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 which products are included in this group, and why these products are allocated in a separate category.
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The word "grocery" comes from the Turkish words bakkal, which means "merchant of vegetables", or bakala - "look and take." Initially, in Russia, this word meant dry food products, and later they began to call them departments of the store that sell such goods. The owner of the store was called "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 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 pastries; 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 products includes vegetable oils - sunflower, olive and other types; packaged sauces, including tomato ketchups, barbecue sauces, adjika, mayonnaise sauces, soya 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 meals 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.
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Products intended for snacking, sold pre-packaged, are also considered groceries. It can be potato chips, popcorn, crackers, crackers, etc.
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In the grocery departments of the store you can also find essential goods, convenience foods and canned goods and some household goods, such as soap, washing powder, matches.
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Perishable groups of goods do not belong to groceries: fresh fish, meat, cheeses, sausages and other gastronomy, dairy and sour-milk products, juices, water, fruits, vegetables, herbs and alcoholic drinks. At the same time, trade rules provide for the separate storage of groceries from products with a short shelf life. Insects and rodents are monitored, as groceries usually lie on store shelves for many months.