kaufhalle (ddr)

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supermarket
A large self-service store that sells groceries and, usually, medications, household goods, and/or clothing
A complete market offering food and nonfood items, including some partial service departments, with a minimum of $2 million yearly sales
A full line comparison grocery, meat and produce retail sales establishment with a gross building area greater than 10,000 square feet
a large self-service store that sells groceries, medicine, household goods and clothing
{i} large self-serve retail store which sells food and other household goods
Large, low-cost, low-margin, high-volume, self-service store that carries a wide variety of food, laundry, and household products
Large-scale, departmentalized retail store offering a large variety of food products
a chain of such stores
A supermarket is a large shop which sells all kinds of food and some household goods. Most of us do our food shopping in the supermarket. S3 a very large shop that sells food, drinks, and things that people need regularly in their homes. Large retail store operated on a self-service basis, selling groceries, produce, meat, bakery and dairy products, and sometimes nonfood goods. Supermarkets were first established in the U.S. during the 1930s as no-frills retail stores offering low prices. In the 1940s and '50s they became the major food marketing channel in the U.S.; the 1950s also saw them spread through much of Europe. Their growth is part of a trend in developed countries toward reducing cost and simplifying marketing. In the 1960s supermarkets began appearing in developing countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America, where they appealed to individuals who had the necessary buying power and food storage facilities
a large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods
A program offered by brokerage firms that makes funds from many different families available on a no-load, fee-only basis Charles Schwab & Co 's OneSource supermarket initiated the trend in 1992, and most major brokerages have since offered their own programs