A grocery store is a store established primarily for the retailing of food. A grocer, the owner of a grocery store, stocks different kinds of foods from assorted places and cultures, and sells them to customers. Large grocery stores that stock products other than food, such as clothing or household items, are called supermarkets. Small grocery stores that mainly sell fruits and vegetables are known as produce markets (U.S) or greengrocers (Britain), and small grocery stores that predominantly sell snack foods and sandwiches are known as convenience stores or delicatessens.

Will people willingly push a miniature video billboard up and down the aisles of their grocery store? ShopRite customers on the East Coast will soon get the chance as test subjects of Microsoft's MediaCart, a collaboration between the software giant and its $6 billion advertising acquisition, aQuantive. Seems like a tough sell.

Kroger looks to pick low-hanging fruit, undermine livelihood of independent package stores in Kentucky. The "Food with Wine Coalition" is the product of its marketing department, not indicative of a consumer outcry for grocery store wine. Oppose these attempts to further consolidate the might of a cookie-cutter corporation.

What do Safeway, Walgreens, and Costco have in common? The obvious answer is that they are all large operated American supermarkets. But do you think it’s any coincidence that these three grocery stores - along with others like Winn-Dixie, Wawa, Giant, and Supervalu - all use red in their logo?

Amazon started off with books, but what wasn’t enough, so the giant online retailer moved to other goods from movies to gadgets to household items. Now it’s moved on to foods, from fresh to frozen, to non-perishables goods, they even have organic items for sale.

If the nation's largest hog producer buys the second-largest hog producer? OK. Telecommunications giants SBC and AT&T want to merge? No problem. But, this week, the FTC sued to stop the puny ($670 million) merger between grocery stores Whole Foods and Wild Oats, saying the planned deal would "eliminate... substantial competition." Really?