The American Grocery Store

The Business Evolution of an Architectural Space

James Mayo author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:30th Aug '93

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This book provides a rich history of the American grocery store. Beginning with the early public markets and general stores, it traces the development of the all-purpose grocery store and the modern-day supermarket.

Provides a history of the American grocery store. This study traces the evolution of all-purpose retail outlets, starting with public market-places, and city and small-town general stores. It continues with the advent of mass distribution, supermarkets, co-ops, hypermarkets and wholesale clubs.

When people think of a grocery store, they have a multitude of images from a neighborhood shop on the corner to the modern-day supermarket. The grocery store has had a rich history, as business conditions have contributed to changes in both its economic and its architectural character. This book provides a history of the grocery store. Beginning with the public markets and general stores of our early cities and the general stores of small towns and hinterlands, this volume traces the evolution of the all-purpose grocery store with the advent of mass distribution, the growth of the supermarket, and the present-day convenience stores, co-ops, warehouse markets, hypermarkets, and wholesale clubs.

ISBN: 9780313265204

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304 pages