Food retail & service environments

INITIATIVE FOCUS AREA:

The availability, exposure and provision of food and meals within retail outlets, service venues and settings (e.g. workplaces and schools).

Store merchandising, availability and promotion

Modify product placement, pricing, promotion, available food options and display to encourage healthier food choices.

CASE STUDIES OR EXAMPLES:

Healthy Stores 2020 Policy Action Series

Support store owners and retailers in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to inform store nutrition policies and adopt healthier retail strategies.

Northern Territory, Queensland

Food and Nutrition Policy – Healthy Options WA

Policy for all WA health system entities regulating the display and availability of food products in retail and service outlets/vending machines.

Western Australia

Healthy Venues Grants – Healthway

Grants available to local governments to increase healthy food and drink options at their venues.

Western Australia

Modify food provision

Modify the foods available within workplaces, around schools, in healthcare settings and at council facilities, functions and events.

CASE STUDIES OR EXAMPLES:

Workplace Healthy Catering Policy – City of Albany

The Policy provides a framework to ensure healthy food and drink options are available at meetings, events and functions, promoting healthy everyday choices.

Western Australia

Healthy Food and Drink Policy – City of Vincent

This policy supports the provision and promotion of healthy food and drink across City facilities, events, catering and contracted services.

Western Australia

Healthy Eating Policy – Town of East Fremantle

This Policy ensures healthy food and drink options at Council facilities, workplaces and events, encouraging choices that support better health.

Western Australia

Healthier Food and Drinks at Healthcare Facilities

A Better Choice Food and Drink Supply Strategy aims to increase the availability and promotion of healthier options in places commonly visited by adults and children.

Queensland

National Policies to Limit Competitive Food Sales Around Schools

Summary of global, national-level, mandatory policies that restrict access to, use of, or sale of certain products in and around schools.

Global

Assessment of the healthiness of food venues

Tools and methods for assessing the dietary risk of food businesses.

CASE STUDIES OR EXAMPLES:

Food Outlets Dietary Risk (FODR) Assessment Tool

An objective tool designed to be used at a local level to classify food outlets from low to severe dietary risk.

Australia

Other Initiative Focus Areas

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Food access & availability

Food relief & affordability

Local agriculture, farming & community gardens