: 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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And grocers are still limiting how much customers can buy.
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Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
But trade groups for grocers are pushing back on the new law.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
The grocers are now dueling each other in court after spending months defending their deal, and the companies have had recent management changes.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 25 Mar. 2025
The company’s products are now stocked in a wide range of grocers and retailers, including M&S, Ocado, Co-op, Waitrose, Fortnum & Masons and Booths.
—David Prosser, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
But trade groups for grocers are pushing back on the new law.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
The grocers are now dueling each other in court after spending months defending their deal, and the companies have had recent management changes.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 25 Mar. 2025
The company’s products are now stocked in a wide range of grocers and retailers, including M&S, Ocado, Co-op, Waitrose, Fortnum & Masons and Booths.
—David Prosser, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Grocer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocer. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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grocer
noun
gro·cer
ˈgrō-sər 
: a dealer in food and household supplies
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