groceries

Example Sentences

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She depends on her local food pantry The Bread and Butter Thing to ensure she is able to buy basic groceries.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Lower-income earners are particularly sensitive to rising costs, and they are increasingly relying on their credit cards to cover groceries, healthcare and utilities, often carrying a balance.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Anyone who’s dined out or bought groceries in recent years knows how quickly the price of food has gone up; food-related stocks are a different matter.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

During the pandemic, food producers, distributors and retailers rushed to secure space to position goods close to homebound consumers shopping for groceries online, ordering meal-kit services and buying more frozen foods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

James came up from the marsh, carrying two more bags of groceries.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt