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46-401: The primary duties of a bagger revolve around putting groceries into a shopping bag and then into a shopping cart . Upon requests, baggers may take the groceries out to a customer 's motor vehicle or supply other forms of service. Some baggers in stores will do this unless the customer refuses and wishes to bring their own groceries out. Depending on store policy, it may be customary to tip

92-458: A butcher and milk from a local dairy , while eggs and vegetables were either produced by families themselves, bartered for with neighbors, or purchased at a farmers' market or a local greengrocer . In the US, there are many larger chain stores , but there are also many small chains and independent grocery stores. About 11% of groceries are sold by a grocery store that is either independent or in

138-722: A niche market by selling unique, premium quality, or ethnic foods that are not easily found in supermarkets. A small grocery store may also compete by locating in a mixed commercial-residential area close to, and convenient for, its customers. Organic foods are also becoming a more popular niche market for smaller stores. Grocery stores operate in many different styles ranging from rural family-owned operations, such as IGAs , to boutique chains, such as Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe's , to larger supermarket chain stores such as Walmart and Kroger Marketplace. In some places, food cooperatives , or "co-op" markets, owned by their own shoppers, have been popular. However, there has recently been

184-464: A bag first, with the American branch of Aldi also utilizing this type of non-bagging service to reduce overall store costs (though bags are sold in stores to account for customers loading their own bags in the dedicated bagging section in front of the store after checkout). Convenience stores usually do not employ baggers. The customer frequency is too low. Instead, cashiers may perform the duties of

230-435: A bagger (provided the purchase volume is significant enough). In territories prohibiting alcohol consumption in public , liquor stores bag individual bottles at the checkout. Groceries A grocery store ( AE ), grocery shop ( BE ) or simply grocery is a retail store that primarily retails a general range of food products , which may be fresh or packaged . In everyday U.S. usage, however, "grocery store"

276-403: A chain of just one, two, or three stores, making the independent stores, taken collectively, bigger than the biggest chains. Most food in the US is bought at traditional brick-and-mortar grocery stores. As of 2019, about 3% of food was bought from an online retailer such as Amazon.com. The economic trends affecting grocery stores include: Food marketing brings together the producer and

322-473: A courtesy clerk for this service. Depending on the store, other duties may include cleaning the store, cleaning the bathrooms , collecting carts, sweeping the store, fixing and maintaining the bottle recycling machines , giving customer assistance, putting back items left behind, and reorganizing products on aisles to make a neater appearance (commonly called "breaking down", "blocking", "facing", or "conditioning"). Some courtesy clerks can perform maintenance in

368-531: A dealer in comestible dry goods such as spices , peppers , sugar , and (later) cocoa , tea , and coffee . Because these items were often bought in bulk, they were named after the French word for wholesaler, or "grossier". This, in turn, is derived from the Medieval Latin term "grossarius", from which the term "gross" (meaning a quantity of 12 dozen, or 144) is also derived. From the late 1600s until

414-464: A division of Mexico's Chedraui Group, with estimated sales of $ 1.2 billion. A health food store is a type of grocery store that primarily sells health foods , organic foods , local produce , and often nutritional supplements . Health food stores typically offer a wider or more specialized selection of foods than conventional grocery stores for their customers, such as people with special dietary needs. Health food stores became much more common in

460-458: A dry-goods store carries consumer goods that are distinct from those carried by hardware stores and grocery stores . Downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan had as many as 15 stores that sold dry goods. Dry goods can be carried by stores specializing only in those products (a type of specialty store ), or may be carried by a general store or a department store . ‘Dry goods’ is the collective name of textile fabrics and manufactured articles. In

506-532: A grocer to retrieve items from inventory. Saunders' invention allowed a much smaller number of clerks to service the customers, proving successful (according to a 1929 issue of Time ) "partly because of its novelty, partly because neat packages and large advertising appropriations have made retail grocery selling almost an automatic procedure." The early supermarkets began as chains of grocer's shops. The development of supermarkets and other large grocery stores has meant that smaller grocery stores often must create

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552-478: A key driver for sales, and they also sell insurance and operate travel agencies. These companies also run some malls in countries such as Argentina, Chile, Peru and Colombia. Two other chains started in 2008: Unimarc , which bought several small local chains and has over 20% of the grocery segment in Chile; and Southern Cross, a Chilean Investment Fund that has around 8.6% of the supermarket segment, mainly oriented to

598-467: A key focus, with stores adopting more eco-friendly practices and products. Grocery stores can be small or large physical stores or electronic (online) stores. The U.S. FMI food industry association, drawing on research by Willard Bishop, defines the following formats (store types) that sell groceries: In developing countries, often a significant portion of grocery shopping is done at so-called "mom-and-pop" (i.e., family-run), small grocery stores. 90% of

