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What Is a Grocery Store?

A grocery store is a retail store that primarily sells a general line of food, such as fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, canned and frozen foods.

Synonyms for grocery stores include supermarkets and food stores.

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 Grocery Store Vs. Convenience Store

Convenience stores belong to the grocery stores classification but they sell a limited line of goods, unlike supermarkets. While there’s an overlap of certain product categories between a supermarket and a convenience store, convenience stores tend to focus mainly on essential food items such as bread, milk, cheese and coffee, in addition to snacks, beverages and tobacco.

As a result of that, convenience stores tend to be smaller in size than supermarkets.

Grocery Store Vs. Hypermarket

A hypermarket sells a general line of grocery in addition to a general line of merchandise, such as appliances, toys, apparel and household items, while a supermarket mainly sells a general line of food products. Therefore, hypermarkets tend to be bigger in size than supermarkets and are also referred to as big-box retailers.