💡 Grocery Store — Fun Facts

Some supermarkets are so big they hold tens of thousands of different foods.

You could walk for a long time inside. There is a huge choice on every shelf.

The very first barcode ever scanned in a shop was on a pack of gum.

That happened many years ago. Now barcodes are on nearly everything we buy.

Grocery stores group similar foods together on shelves called aisles.

Fruit sits with fruit, and bread with bread. This makes food easy to find.

The stripes in a barcode tell the checkout machine the price.

A little light reads the black-and-white lines. Beep! The price pops up on the screen.

A shopping cart helps you carry lots of food around the store.

It rolls on wheels so heavy food is easy to push. You fill it as you shop.

Cold foods are kept in fridges and freezers at the store.

Milk and ice cream must stay cold. That is why they sit in chilly cases.

A grocery store sells food like fruits, vegetables, milk, and bread.

You can find almost everything for a meal there. People shop with a basket or a cart.