644-635: A large form of the traditional grocery store, is a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food and household products organized into aisles. The supermarket typically comprises meat , fresh produce , dairy , and baked goods aisles, along with shelf space reserved for canned and packaged goods as well as for various non-food items such as kitchenware , household cleaners, pharmacy products and pet supplies. Other services offered at some supermarkets may include those of banks , cafés , childcare centres/creches , photo processing , video rentals , pharmacies and/or petrol stations . A hypermarket

690-836: A month for a single person, $ 257 for a couple and $ 396 for a family of four. As of 2011, 1.3 billion tons of food, about one third of the global food production, are lost or wasted annually. The USDA estimates that 27% of food is lost annually. In developing and developed countries which operate either commercial or industrial agriculture , food waste can occur at most stages of the food industry and in significant amounts. Packaging protects food from damage during its transportation from farms and factories via warehouses to retailing, as well as preserving its freshness upon arrival. Although it avoids considerable food waste, packaging can compromise efforts to reduce food waste in other ways, such as by contaminating waste that could be used for animal feedstocks. Dry goods Dry goods

736-609: A rural location and are used as a convenient supplement to larger shops. Although larger, newer convenience stores may have quite a broad range of items, the selection is still limited compared to supermarkets, and, in many stores, only 1 or 2 choices are available. Convenience stores usually charge significantly higher prices than ordinary grocery stores or supermarkets , which they make up for with convenience by serving more locations and having shorter cashier lines. Many convenience stores offer food ready to eat, such as breakfast sandwiches and other breakfast food. A delicatessen store

782-458: A system of payment that works on trust rather than modern credit cards . This allowed farm families to buy staples until their harvest could be sold. The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly , was opened in 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee , by Clarence Saunders , an inventor and entrepreneur. Prior to this innovation, grocery stores operated "over the counter," with customers asking

828-555: A term for textiles dates back to 1742 in England or even a century earlier. In Commonwealth countries and the Philippines , dry goods are dry (dried, preserved) food items which have a years-long or indefinite shelf-life. They are "dry" because they are not stored in a preserving anti-fungal or anti-bacterial liquid which fully wets the preserved goods. The "dry goods" usage is made with reference to pre- refrigeration days of

874-483: A trend towards larger stores serving larger geographic areas. Very large "all-in-one" hypermarkets such as Walmart , Target , and Meijer have recently forced consolidation of the grocery businesses in some areas, and the entry of variety stores such as Dollar General into rural areas has undercut many traditional grocery stores. The global buying power of such very efficient companies has put an increased financial burden on traditional local grocery stores as well as

920-479: A wider range of food could be sold and distributed in distant locations. Typically, early grocery shops would be counter-based where purchasers told the shop-keeper what they wanted and the shop-keeper would get it for them. In the 20th century, supermarkets were born. Supermarkets brought with them a self service approach to shopping using shopping carts , and were able to offer quality food at lower cost through economies of scale and reduced staffing costs. In

966-471: Is a superstore combining a supermarket and a department store . The result is an expansive retail facility carrying a wide range of products under one roof, including a full groceries line and general merchandise . Another category of stores sometimes included in the hypermarket category is the membership-based wholesale warehouse clubs that are popular in North America . An online grocer

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1012-554: Is a historic term describing the type of product line a store carries, which differs by region. The term comes from the textile trade, and the shops appear to have spread with the mercantile trade across the British Empire (and former British territories ) as a means of bringing supplies and manufactured goods to far-flung settlements and homesteads. Starting in the mid-18th century, these stores began by selling supplies and textile goods to remote communities, and many customized

1058-576: Is a recent phenomenon that has developed as a type of e-commerce . Several online grocery stores exist, one of the oldest available in the U.S. being Peapod . Nowadays, many online grocery stores such as Netgrocer, MyBrands, Efooddepot and many more that all aim to provide quality food products with timely delivery and convenience of ordering online. Other large retailers in the U.S. have started similar models, including AmazonFresh and Prime Pantry , both run by Amazon.com , Walmart 's To-Go service, and smaller companies like Yummy.com and RelayFoods. In

1104-964: Is a synonym for supermarket , and is not used to refer to other types of stores that sell groceries . In the UK, shops that sell food are distinguished as grocers or grocery shops (though in everyday use, people usually use either the term "supermarket" or a " corner shop ".) Larger types of stores that sell groceries, such as supermarkets and hypermarkets , usually stock significant amounts of non-food products, such as clothing and household items . Small grocery stores that sell mainly fruit and vegetables are known as greengrocers (Britain) or produce markets (U.S.), and small grocery stores that predominantly sell prepared food, such as candy and snacks, are known as convenience shops or delicatessens . The definition of "grocery store" varies; U.S. and Canadian official definitions of "grocery store" exclude some businesses that sell groceries, such as convenience stores. In

