plural groceries
1
2
: a grocer's store
Examples of grocery in a Sentence
She stopped to pick up some groceries for supper.
Recent Examples on the Web
Temu does not sell groceries, focusing on clothes, beauty products and gadgets.
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Claire Fu, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Raleigh’s total grocery sales revenue was $5.6 billion, well below Charlotte’s totals.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2024
In February, the FTC sued to block the $24.6 billion merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertson's, saying the lack of competition would lead to higher grocery prices and lower wages for workers.
—Anne D'innocenzio, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
Read food labels while grocery shopping, and try to avoid products that have more than 140 milligrams of sodium per serving.
—Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2024
The recall of a Miami area company’s Colombian organic herbs linked to a salmonella outbreak has expanded from just Trader Joe’s stores across the country to a Midwestern grocery chain.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2024
Scenes of grocery shopping at a winter market arrive with the bustling intensity of a reconnaissance mission, while lists of ingredients are handled and presented with all the pomp and circumstance of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
Butti and Heard were seen grocery shopping in Los Angeles in March 2020
In early 2020, Heard and Butti were spotted grocery shopping together in L.A.
—Claudia Harmata, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
The worst part of grocery shopping is waiting in the inevitably-long checkout line (perish the thought of completing your haul on a Sunday afternoon).
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2024
Claire Fu, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Raleigh’s total grocery sales revenue was $5.6 billion, well below Charlotte’s totals.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2024
In February, the FTC sued to block the $24.6 billion merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertson's, saying the lack of competition would lead to higher grocery prices and lower wages for workers.
—Anne D'innocenzio, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
Read food labels while grocery shopping, and try to avoid products that have more than 140 milligrams of sodium per serving.
—Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2024
The recall of a Miami area company’s Colombian organic herbs linked to a salmonella outbreak has expanded from just Trader Joe’s stores across the country to a Midwestern grocery chain.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2024
Scenes of grocery shopping at a winter market arrive with the bustling intensity of a reconnaissance mission, while lists of ingredients are handled and presented with all the pomp and circumstance of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
Butti and Heard were seen grocery shopping in Los Angeles in March 2020
In early 2020, Heard and Butti were spotted grocery shopping together in L.A.
—Claudia Harmata, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
The worst part of grocery shopping is waiting in the inevitably-long checkout line (perish the thought of completing your haul on a Sunday afternoon).
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2024
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“Grocery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocery. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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grocery
noun
gro·cery
ˈgrōs-(ə-)rē 
plural groceries
1
plural
: food sold by a grocer
went out to buy the groceries
2
: a grocer's store
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