: a dealer in staple foodstuffs, meats, produce, and dairy products and usually household supplies
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Ask your local grocer if he sells organic fruits and vegetables.
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Here's everything to know about the grocer's newest smoothie offering.
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Athena Sobhan, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Worries about tariffs and retaliation prompted some Canadian grocers to cancel orders from American produce growers and shift to suppliers in other countries in the past month, U.S. farmers' group Western Growers said.
—Tom Polansek, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
One of those people was Corey Field, a Minnesota grocer who was 10th on a list for a liver when he was skipped in 2023.
—Brian M. Rosenthal, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The commercial side of the massive Heritage Park project is expected to bring an assisted living center, an organic grocer, a restaurant, a 42,000-square-foot day spa and 112 apartments and condos to the western side of the long-vacant UConn campus.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2025
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Athena Sobhan, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Worries about tariffs and retaliation prompted some Canadian grocers to cancel orders from American produce growers and shift to suppliers in other countries in the past month, U.S. farmers' group Western Growers said.
—Tom Polansek, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
One of those people was Corey Field, a Minnesota grocer who was 10th on a list for a liver when he was skipped in 2023.
—Brian M. Rosenthal, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The commercial side of the massive Heritage Park project is expected to bring an assisted living center, an organic grocer, a restaurant, a 42,000-square-foot day spa and 112 apartments and condos to the western side of the long-vacant UConn campus.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Grocer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocer. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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grocer
noun
gro·cer
ˈgrō-sər 
: a dealer in food and household supplies
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