Today we're gonna be talking about everyday culture in the U.

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Last time we talked about American convenience stores and how their unique this time we're gonna talk about American supermarkets.

A supermarket also known as a grocery store, is a one stop location where people can purchase foods, drinks and basic household supplies.

There are currently over 38,000 supermarkets in the United States.

These range from small family owned stores to huge corporate superstores.

The first supermarket was a locally owned shop called Piggly Wiggly.

That was 100 years ago.

These days, the supermarket industry is dominated by big brands like Kroger, Wal Mart and Costco.

These stores are massive.

The size of an average Costco is about 145 1000 square feet.

That's about the size of three professional soccer fields.

Because of the size of these stores, a wider variety of goods is available than an average supermarkets and other countries.

In 1975 there was an average of about 8000 different items in the typical supermarket.

By 2008 however, that number had increased to about 47,000 different items.

Supermarkets in the U s include huge sections that are hard to find in other countries.

These include meats, cheeses, cereals and produce.

Many of these sections air unaffected by any kind of seasonal limitations and so you can find these products year round.

There are several key vocabulary words for supermarkets in the U.

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The dairy section is where you confined yogurt, milk and cheese.

In the produce section, you confined fresh fruit and vegetables.

Meet sections are usually where you can buy fresh cuts of beef, pork and chicken Package lunch meats can be purchased in the deli section.

There's also a huge variety of packaged goods.

Find entire aisles devoted to things like beans, grains, cereals and pasta.

If you'd like to try to cook something quickly, you can also find a lot of things in the frozen food section.

Some supermarkets also have bakeries where you can buy premade breads, pastries and other items.

While in some countries it's common to find a huge selection of fish and spices at supermarkets in the US, it's very common to find huge selections of cheese and snack foods.

Processed foods and dairy are some of the most commonly purchased items of supermarkets in the U.

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Despite the huge variety and availability of out of season goods, prices at supermarkets in the U.

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A gallon of milk is around $3.500 grams of cheddar cheese is a cz, little is $2 one kilogram of beef is less than $8 apples are less than $1 each.

Some things are more expensive at supermarkets in the U.

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A great example of this is seafood, for example, in places which are landlocked or surrounded by land with no access to the ocean.

Good quality seafood is hard to find because of this.

There's a limited variety of seafood, and most of it is frozen good soul that some supermarkets in the United States are much larger than goods in other countries.

At warehouse style superstores, you can buy items in bulk.

Bulk items are items you could buy a large amount of at one time.

These supermarkets usually offer two ways to check out or pay for your items.

The first way is for a cashier to take each individual item from an automatic conveyor belt.

The second way is with self checkout customers take their items to a self checkout machine, scan each item and then pay at the machine directly at the machine.

Customers are required to pack their purchases into bags at the cashier.

Either a cashier or an attendant will pack the customers goods into bags.

These methods are equally popular, and you can use cash or a credit card to finish your payment.

So how does supermarkets in the U.

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What similar?

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Two ways to waits to check out.

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Warehouse style or superstore style store superstore style stores?

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