Background: West Sunbury is a rural area in Western Pennsylvania that has no local, traditional grocery store. Local citizens stated that they often travel to surrounding cities such as Butler or Slippery Rock to purchase weekly groceries. Each of these trips is over 20 minutes via car. There are also no official Farmer’s Markets in town; however, they do have 2 vegetable/fruit stands within a 5 mile radius of the town that citizens frequent on occasion. There is only one convenience store in the town that has been transformed into a hybrid traditional/ convenience food store to fit resident’s needs.
Thompson’s Country Market and Catering (136 Main Street)
1. Healthy cereal options available included Smart Start, Special K, Great Gains, Fiber 1, Raisin Bran, and Cheerios.
2. All types of milk were in stock (2%, Low fat, and Skim).
3. Only individual bags of baked chips were in stock.
4. There were several whole wheat bread options available. Also, the store has rye and oatmeal bread in stock. I have included the picture of the oatmeal bread (which I have never heard of) below. It should be noted that the store did have tortillas, but none were made of wheat.
5. There were only small, 16 oz. orange juice (100%) containers available.
6. There was a small selection of fresh produce available that consisted of bananas, potatoes, onions, peppers, celery, cucumber, and carrots. Some products were locally grown.
7. There was no canned fruit that didn’t have heavy syrup; however, there were numerous canned vegetable products like green beans, peas, carrots, corn, etc.
**There was a small deli section of the store that held different meats from larger distributers. Additionally, some pasta items, like lasagna, were available for purchase.
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