general store

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A video on the company’s website shows schematics of bunkers fitted out as a gym, a restaurant, a general store, a community center and a medical clinic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Born on 27 November 1912 - the seventh of 12 children to Samuel and Frances Drew - he helped run the family's general store.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Renowned for its Southern comfort food and down-home appeal, generations of Americans have wandered through the establishment’s general store decor and dined on its Southern comfort food.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

“I am not feeling well because of the stifling heat, but I have to work,” said Ghulam Farid, who owns a small general store in Sheikhupra, a city in Punjab province.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2024

The luckiest thing was that the store was there, and that it was a big store, a general store, well stocked because of the Amish trade.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien