noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a supermarket chain
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Many people buy all their food at one of the major supermarket chains.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
available
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It costs 95 pence a copy and will be available in supermarkets .
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A second set of grade symbols may be found on graded eggs available in the supermarket .
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They are available at major supermarkets .
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Some imitation products are available on supermarket shelves.
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This rice is not always easy to obtain, although it is now available in larger supermarkets .
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Generic produce is available in some supermarkets .
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Fresh goats' milk cheese is available in many supermarkets and has a slightly sharper flavour than fromagefrais.
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Compare the cost of six brands of margarines available at the supermarket .
big
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Two full lorry loads of milk go into some of the bigger supermarkets every day.
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People loaded with shopping shoved her aside: she was blocking the exit of a big supermarket .
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On and on they flew until day turned into dusk and they reached the big supermarket on the edge of the town.
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Voice over One of the big four supermarkets , Sainsbury's says it's happy to take up the gauntlet.
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Hence, Britain's five biggest supermarket groups now account for more than 60 percent of all grocery sales.
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It is one of five applications for a big supermarket currently on the drawing board for the resort.
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The big supermarket chains certainly regained favour in 2000.
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Skerne Park offers no big supermarkets and no dentists, doctors or pharmacies.
large
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Between a small, local shop where there is likely to be less security, and a large supermarket or department store?
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Among recent shopping innovations: what is proclaimed to be the largest supermarket in the county.
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This rice is not always easy to obtain, although it is now available in larger supermarkets .
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And eggs of Jumbo size may often be found in large supermarkets .
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Prices overall were higher, but some items were cheaper than at the larger supermarkets .
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Hunter's pheasant Game is now widely available in many large supermarkets , butchers and from game dealers.
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This co-operative society closed its doors in 1968, forced out of business by the large supermarkets .
local
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She's well regarded, except at times in her local supermarket where Phyllis occasionally undergoes something of a personality change.
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Blueberries can be had, however, at the local supermarket , for $ 2. 79 per quart.
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Take a trip down to your local supermarket .
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In my local supermarket you can buy tins of baked beans without tomato sauce.
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Take time to shop around; get to know your local wine merchant or investigate your local supermarket .
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None of them would look out of place in the local supermarket or disco.
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Rubbish bags are on sale at the local supermarket , and labels have to be affixed.
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A barbecued chicken and a ham, both provided ready to serve by the local supermarket , made her mouth water.
major
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They are available at major supermarkets .
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Available from Boots, major supermarkets , chemists and drug stores.
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Complete has now been listed by all the major supermarkets and sales have built steadily.
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An original and delicious ending to a meal; price: £1.89 for 20 from major supermarkets everywhere.
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The gel is available from Boots, Superdrug and major supermarkets .
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Discussions with another major supermarket chain should yield an own-label deal soon.
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Prominent campaigners are invariably selected, but the trawl also includes scientists and journalists, small shopkeepers and major supermarkets .
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Frozen gooseberries are available all year round in most major supermarkets .
new
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Wimpey was contracted to build alternative premises for Boosey &038; Hawkes and the new supermarket development for Sainsbury's.
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We went together to the new Irkutsk supermarket shortly after it opened.
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We opened 23 new supermarkets and at the end of the financial year we had 328.
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The internal lines were gone in the new Irkutsk supermarket .
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Lunch hour meant a hurried visit to a launderette or one of the new supermarkets .
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But it's not just local traders who are against new supermarkets .
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Of this, £643 million was spent on supermarket development and we opened 23 new and replacement supermarkets.
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A NEW supermarket planned for Richmond was thrown out by district councillors last night after a lengthy debate and a close vote.
■ NOUN
chain
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The suspect meat, more than eight tonnes of it, ended up in three national supermarket chains .
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That shuts out producers such as supermarket chains , where loaves are baked from batches of frozen dough made elsewhere.
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Some retailers use distinctive packaging for their own brands, eg one supermarket chain packaged everything in bright yellow.
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A supermarket chain gave the name Pemberley to its own brand of champagne.
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Both of those editions were pulled off the racks by supermarket chains that had received complaints from customers.
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Read in studio A supermarket chain with its roots in the nineteenth century is having a facelift.
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Prices even vary within supermarket chains .
checkout
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Controls would be set up at supermarket checkouts , and anyone buying too many cleaning compounds would be suspected of substance abuse.
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Slapdash weeklies at the supermarket checkout line move by the millions circulating gossip, lies, innuendo and scandal.