1150-534: Is a type of food store where fine foods are sold. In this sense, the name is often abbreviated to deli . The term delicatessen means " delicacies " or "fine foods". In English , "delicatessen" originally meant only this specially prepared food. A greengrocer is a retail trader in fruit and vegetables ; that is, in groceries that are mostly green in color. Greengrocer is primarily a British and Australian term, and greengrocers' shops were once common in cities, towns and villages. Some grocers specialize in

1196-482: Is the largest direct and indirect non-government employer in the United States. In the pre-modern era, the sale of surplus food took place once a week when farmers took their wares on market day into the local village marketplace. Here food was sold to grocers for sale in their local shops for purchase by local consumers. With the onset of industrialization and the development of the food processing industry,

1242-573: The United Kingdom , have been steadily weakening trade from smaller shops. Many grocery chains like Spar or Mace are taking over the regular family business model. According to Deloitte Insights, exponentially more powerful technology is one of the major forces reshaping the industry. The future of grocery stores is likely to be shaped by continued technological innovation, with trends like automated checkouts, AI-driven inventory management, and even drone deliveries. Sustainability will also be

1288-586: The 1850s, the word "grocery" referred to a place where people went to drink . As increasing numbers of staple food -stuffs became available in cans and other less-perishable packaging, the trade expanded its province. Today, grocers deal in a wide range of staple food-stuffs including such perishables as dairy products , meats , and produce . Such goods are, hence, called groceries . Many rural areas still contain general stores that sell goods ranging from tobacco products to imported napkins. Traditionally, general stores have offered credit to their customers,

1334-601: The 1960s in connection to the newly emerging ecology movement and counterculture . In Australia and New Zealand , a milk bar is a suburban local general store or café. Similar terms include tuck shops , delicatessens or "delis", and corner shops . The first business using the name "milk bar" was started in India in 1930. By the late 1940s, milk bars had evolved to include not only groceries, but also became places where young people could buy ready-made food and non-alcoholic drinks and could socialise. A supermarket ,

1380-630: The 810-billion-dollar Indian food and grocery market sales are at the 12 million small grocery stores, called kirana . Similarly, in Mexico, tiendas de la esquina (literally "corner stores") are still common places for people to buy groceries and sundries, even though they become less and less of the market over time. A convenience shop is a small store that stocks a range of everyday items such as groceries, snack foods, candy, toiletries, soft drinks, tobacco products, and newspapers. They differ from general stores and village shops in that they are not in

1426-554: The Netherlands. A kosher supermarket or other establishment guided by religious food traditions would also typically have an association with certain ethnic cuisines, though not exclusively. IBISWorld estimates U.S. ethnic grocery stores will make up ca. $ 51 billion in sales, 6% of the total ca. $ 819 billion in 2023 U.S. supermarket sales. The largest such chains in 2016 were Hispanic supermarkets Superior Grocers, with an estimated $ 1.6 billion in sales and El Súper-Bodega Latina,

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1472-905: The U.S., sales from online grocers in 2013 were $ 15 billion. Online grocery stores are more popular in Europe, where sales from 2012 in Britain alone were €7.1 billion, and in certain markets are projected to double from 2012 to 2016. Larger grocer complexes that include other facilities, such as petrol stations , are especially common in the United Kingdom , where major chains such as Sainsbury's and Tesco have many locations operating under this format. Traditional shops throughout Europe have been preserved because of their history and their classic appearance. They are sometimes still found in rural areas, although they are rapidly disappearing. Grocery stores in South America have been growing fast since

1518-536: The United States, In the United Kingdom, terms in common usage include "supermarket" (for larger grocery stores), "corner shop", "convenience shop", or "grocery" (meaning a grocery shop) for smaller stores. "Grocery store", being a North American term, is not used. The Oxford English Dictionary states that a "grocery" is (especially in British English ) a shop that sells food and other things used in

1564-481: The consumer. It is the chain of activities that brings food from "farm gate to plate". The marketing of even a single food product can be a complicated process involving many producers and companies. For example, 56 companies are involved in making one can of chicken noodle soup. These businesses include not only chicken and vegetable processors, but also the companies that transport the ingredients and those who print labels and manufacture cans. The food marketing system

