: 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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The specialty grocer opened two new locations in April in Seattle and Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
Because of this business structure, the grocer sells different products on a daily basis.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2025
The grocer also committed to audit certain products with inventory tracking software.
—Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Returning to Reims frequently references the work of Annie Ernaux, the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in literature, whose recollections of her childhood and the lives of her grocer parents have been published in books such as A Man’s Place and A Woman’s Story.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
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Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
Because of this business structure, the grocer sells different products on a daily basis.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2025
The grocer also committed to audit certain products with inventory tracking software.
—Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Returning to Reims frequently references the work of Annie Ernaux, the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in literature, whose recollections of her childhood and the lives of her grocer parents have been published in books such as A Man’s Place and A Woman’s Story.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Grocer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocer. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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grocer
noun
gro·cer
ˈgrō-sər 
: a dealer in food and household supplies
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