The Interaction of Businesses, Fast Food Restaurants, and Fast Food Employees in Kenosha and Racine, Wisconsin — Presentation Detail — Celebration of Scholars

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The Interaction of Businesses, Fast Food Restaurants, and Fast Food Employees in Kenosha and Racine, Wisconsin

Name: Maham Ali
Major: International Political Economy
Hometown: Chicago IL
Faculty Sponsor: Julio Rivera
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Type of research: Course project

Abstract

This research examines the relationship between grocery stores and fast food restaurants in Kenosha and Racine, WI. Many areas have huge food disparities in terms to access to “healthy” food options. In 2014, Kenosha had 110 fast food restaurants and 29 grocery stores. Racine had a total of 38 grocery stores and 105 fast food places. This project involved investigating if there was a relationship between the average sales volume of businesses in Kenosha and Racine and the average number of fast food employees to understand if the sales volume of businesses create areas that sell high-calorie fast food (food swamps).The data was acquired from ArcGIS Business Analyst and was used to create a heat map to show the density of fast food restaurants and the number of businesses. A correlation between the average sales volume of businesses and the average fast food employee number was significant, but the regression between these variables was not. Further consideration should be given to the relationship between the number of grocery stores and relative to fast food restaurants overlaid with income levels to understand how access to food is dispersed in Kenosha and Racine.

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