At school A the learners liked a variety of the “healthy” items their tuck shop offered. The most liked items were the slushy (fruit juice with crushed ice) 41% (n=48), iced lollie (frozen diluted fruit juice) 33% (n=38), and juice (unsweetened)22% (n=26) (Table 3.31). Twenty two percent (n=26) of learners also liked the hot dogs that were available once per week on a Friday. Learners in this school mostly bought a slushy (8%, n=9), iced lollies (7%, n=8) or
popcorn, hamburgers, samoosasα or muffinsα (n=3, 3% each) (Table 3.31). During the
discussions all the groups, except the grade 2 group mentioned that they also bought fruit from their nutritionally-regulated tuck shop (Table 3.32).
In school B, learners liked the carbonated cool drinks 47% (n=66) most, followed by pies 26% (n=37) and crisps21% (n=30). In this school the learners mostly bought sweets (13%, n=18), crisps (9%, n=13) and carbonated cool drink (6%, n=8) from the conventional tuck shop (Table 3.31).
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α
These items are regarded as healthy items since recipes were adapted to have a lower fat and sugar content
During the focus group discussions several learners indicated that they liked "everything" in the conventional tuck shop. Sweets (“ooo…sweeties!”), pies, hot dogs and crisps with cool drinks seemed to be very popular in all grades. Younger learners specifically mentioned the sweeter items like chocolates and sweets (Table 3.32).
In school A, some learners had a negative attitude towards their nutritionally-regulated tuck shop. Comments such as: "I want a real chocolate muffin, not with carrots in it” and "I do not buy there. My own food is much nicer" indicated negative attitudes (Table 3.32). Sixteen percent (n=19) of learners disliked the muffins, 12% (n=14) disliked the sugar free sweets
and 10% (n=12) disliked the browniesα (Table 3.31).
The least liked items in school B were carbonated cool drink (18%; n=25), sweets (18%; n=25) and pies (13%; n=18) (Table 3.31). It is interesting to note that even though 18% (n=25) of learners disliked carbonated cool drink, nearly half of them (47%; n=66) indicated that they liked it. When asked to discuss what they disliked, large differences in opinions were found. However the items specifically mentioned broadly corresponded with the findings in the questionnaire i.e. carbonated cool drinks, certain types of pies (”russian roll” and “pizza pie”) and specific sweets (“sour”, “spicy”, “fudge”) (Table 3.32).
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These items are regarded as healthy items since recipes were adapted to have a lower fat and sugar content
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Table 3.31: The tuck shop items that grade 2 to 7 learners liked, disliked and bought (n=257)
School A* Liked Disliked Bought School B** Liked Disliked Bought n = 116 N % n % n % n = 141 N % N % n %
DRINKS DRINKS
Slushy 48 41 6 5 9 8
Carbonated
cool drink 66 47 25 18 8 6
Iced lollie 38 33 2 2 8 7 Iced lollie 16 11 8 6 6 4
Juice 26 22 3 3 2 2 Juice 11 8 - - - - Iced tea 3 3 1 1 - - Energade/ Powerade 21 15 6 4 1 1 Water, unflavoured 10 9 1 1 1 1 Water , unflavoured 16 11 1 1 4 3
Hot chocolate 3 3 2 2 Milo 1 1 - - 1 1
Smoothie 6 5 2 2 2 2 Flavoured milk 1 1 - -
Cordial 23 16 7 5 1 1
SNACKS SNACKS
Ice cream 3 3 - - - - Ice cream 4 3 1 1 - -
Popcorn 21 18 7 6 3 3 Popcorn 1 1 - - - - Fruit 17 15 6 5 - - Fruit 6 4 3 2 - - Pancakes 14 12 1 1 2 2 Dounut 11 8 3 2 3 2 Muffin 13 11 19 16 3 3 Biscuits 1 1 1 1 - - Sweets 10 9 14 12 2 2 Sweets 25 18 25 18 18 13 Brownies 8 7 12 10 2 2 Tart 1 1 - - 1 1 Peanuts - - 3 3 - - Peanuts 4 3 - - Dates - - 3 3 - - Crisps 30 21 6 4 13 9 Chocolate 6 4 6 4 3 2 Corn 3 2 - - 1 1 Biltong 6 4 1 1 1 1 Dry wors 3 2 - - - - Cupcake - - - - 1 1 FOOD FOOD
Hot dog 26 22 1 1 - - Hot dog 18 13 6 4 4 3
Samoosa 22 19 8 7 6 5 Pie 37 26 18 13 3 2 Sandwich 9 8 8 7 1 1 Sandwich 4 3 1 1 - - Hamburger 6 5 6 5 3 3 Burger 11 8 6 4 1 1 Vegetable 2 2 3 3 - - Pizza 4 3 4 3 - - Lunch 2 2 2 2 - - Ham&Cheese 16 11 1 1 3 2 Salad - - 2 2 1 1 Pita 16 11 1 1 - - Tortilla - - 1 1 1 1 Pasta - - 1 1 - - Healthy food - - 1 1 - -
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Table 3.32: The types of tuck shop items that grade 2 to 7 learners liked/disliked and their suggestions (n=72)
SCHOOL A* SCHOOL B**
What they buy & like most
What they dislike Suggestions What they buy & like most
What they dislike Suggestions
Grade 2 Grade 2
Hot chocolate, chocolate muffins, slushy
Slushy, lollie, ice cream, the lunch, the sweets, mayonnaise on buns instead of margarine Chocolate, peppermints, cheerios, cereal, lasagne, meat balls, ice cream.