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In reality, Diana was given less training in her new job than the average supermarket checkout operator.
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I was talking to a woman at the supermarket checkout the other day.
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It may help to keep this in mind next time your two-year-old throws a wobbly at the supermarket checkout .
group
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Gordon MacDonald, director of remuneration at the Safeway supermarket group .
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The deal is conditional on the supermarket group obtaining planning consent to build a store on the site.
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Safeway supermarket group Argyll was also one of the select band to enjoy share price rises.
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Kwik Save, the supermarket group , gave retiring chairman Ian Howe a 43 percent rise to £187,000.
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Hence, Britain's five biggest supermarket groups now account for more than 60 percent of all grocery sales.
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The supermarket group is looking at a site occupied by the Caldaire bus company.
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Rival supermarket group Somerfield was up 6.5 per cent after it said that sales were continuing to improve.
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The supermarket group gave £1.3 million to community causes in 1990.
shelf
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This reduces the wastage due to damage in the journey from greenhouse to supermarket shelf .
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Some imitation products are available on supermarket shelves .
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This latter is the most expensive champagne on any supermarket shelf .
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Some products on supermarket shelves are simply described as pasteurized process cheese product.
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Have a look out for it on supermarket shelves .
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Sour cream dressing and sour half-and-half dressing have been defined and are on supermarket shelves .
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When these products will reach the supermarket shelf is unclear.
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After all you can't sell the countryside on the supermarket shelf .
tabloid
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Her doorman was perched on a folding chair, his attention largely given over to a supermarket tabloid .
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Most of them, however, had pulled copies of the Globe because the supermarket tabloid published copies of grisly crime-scene photographs.
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Morris neither confirmed nor denied the story, which had been pursued by the Star, a supermarket tabloid .
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Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford decorate the front pages of every supermarket tabloid .
trolley
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There was also a thrilling supermarket trolley formation display by the Safeway Green Arrows.
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Male speaker Another problem is the supermarket trolley .
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Children played uproariously with supermarket trolleys , pushing one another around.
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David leant against an abandoned supermarket trolley and closed his eyes while he counted to thirty.
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This was obscure, but it seems to have something to do with going downhill with an out-of-control supermarket trolley .
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More than 100 people a week are taken to hospital after hurting themselves on supermarket trolleys .
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build
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Safeway wants to build a £15m supermarket with 700 free parking spaces, an application rejected by Darlington Borough Council last year.
buy
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This is reason enough to grow the plant rather than buying it at the supermarket , after days of shipping and shelving.
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Ready-to-roll fondant icing can be bought in supermarkets .
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Why aren't more people buying organic now that the supermarkets have made it so easy?
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They can be crushed to make matzo meal, although this can be bought ready-made in supermarkets or good delicatessens.
open
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We opened 23 new supermarkets and at the end of the financial year we had 328.
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Seventeen years ago, after fleeing from Idi Amin's reign of terror, Virani opened a supermarket in south London.
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This woman appeared on television with me and now she's being asked to open supermarkets .
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Sainsbury opened 14 new supermarkets in the first half.
sell
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They will sell in supermarkets for around 43p.
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Two years later she married a guy who sold steel supermarket shelving, and they moved to San Diego.
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It said the risk was small, and did not apply to bulk milk sold by supermarkets and dairies.
shop
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Food Giant claims we're all spending far more than we need to when we shop at the well-known supermarkets .
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The mortgage trading desk evolved from corner shop to supermarket .
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One-stop shopping enables the supermarket to dictate what the shopper can acquire.
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He shops in the supermarket like anyone else, he carries out the garbage, shovels the snow off the sidewalk.
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If none of these options are open to you, then shopping at a large supermarket is probably the best solution.
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Imagine that you are shopping at your local supermarket .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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There are plans to open a new supermarket next year.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Her doorman was perched on a folding chair, his attention largely given over to a supermarket tabloid.
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I, who can not reach anything on the top shelf at the supermarket ?
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If the product is approved, genetically engineered tomatoes could be on the supermarket shelves by 1993.
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In the supermarket and the local shop they are, at present, the only one.
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Leasure advises consumers to amass coupons only for products you regularly use, organize the coupons by aisles in the supermarket .
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Some imitation products are available on supermarket shelves.
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Some quality-graded lamb can be purchased in the supermarket .
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There was also a thrilling supermarket trolley formation display by the Safeway Green Arrows.