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[groh-suh-ree, grohs-ree]

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noun, plural -cer·ies.

Also called grocery store. a grocer's store.

Usually, groceries; especially British. grocery. food and other commodities sold by a grocer.

the business of a grocer.

Southwestern U.S. (formerly)

a saloon or bar.

a liquor store.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English grocerie < Old French grosserie. See gross, -ery

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Imagine living hundreds of miles from your nearest neighbor or grocery store and having mail delivered twice a year.

Inspiration often seems to pop up unpredictably-in the shower, on a long walk or even at the grocery store.

Growing your own salad greens trumps buying grocery lettuce any day.

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Imagine living hundreds of miles from your nearest neighbor or grocery store and having mail delivered twice a year.

Inspiration often seems to pop up unpredictably-in the shower, on a long walk or even at the grocery store.

Growing your own salad greens trumps buying grocery lettuce any day.

Lines at the grocery store might become as obsolete as milkmen, if a new tag that seeks to replace bar codes becomes commonplace.

Bananas hanging on a tree or sitting in the produce section of the grocery store start out green, plenty hard and none too tasty.

Counting calories today is as easy as checking the label in a grocery store, or perusing the menu in a restaurant.

After years of building bigger grocery stores, retailers are experimenting with radically smaller ones.

Remember when signs at checkout lines at grocery stores.

Much of the discounters' success will be at the expense of small local grocery shops and markets.

Use grocery sacks to line garbage cans to reduce the need for trash bags.

It remains decidedly rural, with a few mom and pop grocery stores, service stations and churches.

Plan a menu of her faves, do the grocery shopping, and clean up afterward so mom is free to simply have fun in the kitchen.

American eating habits, one grocery list at a time.

Go grocery shopping, take the dog for a walk, and let the answering machine handle your calls.

Then you can replace the poor kid stocking milk and cereal boxes at the grocery store.

If your grocery store doesn't offer plastic bag recycling, use reusable totes instead.

Orchids are springing up more and more in grocery stores.

The only fun cake she could find at the grocery store.

Supervalu, distributor of grocery supplies, says it may have to restate previous financial reports.

No, not to the grocery store, but usually twice a year for graduation and other university ceremonies.

That's great news for grocery stores, its spokesman says, but not for struggling big-box retailers.

There are no fast food restaurants, no grocery stores, and no other places to.

And should you try to cut in front of somebody in the grocery store checkout line, you will be swiftly corrected.

Grocery stores often sell pimientos preserved in oil, but the fruits are also good for eating fresh or cooked.

Most dads would simply suck it up and take perpetual trips to the grocery store.

Amazon introduced a grocery store last week, complete with sales rankings, customer reviews and recommendations.

In spite of the one grocery store, in spite of the one campus, the writer needs to let the issue and the spouse go.

I've seen people in the grocery store paying for food with thier welfare card while talking on thier cell phone.

Welsh sits in a small office, still wearing a neck brace, and tries to write a grocery list.

If you can do grocery shopping while waiting for the next connection you may be regretting the buss coming so soon.

The baggers in the grocery store all politely called me ma'am.

Whole-wheat lasagna noodles, available in many grocery stores, add an earthy dimension and a slightly nutty flavor.

It seems that there is a vacuum in the aisles of my local grocery store, and it sucks up variety.

And chances are residents would have done what they could to keep alive the only grocery in town no matter when the crisis arose.

The dried orange peel is usually available in the same section of your grocery store as the spices and other baking ingredients.

Children no longer want to play outside, said one organiser, and women are wary of the suddenly crowded grocery stores.

The lodge headquarters also features a restaurant, grocery store, and gas service.

The livestock and grocery industries use this as an excuse to raise their prices.

Anyone who has been to a grocery store recently knows how much that has changed.

If you're tight on pantry space, try using online grocery store shopping and delivery services?you won't overbuy as much if.

Basically, this grocery store has these plates that when depressed produce electrical energy.

Mashed potatoes and gravy from scratch, a baked sweet potato/apple dish, and cranberry relish from the grocery store.

