An economy supermarket combined with a discount department store under one roof At 200,000 square feet or larger, this is the most capital intensive of all supermarket formats
A huge retail store that is a combination of a drugstore, supermarket, and discount store
{i} large store which is a combination of a food store and a department store (British)
European term (after the French hypermarché) for a large retail food store, typically of 5,000m2 or more, and almost invariably with an attached low-cost gas station Hypermarkets have indirectly led to the closure of many thousands of smaller service stations, especially in France and the UK The first example was opened by Carrefour in 1963 at Sainte Geneviève-des-Bois
Mass merchandiser that operates on a low-price, self-service basis and carries lines of soft goods, hard goods, and groceries
a giant, one-stop shopping facility offering a wide choice of grocery and general merchandise at discount prices; sometimes called a Hypermarche