Table 2

Research Question 1: What are the barriers preventing takeaway owners from providing a
choice of nutritious food and drink options?
Questions SDA DA N% A% SD % Nature Decision
% % (Beneficial/Non-
Beneficial)
Customers ask for 7.1% 7.1% 21.4% 42.9% 21.4% Beneficial Agree
healthier and more
nutritious food
options
Our customers 14.3% 7.1% 28.6% 35.7% 14.3% Beneficial Agree
prefer smaller
portions of food at
lower prices."
Customers don't 7.1% 14.3% 7.1 % 57.1% 14.3% Beneficial Strongly
mind paying more Agree
money for healthier
options
The COVID-19 7.1% 14.3% 35.7% 42.9% Beneficial Agree
pandemic and rising
cost of living has
changed our menu
options
There is an 7.1% 28.6% 21.4% 35.7% 28.6% Non-Beneficial Disagree
incentive to create
healthier options
It takes too much 21.4% 28.6% 7.1% 28.6% 14.3% Non-Beneficial Strongly
effort to change our Disagree
menu options
It takes more time 28.6% 28.6% 14.3% 14.3% 14.3% Non-Beneficial Strongly
to cook healthier Disagree
and more nutritious
food
We would like to 14.3% 7.1% 42.9% 35.7% Beneficial Strongly
add more healthier Agree
drink options to our
menu
We know how to 7.1% 28.6% 14.3% 50.0% Beneficial Strongly
make healthier and Agree
more nutritious
food, and it is easy
for us to do so
It is the Council's 7.1% 28.6% 7.1% 50.0% 7.1% Beneficial Agree
responsibility to
ensure that foo
 Questions SDA DA % N% A% SD % Nature Decision
% (Beneficial/Non-
Beneficial)
It is easy to buy 14.3% 7.1% 28.6 14.3% 35.7% Beneficial Strongly
affordable food % Agree
options from food
wholesalers
Our food 14.3% 35.7% 35.7 14.3% Non-Beneficial Strongly
wholesalers have % Disagree
affordable fresh
foods
The size of food 7.1% 35.7%
packaging
available to us
makes it easy to
use
Our customers
ask us to use
recyclable
packaging for
their food
Using
eco/recyclable
packaging is too
expensive
Reducing the
portion and
quantity of food
we serve will
make waste
reduction easier
It is the Council's
responsibility to
ensure that food
waste from our
takeaway is
reduced
Research Question 2: Facilitators enabling nutritious options