general store
noun
: a retail store located usually in a small or rural community that carries a wide variety of goods including groceries but is not divided into departments
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Rooftop Fruit: Inside the Rooftop Fruit general store, colorful items cover white shelves, and the store is stocked with everything from skincare to niche cooking ingredients, like Korean Gochujang or Pakistan Mulberry Fruit Spread.
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Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2024
Visitors can play with a tin can telephone or connect to the museum’s general store on a working candlestick phone.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024
Aside from his mother’s nursing career, Carter’s family were primarily peanut farmers, and his father also owned a small general store in town, per the University of Virginia's Miller Center.
—Tabitha Parent, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
There are numerous quick-service restaurants as well as general stores that sell groceries and grab-and-go items like sandwiches in the park.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2024
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Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2024
Visitors can play with a tin can telephone or connect to the museum’s general store on a working candlestick phone.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024
Aside from his mother’s nursing career, Carter’s family were primarily peanut farmers, and his father also owned a small general store in town, per the University of Virginia's Miller Center.
—Tabitha Parent, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
There are numerous quick-service restaurants as well as general stores that sell groceries and grab-and-go items like sandwiches in the park.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2024
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“General store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20store. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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