Large self-service retail stores selling groceries, household goods, and other consumer products under one roof. They typically feature multiple aisles organized by product category.
Compound of 'super-' (Latin meaning 'above, beyond') and 'market' (from Latin mercatus 'trading'). The term was coined in the 1930s to describe the new large-scale grocery stores that were revolutionizing retail by offering greater selection and lower prices.
The first true supermarket, King Kullen, opened in Jamaica, Queens in 1930, pioneering the concept of self-service shopping and bulk purchasing. The average American supermarket today stocks about 40,000 different products, compared to just 3,000 items in the typical grocery store of the 1980s.
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