grocery store

noun

chiefly US
: a store that sells food and household supplies : supermarket

Examples of grocery store in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web After four generations family-owned, a Wisconsin grocery store with a Wauwatosa location will soon be purchased by a national grocery store operator and distribution company. Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2024 Look for firm radishes with bright green, perky tops when buying them at your local farmer's market or grocery store. Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 13 Apr. 2024 Peanut Butter: The good news about peanut butter is that the most popular brands of peanut butter sold on grocery store shelves is gluten free. Jan Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2024 If your local grocery store doesn’t carry Spanish rice, check an international market or buy it online. Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024 Growing up, Pratt’s mother worked at a grocery store and his father, who died in 2014, worked in construction. Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024 The car’s driver did not stop and left her for dead about a block from the Shops at Sunset Lakes’ Publix grocery store, according to the Miramar Police Department. Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024 The technology alienated some shoppers, who were put off by entry gates or the feeling that Amazon had turned a visit to the grocery store into a high-tech vending machine. Matt Day, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024 Amazon Fresh, the e-commerce giant’s grocery store first launched in 2007, has just over 40 locations around the United States. Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024

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“Grocery store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocery%20store. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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