The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on shopping and eating behaviours via the WRAPPED study.

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on shopping and eating behaviours is significant and has affected most of the population. We are undertaking a qualitative study with women from disadvantaged backgrounds to examine shopping patterns before the pandemic and changes to shopping, eating, and cooking patterns during the pandemic. Women participants aged 18-45 years from the WRAPPED study, a supermarket intervention study assessing the impact of product placement on the diets and purchasing patterns, were invited to take part in the semi structured interviews. These interviews aimed to collect data on shopping patterns before and during the pandemic, stockpiling, grocery shopping experiences, adjustment to closure of places, cooking more meals at home and eating behaviours. Demographic data are available for the women and will enable greater understanding of influences of educational attainment on shopping and eating patterns during the pandemic.