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==Definition== The definition of "grocery store" varies; US and Canadian official definitions of "grocery store" exclude some businesses that sell groceries, such as convenience stores. ===United States=== In the United States, * the ''[[Merriam-Webster Dictionary]]'' defines a grocery store as "a store that sells food and household supplies : supermarket". In other words, in common US usage, "grocery store" is a synonym for supermarket.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grocery store |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocery%20store |website=Merriam-Webster Dictionary |access-date=July 13, 2020}}</ref> The ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' notes that the term "grocery store" in American English is often used to mean "supermarket".<ref name=oxford>{{cite web |title=Grocery |url=https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/grocery_1?q=grocery+store |website=Oxford Learner's Dictionary |access-date=July 13, 2020}}</ref> * the US and Canadian governments have a wider definition of grocery stores, not limiting them to supermarkets. The category of business ([[NAICS]] code 4551) "Grocery stores" is defined as "primarily engaged in retailing a general line of food products",<ref name=naics>{{Cite web|url=https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getVD&TVD=118464&CVD=118467&CPV=4451&CST=01012012&CLV=1&MLV=5|title="4451", North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2012|date=20 October 2011 }}</ref> and the subcategory (NAICS code 455110), "Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores" is defined as "establishments generally known as supermarkets and grocery stores, primarily engaged in retailing a general line of food, such as canned and frozen foods; fresh fruits and vegetables; and fresh and prepared meats, fish, and poultry. Included in this industry are delicatessen-type establishments primarily engaged in retailing a general line of food. ===United Kingdom=== In the United Kingdom, terms in common usage include "supermarket" (for larger grocery stores), "corner shop",<ref name=corner>{{cite news |last1=Haider |first1=Area |title=A cultural history of the beloved corner shop |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20200325-a-cultural-history-of-the-beloved-corner-shop |agency=Culture (BBC) |publisher=BBC |date=March 25, 2020}}</ref> "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 the home.<ref name=oxford/> 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):<ref>{{cite web |title=The grocery market: The OFT's reasons for making a reference to the Competition Commission |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/555de47840f0b669c4000141/oft845.pdf |publisher=Office of Fair Trading (UK Government) |access-date=July 13, 2020 |page=5|date=May 2006}}</ref> * "One-stop shops" as over 1,400 square metres (15,000 square feet) * "Mid-range stores": between 280 and 1,400 square metres (3,000 and 15,000 square feet), and * "Convenience stores": less than 280 square metres (3,000 square feet) ===India=== 90% of the 810-billion-dollar Indian food and grocery market sales are at the 12 million small grocery stores, called ''kirana''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indianretailer.com/article/sector-watch/food-and-grocery/How-Indian-grocery-business-is-becoming-big.a6147/|title=How Indian grocery business is becoming big?|website=Indian Retailer}}</ref>
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