“The food”, sweets, chocolate, “hot dogs, hot dogs!”
Pie, sour sweets , fudge (differences in opinion here)
Coffee, tea, milk, easter eggs, other tasty chips, other types of sweets & cool drink, chocolate with biscuits.
Grade 3 Grade 3
Slushy, water, pies, burgers, juice, pancakes, muffins, tortillas, fruit, sweets (“ooo sweeties!”)
Nothing, iced lollie, popcorn, hamburgers-(dislike the sauce) Carbonated drinks, "slap" (potato) chips, viennas, breakfast hamburger, chocolates Big packets of crisps, pie, pizza, sweets, burgers, hot dog, iced lollie, everything, beef burger.
Nothing, biltong wheels, mints, sour sweets, spicy sweets, small packets of crisps
Ice cream, custard, pizza, sausage in dough, cheese burger, salad, “slap” (potato) chips, “koeksisters”#, waffle.
Grade 4 Grade 4
Pie, sweeties, water, juice, iced lollie, sour sweets, slushy, sandwich, chicken mayo, hot dog, watermelon.
Nothing, sour sweets, popcorn, chicken mayo.
Ice cream, macaroni & cheese for lunch, tomato/ potato salad, chocolate, jungle/energy bars, energade , chappies
Pie & cool drink, hot dog & oros, Ham & cheese and cool drink chocolates , pies, sweets, doughnut, water Energade, "like everything”, coke, "don't know". "Satisfied as it is", take aways, toffee apples, apples and fruit Grade 5 Grade 5 Iced lollies, hamburger, boerewors# dog, slushy, Pancakes, fruit salad.
Dried fruit, sweets, slushies, popcorn
"Lots of sweets", ice cream, biltong, “slap”(potato) chips, "don't know"
Lollies, big doughnut, hot dogs, small packet crisps with cool drink, sweets, iced lollie, pie, Oros, "everything"
"nothing" Diet cool drink, spaghetti, soup, coffee, Milo, "braaivleis"#, chops
Grade 6 Grade 6
popcorn, cool drink, slushy, iced lollie, smoothie, fruit, water, samoosa, popcorn, fruit.
Brownies, some sandwiches, muffin, fruit not fresh, cold pancakes
Energade, fresh fruit, cheaper cool drink, sweets
Coke, chicken burger, Oros, Ham & cheese, powerade, crisps , coke, chicken burger, iced lollie, sour sweets, "everything", fudge. Nothing, except spicy sweets Other types of chocolate, sausage & russian rolls, chocolate cake and cheese cake, "sandwich without tomato" Grade 7 Grade 7 Brownies, iced lollie, popcorn, watermelon, pancakes, smoothie, samoosa, hotdogs “Secret muffins”, sweets (too sour), slushy (only juice with ice), some salads, sandwiches not so fresh.
Sweets, carbonated cool drink, pizza, sweetened juice, vetkoek#, biltong wheels,
Chicken burger, pie, pita, cool drink, sweets, biltong wheels, fudge, iced lollie, crisps
Fruit, russian roll, type of cookies, sherbet, pizza pie
"Slap" (potato) chips, biltong, "braaivleis"#, "sour worms",
”boerewors”# dogs #Braaivleis = barbequed meat, boerewors =type of traditional sausage, vetkoek = dough deep fried in oil , koeksisters = traditional dessert * School A = nutritionally-regulated tuck shop;**School B = conventional tuck shop
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3.6.3 The types of tuck shop items that learners suggested should be in their tuck shops