A convenience shop is a small store that stocks a range of everyday items such as groceries,
snack foods, candy, toiletries, soft drinks, tobacco products, and newspapers. They differ from general stores and village
shops in that they are not in a rural location and are used as a convenient supplement to
Although larger, newer convenience stores may have quite a broad range of items, the selection is still
limited compared to supermarkets, and, in many stores, only 1 or 2 choices are available.
Convenience stores usually charge significantly higher prices than ordinary grocery stores
or supermarkets, which they make up for with convenience by
serving more locations and having shorter cashier lines. Many convenience stores offer food ready to eat,
such as breakfast sandwiches and other breakfast food.
A delicatessen store is a type of food store where fine foods are sold. In this sense, the name is often
abbreviated to deli. The term delicatessen means "delicacies" or "fine foods". In English, "delicatessen"
originally meant only this specially prepared food.
Many rural areas still contain general stores that sell goods ranging from tobacco products
to imported napkins. Traditionally, general stores have offered credit to their customers, a system of
payment that works on trust rather than modern credit cards. This allowed farm families to buy staples
until their harvest could be sold.
The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in 1916 in Memphis,
Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders, an inventor and entrepreneur.
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