grocery store

Example Sentences

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Grocery-store chain Albertsons, for example, last summer laid off some of its back-office workers and accountants in the Phoenix area and elsewhere in the U.S. and moved their jobs to the Philippines.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Grocery-store margins have stayed elevated, the analysis finds, even as other retailers’ margins have fallen back to more normal levels based on recent history.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Grocery-store clerks, bus drivers and other public-facing workers are exposed all their working hours, and respectful mask etiquette requires continuing to mask when interacting with them.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2022

Grocery-store managers had to cope first with customers who did not want red apples, then with customers who did not want red grapes and then with customers who did not want any fruit at all.

From Time Magazine Archive