At Menzies, we are working to address the gaps on the state of diet, determinants of diet and what works to improve diet. Our focus is to facilitate change at the population level. We are able to do this through strong partnerships with communities, stores, store associations, the NT Department of Health and our other partners.

We are acting on salt and sugar sweetened drinks and testing novel solutions to increase consumption of fruit, vegetables, water and other healthy food. The Stores Healthy Options Project in Remote Indigenous Communities (SHOP@RIC) is the largest nutrition related randomised trial to occur in remote Indigenous Australia. It has reached over 8500 residents and is one of four studies globally to test the impact of a price discount on healthy food purchasing. This trial built on a decade of observational studies and qualitative research conducted by our team that has contributed much needed evidence on diet and nutrition in remote Indigenous Australia.