Grocery store: Difference between revisions

|A low-priced grocery store that offers a limited assortment of center-store and perishable items (fewer than 2,000), e.g., [[Aldi]], [[Trader Joe's]], [[Save-A-Lot]], and [[Lidl]].

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|A high-volume hybrid of a large traditional supermarket and a [[warehouse store]]. Super warehouse stores typically offer a full range of service departments, quality perishables, and reduced prices, e.g., [[Cub Foods]], [[Food 4 Less]], and [[Smart & Final]].

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|A membership retail/wholesale hybrid with a varied selection and limited variety of products presented in a warehouse-type environment. These approximately 120,000 square-foot stores have 60% to 70% GM/HBC and a grocery line dedicated to large sizes and bulk sales. Memberships include both business accounts and consumer groups, e.g., [[Sam's Club]], [[Costco]], and [[BJ's Wholesale Club|BJ's]].

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|A hybrid of a large traditional supermarket and a mass merchandiser. Supercenters offer a wide variety of food, as well as non-food merchandise. These stores average more than 170,000 square feet and typically devote as much as 40% of the space to grocery items, e.g., [[Walmart]] Supercenter, Super [[Target Corporation|Target]], [[Meijer]], and [[Kroger]] Marketplace.

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|A small store format that traditionally sold staples and knickknacks, but now sales of food and consumable items at aggressive price points that account for at least 20%, and up to 66%, of their volume, e.g., [[Dollar General]], [[Dollar Tree]], and [[Family Dollar]].

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|A prescription-based drug store that generates 20% or more of its total sales from consumables, general merchandise, and seasonal items. This channel includes major chain drug stores such as [[Walgreens]] and [[CVS Pharmacy|CVS]].

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|A large store selling primarily hardlines, clothing, electronics, and sporting goods but also carries grocery and non-edible grocery items. This channel includes traditional [[Walmart]], [[Kmart]], and [[Target Corporation|Target]] stores.

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|A format that looks like a conventional grocery store carrying groceries and consumables but is restricted to use by active or retired military personnel. Civilians may not shop at these stores (referred to as commissaries).

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|Food and consumable products ordered using the internet via any devices, regardless of the method of payment or fulfillment. This channel includes [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] and [[Peapod]] as well as the E-Commerce business generated by traditional brick & mortar retailers, e.g., Coborns (Coborns Delivers) and [[ShopRite (United States)|ShopRite]] (ShopRite Order, Pickup, Deliver and ShopRite Delivers). The other non-traditional retail segments above include their E-Commerce business.

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