# What do you call "the food store"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-food-store/696020>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 20, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-food-store/696020 "2014-08-20T17:22:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-food-store/696020/101 "2014-09-05T20:12:05Z")

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Since there are multiple possibilities for the store my wife or I would be going to, we tend to use the store’s name (Safeway, Giant, Lion Food\*, etc.).

\*OK, that’s not its actual name, but that’s what we call it.

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