Now even something as prosaic as grocery shopping can display someone's financial and educational status.

Complete an invention search at school, at home, or at the grocery store.

Consumer fear that the modified fruits and vegetables could end up in grocery stores is one issue.

One intriguing tool for either identifying outbreaks or alerting customers to recalls is grocery store customer loyalty cards.

It creates a big cooking weekend, but she saves time by combining prep work and grocery shopping.

Failure to build is the surest path to your child's career as a grocery bagger.

Send people out to a liquor store or grocery store for more ice.

Price wars tend not to last, and the grocery war is now over.

So he set him up in business running his own grocery store near his home.

Although not mandatory, the labels have caught on in grocery stores.

Find honeycomb at well-stocked grocery stores and farmers' markets.

With the coffeepot knowing how much to brew and the fridge placing an online grocery order when the milk is about to spoil.

Lately, she's been obsessed with reading the local grocery store ads and ordering my sister to go on grocery runs for her.

Nor, for that matter, do the restaurants and grocery stores selling it.

Ely also has many restaurants, grocery stores, and sporting goods outfitters.

Hintmost folks enjoy hopping in their car to go to the grocery store or to visit a friend across town.

Of course the major benefit is in fresh produce and lower grocery bills.

Or maybe you arrived at home and your grocery bag is empty.

Near the main grocery store a metal shack houses a splayed, eviscerated pig roasting on a spit.

It consisted of a plastic grocery bag stretched over the top of a five-gallon paint bucket.

Imagine walking into your local grocery store and shutting down their cash register system for a few days.

Just make sure no one in your house leaves out those romance novels you can pick up from the grocery store checkout line.

Let say you go buy the same can of soup at a grocery store in two different countries.

My grocery store even sells shampoo and lotion in bulk.

Many items on the shelf at the grocery story contain fructose.

It starts with a paper grocery bag, and ends with a bit of playing with fire.

And there are still residuals, such as when a poor neighborhood can't get a decent grocery store.

They fear that the arrival of big-box retailers will price the corner grocery stores out of business.

If anything, this recipe uses ingredients you can easily find at the grocery store and you can use natural dyes for color.

Most of them think food comes from grocery stores anyway.

Some readers may be unable to remember when grocery clerks had to put price stickers on nearly every item in the store.

Everyone who has ever interviewed for a grocery bagging job knows that a clingy, desperate demeanor is a huge turnoff.

All my friends want it as their second car to use as grocery wagon but want to see more of them first on the road.

Cloth bags, instead of plastic grocery bags, benefit the environment.

So, you may see a lot of cloth bags going into the grocery store.

Without access to these supplies, rogue chemists must resort to using chemicals from the grocery store and kitchen.

So easy-no problem-less carting all the bottles from the grocery store and throwing so much out in recycling.

In grocery shops boys perch precariously on ladders to fetch jars from remote.

Bring used plastic bags back to the grocery store and use them again until they tear or start to fall apart.

It's not that girls can't hunt or boys can't grocery shop.

Kimbro took into consideration many factors, including time spent watching television and the parents' access to grocery stores.

There are a few great grocery stores, and arts at the school are top rate.

House prices are tumbling, petrol and grocery prices are painfully high and wages have stagnated for years.

She remembers world events and trips to the grocery store, the weather and her emotions.

Those free bags that your grocery store and shopping mall provides for your convenience are smothering the earth in plastic.

Not in the same city, but in the same small knot outside of a grocery store.

Some grocery stores understand consumers' concerns and seek ways to allow them to make an informed choice.

Buch came up with the missing revenue model a few weeks later as he waited in the checkout line at a grocery store.

Use reusable shopping bags to reduce the number of plastic and paper bags your family uses when grocery shopping.

He could make the reading of a grocery list entertaining.

So are sunshine, college football, and panicky raids on grocery stores at the merest hint of snow.

I've normally refrained from making lists because honestly, travel isn't grocery shopping.

There is a bar with video poker, a grocery store and a carwash.

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grocery (ˈɡrəʊsərɪ)

—n , pl -ceries
	the business or premises of a grocer

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