minimarket

Small neighborhood shop

A minimarket is a small retail store selling a limited range of everyday items—snacks, beverages, toiletries, and basic groceries.

The term overlaps with convenience store, though minimarket often suggests a slightly larger selection or a store attached to a gas station: I grabbed some milk at the minimarket on the corner.

convenience

snacks

Light bites between meals

prepackaged · quick · toiletries · lottery · tobacco · newspapers · magazines · gum · candy · chips

neighborhood

local

Of this area

community · familiar · regulars · family-run · late-night · 24-hour · nearby · accessible · urban · suburban

retail

checkout

Payment completion process

basket · purchase · receipt · barcode · inventory · stock · counter · register · scanner · display

Opposites
store size and scale

minimarketsupermarket

Self-service food retailer

hypermarket · megastore · big-box store · superstore · warehouse store

Family

minimarkets

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G