grocer

Example Sentences

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During the war, just one small grocer kept his store open.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

They are buying $1 boxes of pasta at discount grocer Lidl and cheese at Aldi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

“Whether you’re a grocer, a meatpacking plant, a vegetable grower, that cost has to be factored in, because it doesn’t matter who you are, you’re faced with it,” Dubuque said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

"When a grocer is faced with those sorts of pricing dynamics in an industry that has razor-thin margins, it makes it incredibly difficult to compete - and it contributes to closures," Van Dyck says.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

The grocer probably put back the pomegranates and the tea and the saffron, so that someone else could buy them.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri