Appalachian communities have lower access to healthier food sources like grocery stores. Through semi-structured interviews with owner/managers of convenience stores in Appalachian communities, this qualitative study explored perceived roles and business practices of small food retailers using a grounded theory approach. Five themes emerged including strong relationships between stores and customers, the role of the store in community, food and beverage stocking decisions, store owner/managers' perceived demand for healthier options, and federal food assistance program participation. The themes provide insight to store owner/manager perspectives on community-focused and business-focused priorities in Appalachian convenience stores and can inform healthy retail interventions.

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阿巴拉契亚商店的店主和经理对商店在社区中的作用以及向社区提供更健康食品的观点。

阿巴拉契亚社区较少获得诸如杂货店等更健康的食物来源。通过对阿巴拉契亚社区便利店所有者/经理的半结构化访谈，这项定性研究采用了扎根的理论方法，探索了小型食品零售商的感知角色和商业惯例。出现了五个主题，包括商店与顾客之间的牢固关系，商店在社区中的作用，食品和饮料的库存决定，商店所有者/经理对更健康选择的感知需求以及联邦食品援助计划的参与。这些主题提供了洞察力，可帮助商店所有者/经理对阿巴拉契亚便利店中以社区为中心和以业务为中心的优先事项提出观点，并可以为健康的零售干预提供依据。