food retail
Supermarket business sector
Food retail is the business of selling food products directly to consumers, encompassing supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores, and specialty food shops.
The term appears in industry and economic contexts: Food retail margins are notoriously thin.
It contrasts with food service, which prepares and serves food for immediate consumption.
- hypermarketHuge retail combining departments
- big boxWarehouse-style retail building
- canned goodsFood sealed in tins
- convenience storeSmall quick-access retail shop
- beveragesDrinkable liquids
dairy products · loss leader · price · cold storage · warehouse club · farmers' market · inventory management · planogram · shrinkage · perishables · grocer · shopping habits · e-commerce platforms · refrigerated · fresh produce · bags · private label · store brand
food retailwholesale distribution
Large-scale commercial supply chain
food distribution · commodity trading · food manufacturing · food production · cash and carry
food retailsubsistence farming
Growing food for household
hunting and gathering · foraging · self-sufficiency · homesteading · dumpster diving