The aisles and departments of a grocery store are organized in a certain way to make things easier for the customers and the shoppers helping them find what they need. Different stores may have other ways to manage the departments, but most grocery stores do it in the same or almost identical ways. Some of you might ask if they are arranged to make the customer walk a certain way. We will be talking about that too, but first, let’s throw light on the different sections of a grocery store.
Sections of a Grocery Store
The different departments in a Grocery Store are walls of Meat, Seafood, Bakery, and Deli, Produce department, Grocery department which can be found at the center of the Grocery Store rest of the departments have things like Beer, Wine, Liquor and then Health, Beauty and more. After all the shopping, you reach the front end, where you pay for whatever you put in your cart. Here are the sections of a Grocery Store in an organized manner.
- Meat and Seafood
- Deli and Bakery
- Grocery Department
- Beer and Wine
- Health and Beauty (Cosmetics)
- Cashiers and the Baggers
Small Grocery Stores
A grocery could contain all of the departments listed above or less, but what about small grocery stores. They cannot have all the departments fit into a small place, right? Then, how do they keep groceries?
Small grocery stores may have all of the things in a common area or focus on only one of the listed categories.
Layout of a Grocery Store
When you enter the Grocery store, you are at the front, so you will probably notice the Front End Department right here. This is where you will have to be back at the end! All the cash registers, ATMs, or even banks can be here.
Now, you will be introduced to the bakery, meat, seafood, and deli department. Some Grocery Stores even have coffee bars here. Next, you will reach the center of the Grocery store. Here you will find all the day-to-day use of Grocery items. This is actually where the central part of the Grocery store is. In other words, you can say it is the heart of the Grocery store, which is very important for the success of a Grocery Store. They may also have health and beauty products.
Some Grocery Stores also have a Floral Department, which may be separate or connected to another department. The Floral Department is not very common and not often found. Like the Floral Department, Café or Coffee Bars also exist in some Grocery Stores and are uncommon.
They’re Designed to Make You Walk
As already told, Grocery Stores are designed to make you walk a certain way and in a certain direction. Almost all the Grocery Stores are designed to make you walk from the right side to the left side. In short, the department you see in the beginning is the one you shop in, and when you reach the end, you will be introduced to the cooling or freezing section.
The Most Common Terms at a Grocery Store
Whenever you visit any place, not only a Grocery Store but any place. You will always see or hear some terms being widely used at that place. Which may have a special meaning, and the same case is for a Grocery Store. There would be some terms you will hear a lot and have a special meaning. Some words like this, used in a Grocery Store, are listed below.
- Free-range
This term could refer to a range that may be given free with an item, or its price would be almost free. It is called Free-range. It will cost you nothing or barely anything.
- Organic
The kind of food made using crops grown without the use of any pesticides, chemical fertilizers, or other artificial treatments is called Organic food because anything and everything they contain is organic and only made with the help of nature.
Conclusion
There may be a lot to learn about the departments of the Grocery Stores and the way they are arranged, but for an average person who will visit the Grocery Store once in a while, this much data should be enough to know of. The fact that the departments of Grocery Stores are arranged and that too in a clever way is probably astonishing for most of you. That was all as in my opinion having Grocery Stores in our everyday life is very helpful, and we would always need them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1 Why is milk always found at the back of a Grocery Store?
This question has an interesting answer. Milk is something everyone would end up buying, even if it is almond milk or coconut milk. The back of a Grocery Store is always the farthest from the door; hence the shopper will have to go to the end of the Grocery store to get milk which will make them check out all the other things coming in your way.
Q2 What are some of the best Grocery Stores in the United States?
Some of the best Grocery stores in the United States are: –
- The Kroger CO
- Wakefern Food CORP
- Walmart INC.
- Ahold Delhaize USA
- Albertsons COS
- Trader Joe’s
- Publix Supermarkets INC.
- New Seasons
- Market Basket
- Winco Foods
