general store
noun
: a retail store located usually in a small or rural community that carries a wide variety of goods including groceries but is not divided into departments
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Amenities often include community bathrooms, general stores, and fire pits with grills.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
The 114-room property (which includes suites, motel rooms, and cabins) is the sole accommodation inside the park, with access to restaurants, a general store, and a laundry facility.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 11 June 2025
On June 25, 1920, someone bought two packages of yeast from the general store, Firnbach & Raupp, for 6 cents.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Included are 21 grocery stores, 11 general stores, four dry-goods stores, five notions and millinery stores, four drugstores, four second-hand stores, three butcher shops, three bookstores, three sawmills, two bathhouses, two blacksmiths, two hardware stores, two flour mills and two meat markets.
—Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 5 May 2025
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
The 114-room property (which includes suites, motel rooms, and cabins) is the sole accommodation inside the park, with access to restaurants, a general store, and a laundry facility.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 11 June 2025
On June 25, 1920, someone bought two packages of yeast from the general store, Firnbach & Raupp, for 6 cents.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Included are 21 grocery stores, 11 general stores, four dry-goods stores, five notions and millinery stores, four drugstores, four second-hand stores, three butcher shops, three bookstores, three sawmills, two bathhouses, two blacksmiths, two hardware stores, two flour mills and two meat markets.
—Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 5 May 2025
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“General store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20store. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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