grocery

noun

gro·cery ˈgrōs-rē

ˈgrō-sə-;

ˈgrōsh-rē

plural groceries

groceries plural : the food and supplies sold by a grocer

—usually singular in British usage

: a grocer's store

Examples of grocery in a Sentence

She stopped to pick up some groceries for supper.

Recent Examples on the Web There are also two big deals scheduled for next week: grocery technology business Instacart and Klaviyo, a data and marketing automation firm. —

Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023 That is positive news for listings from the grocery delivery start-up Instacart and the advertising tech company Klaviyo, which are expected to go public next week. —

Don Clark, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023 There are so many benefits to these nifty countertop appliances, from keeping your favorite cheese dip perfectly melty to saving big bucks on your groceries. —

Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2023 Poor Americans primarily used the monthly payment for basic necessities, such as groceries, utilities, and rent. —

Grace Segers, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023 That’s an improvement from July, when grocery prices were up 0.3%, according to the latest Consumer Price Index, released Wednesday. —

Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023 The sale agreement is intended to appease federal antitrust regulators who are scrutinizing how the merger would curb customer choices and reduce competition in the grocery industry. —

oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2023 If your other hand is holding groceries, a kid or anything else, this could be useful for you. —

WSJ, 12 Sep. 2023 According to a more recent analysis, U.S. online grocery sales fell 7% in July compared with a year earlier and online sales represented just over 13% of total grocery spending, the Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey for July showed. —

Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 11 Sep. 2023 See More

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