The word "grocery" came into use in Russian speech more than a century ago. In the Soviet Union, there was even a structure - Glavbakaleya, engaged in the sale of groceries. However, not everyone knows exactly which products are included in this group, and why these products are separated into a separate category.
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The word “grocery” comes from the Turkish words bakkal, which means “vegetable merchant,” or bakala, “look and take”. Initially, in Russia, this word was used to denote dry food products, and later they began to call the departments of the store selling such goods. It was customary to call the owner of the shop “grocer”. According to modern world principles and rules of trade, groceries include food products that do not require special storage conditions and have a long shelf life, sometimes being cooked.
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The bulk of groceries are packaged teas, coffee, cocoa; various types of flour and powders for making pancakes, muffins and other flour-based baked goods; cereals; packaged legumes - beans, peas, lentils - with a high content of vegetable protein; pasta - spaghetti, curly pasta, vermicelli, noodles, horns, feathers.
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Also, the grocery group of goods includes vegetable oils - sunflower, olive and other types; packaged sauces, including tomato ketchup, kebab sauces, adjika, mayonnaise sauces, soy and others; seasonings for cooking meat, fish, vegetables, as well as ready-made seasonings such as mustard, horseradish; vinegar; yeast; auxiliary dry ingredients for baking and desserts; instant dishes such as cereals, soups, mashed potatoes, noodles; breakfast cereals - corn flakes, etc.; dry instant drinks - milk, cream, jelly, cocoa, etc.; dried fruits, nuts, seeds, dried vegetables.
Step 4
Packaged snacks are also considered groceries. These can be potato chips, popcorn, croutons, crackers, etc.
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In the grocery departments of the store you can also find essential goods, semi-finished and canned food, and some household goods, such as soap, washing powder, matches.
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Groceries do not include perishable groups of goods: fresh fish, meat, cheeses, sausages and other gastronomy, dairy and fermented milk products, juices, water, fruits, vegetables, herbs and alcoholic beverages. At the same time, trade rules provide for separate storage of groceries from products with a short shelf life. Insect and rodent control is underway as groceries tend to sit on store shelves for months.
