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Bookmark or Share- Word to call a person that works in a storeGrocery store? The answer may vary. Also, many larger stores have cashiers, stockers, and salespersons. ...
- Blanket term for things we often buy at grocery store that are not ...Also called grocery store. groceries Commodities sold by a grocer. Online Oxford Dictionary (groceries) Items of food sold in a grocery or supermarket. So, 3 out of 4 suggest the term can be used for non-food items bought at a grocery store and only one limits the word to foodstuff alone.
- Difference between "run into", "come upon" and "come across"Like, "I was in the grocery store yesterday when I ran into my friend Sally." But, "I was searching the closet for my brown shoes when I came across some old photographs." You wouldn't normally switch the two. But the differences are subtle and if you did, it would sound only slightly odd.
- nouns - Is it common to use “grocery” as a verb? - English Language ..."Grocery" in the OP's example sentence functions as an adverb because it modifies the verb "shop" in grocery shop. Were "shop" a noun in this phrase, the noun grocery would be functioning as an adjective because it'd be modifying the noun "shop". I'd never say that '"grocery" is a noun and can't be used as a verb'.
- "Best Before" says "11 MA 23"; is it May or March?I get asked this question twice a day at work (grocery store). It Goes: JA FE MR AP MA JN JL AU SE OC NO DE. One more year, and I'll have a song a la "Sound of Music" Other sources seem to confirm that these two-letter month abbreviations were first used in Canada. Edit: Here's further confirmation from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
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