1610-685: The early 1980s. A large percentage of food sales and other articles take place in grocery stores today. Some examples are the Chilean chains Cencosud (Jumbo and Santa Isabel covering Chile , Argentina , Brazil and Peru ), Walmart ( Lider and Ekono ) as well as Falabella ( Tottus in Chile and Peru and Supermercados San Francisco in Chile). These three chains are subsidiaries of large retail companies which also have other kinds of business units, such as department stores and home improvement outlets. All three also operate their own credit cards, which are

1656-575: The early 20th century. Such foods could be transported and stored without immediate danger of spoiling, and without the extra weight and fragility of waterproof glass or ceramic containers. Dried beans , flours , whole grains , and rolled oats are examples of this type of dry goods. In the United States , dry goods are products such as textiles , ready-to-wear clothing, toiletries , and "grocery items (such as tobacco, sugar, flour, and coffee) that do not contain liquid." In US retailing ,

1702-407: The foods of certain countries or regions, such as Hispanic / Latin American , Chinese , Italian , Middle Eastern , Indian , Russian , or Polish . These stores are known in the U.S. as ethnic markets , ethnic food markets, ethnic grocers , or ethnic grocery stores . Types include Asian supermarkets outside of Asia, or a bodega or Hispanic supermarkets in the United States or a toko in

1748-399: The home. The UK government does not define "grocery (shop)" or "supermarket" nor a distinction between them, but defines the types of store formats (whether they sell groceries, or otherwise): 90% of the 810-billion-dollar Indian food and grocery market sales are at the 12 million small grocery stores, called kirana . Beginning as early as the 14th century, a grocer (or "purveyor") was

1794-455: The late 1800s there were hundreds and thousands of dry goods wholesaling stores and retail stores in America throughout towns and villages, engaging over one million people into the industry of dry goods trades. Beginning in the early 20th century, many dry goods stores expanded into other lines of merchandise, and the term largely disappeared from both everyday usage and the official names of

1840-633: The latter part of the 20th century, this has been further revolutionized by the development of vast warehouse-sized, out-of-town supermarkets, selling a wide range of food from around the world. Unlike food processors, food retailing is a two-tier market in which a small number of very large companies control a large proportion of supermarkets. The supermarket giants wield great purchasing power over farmers and processors, and strong influence over consumers. Less than 10% of consumer spending on food goes to farmers, with larger percentages going to advertising , transportation, and intermediate corporations. It

1886-494: The national supermarket chains, and many have been caught up in the retail apocalypse of the 2010s. Many European cities are so dense in population and buildings that large supermarkets, in the American sense, cannot replace the neighbourhood grocer's shop. However, "Metro" shops have been appearing in town and city centres in many countries, leading to the decline of independent smaller shops. Large out-of-town supermarkets and hypermarkets , such as Tesco and Sainsbury's in

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1932-533: The products they carried to the area's needs. This continued to be the trend well into the early 20th century. With the rise of department stores and catalog sales, the decline of dry goods stores began, and the term has largely fallen out of use. Some dry goods stores became department stores especially around the turn of the 20th century. The term goes back to the 17th century and originally referred to any goods measured in dry measure , not liquid measure, of volume , such as stere , bushel or peck . Dry goods as

1978-616: The southern areas of the country. In Puerto Rico , popular grocery stores include Pueblo Supermarkets and Amigo . In some countries such as the United States, grocery stores descended from trading posts , which sold not only food but clothing, furniture, household items, tools, and other miscellaneous merchandise. These trading posts evolved into larger retail businesses known as general stores . These facilities generally dealt only in "dry" goods such as baking soda , canned foods, dry beans, and flour. Consumers obtained perishable foods from specialty markets, such as fresh meat or sausages from

2024-444: The stores, such as minor plumbing, electrical, landscaping, child care, elderly assistance, and many more jobs. The duties vary vastly depending on the store and union regulations, and some of the previous duties, in fact, are actually prohibited from being done at some stores by a courtesy clerk due to union contracts. The title of bagger is the result of an extensive evolution of the position of courtesy clerk . The title bag boy

2070-516: Was adopted for some time, until it was finally shortened to bagger . The position of baggers is particularly widespread in grocery stores in the United States. There are volunteer baggers in Mexico who primarily offer services for tips. Other countries never adopted this service. There are no baggers in Norway. In Germany, self-service is standard and shopping carts are also used to load one’s vehicle oneself, without necessarily transferring goods to

2116-657: Was reported on March 24, 2008, that consumers worldwide faced rising food prices. Reasons for this development include changes in the weather and dramatic changes in the global economy including higher oil prices , lower food reserves, and growing consumer demand in China and India . The US Labor Department has calculated that food purchased at home and in restaurants is 13% of household purchases, behind 32% for housing and 18% for transportation. The average US family spent $ 280 per month or $ 3,305 per year at grocery stores in 2004. The newsletter Dollar Stretcher survey estimated $ 149

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