://openalex.org/W2520436698","https://openalex.org/W7172482700","https://openalex.org/W2765769509"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Over":[0],"one-third":[1],"of":[2,16,77,83,170,188],"food":[3,18,28,100,108,111],"produced":[4],"in":[5,113],"the":[6,26,153,168,186,211,223],"U.S.":[7,91],"goes":[8],"unsold":[9],"or":[10],"uneaten,":[11],"including":[12],"a":[13,75,81,89,146],"large":[14,90],"portion":[15],"high-quality":[17],"that":[19],"could":[20],"be":[21],"donated":[22],"to":[23,36,41,95,99,105,167,184,194,207,226],"indivi\u00adduals":[24],"utilizing":[25],"charitable":[27],"system.":[29],"This":[30,198],"formative":[31],"research":[32],"study":[33],"explored":[34],"barriers":[35,98,212],"donation":[37,69,101,112,127,138,147],"and":[38,68,74,102,109,131,141,143,160,163,209,214],"created":[39,117],"strategies":[40,104],"improve":[42,110],"dona\u00adtion":[43],"among":[44],"frontline":[45,85,217],"grocery":[46,57,92,180],"retailer":[47],"workers.":[48],"In":[49],"this":[50],"study,":[51],"we":[52],"conducted":[53],"in-depth":[54],"interviews":[55],"with":[56,80,129],"retail":[58,93],"workers":[59],"(n":[60,65,71],"=":[61,66,72],"28),":[62],"corporate":[63],"leader\u00adship":[64],"6),":[67],"partners":[70],"5),":[73],"series":[76],"in-person":[78],"meetings":[79],"cohort":[82],"10":[84],"worker":[86],"\u201cChampions\u201d":[87],"from":[88],"chain":[94],"identify":[96,208],"common":[97],"co-design":[103],"reduce":[106],"wasted":[107],"their":[114],"stores.":[115],"We":[116],"four":[118,172],"strategies:":[119],"(1)":[120],"conduct":[121],"new":[122,201],"trainings;":[123],"(2)":[124],"utilize":[125],"updated":[126],"guidelines":[128],"posters":[130],"detailed":[132],"handouts;":[133],"(3)":[134],"strengthen":[135],"connections":[136],"between":[137],"partners,":[139],"associates,":[140],"stores;":[142],"(4)":[144],"run":[145],"incentives":[148],"con\u00adtest.":[149],"Additionally,":[150],"Champions":[151],"highlighted":[152],"need":[154,183],"for":[155],"open,":[156],"clear,":[157],"timely,":[158],"accessible,":[159],"reciprocal":[161],"communication":[162],"feedback":[164],"as":[165,192],"essential":[166],"success":[169],"all":[171],"strategies.":[173,229],"As":[174],"organic":[175],"waste":[176],"ban":[177],"policies":[178],"expand,":[179],"retailers":[181],"will":[182],"increase":[185],"use":[187],"alternative":[189],"solutions,":[190],"such":[191],"donating,":[193],"manage":[195],"surplus":[196],"food.":[197],"project":[199],"breaks":[200],"ground":[202],"by":[203,216,221],"not":[204],"only":[205],"working":[206],"address":[210],"faced":[213],"prioritized":[215],"workers,":[218],"but":[219],"also":[220],"centering":[222],"work\u00aders":[224],"themselves":[225],"create":[227],"responsive":[228]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-09-22T06:50:58.402377","created_date":"2026-08-20T00:00:00"}