What's the difference between commodities and grocery?

Commodities


Definition:

  • (pl. ) of Commodity

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 1: Good news It's been a scarce commodity throughout the Osborne chancellorship, but he will have a decent amount of it to dish round the chamber – notably lower inflation and higher growth than was being forecast a short while ago.
  • (2) Andreas Missbach, managing director of Berne Declaration, an NGO in Switzerland where the commodities giant is based, said Glencore stood out against others in the sector.
  • (3) The oil price tumbled by as much as $3.25 a barrel on Tuesday after the world's biggest commodity trader called the top of the market for crude and a range of other commodities – at least for the time being.
  • (4) They dealt in dozens of different commodities – from major grains such as wheat and sorghum to specialised food aid products such as corn-soy blend.
  • (5) The financial crash caused by treating housing as a speculative commodity made things worse, but the truth is that the seeds of the crisis have been sown over many years.
  • (6) The current floods in Australia have the potential to affect prices for commodities such as sugar and cane growers are warning of production problems for up to three years.
  • (7) Others are new: changing family compositions because of HIV, increasing frequency of droughts and rapid fluctuations in international commodity prices.
  • (8) These organisms, typically bacteria or algae, are used to produce valuable commodities such as flavorings and oils.
  • (9) Part of the new wealth has been driven by the rise in commodity prices.
  • (10) This technique was used to bring misdirected urinations in a severely retarded male under rapid stimulus control of a floating target in the commode.
  • (11) We should stop the importation of these birds which are sold as commodities and endure lives of boredom in cages.
  • (12) The irony of her image being exchanged in return for commodities in the future,” she said, “seems to recall the way that actual slaves’ bodies were serving as currencies of exchange.” Larson arrived at a different conclusion about the honor.
  • (13) Right now, policymakers will probably be more concerned by stalling eurozone growth than a headline inflation figure dragged down by commodity prices.
  • (14) Often a number of aids such as standing table, adapted chairs, commode etc., is required to meet basic needs.
  • (15) Tate & Lyle, which no longer produces the sugar that made it a household name, is the latest company to be affected by falling commodity prices.
  • (16) "When you transform a food into a commodity, there's inevitable breakdown in social relations and high environmental cost," as Tanya Kerssen, an analyst for Oakland-based Food First told Time last year.
  • (17) The Financial Services Authority fined the bank £59.9m, while in the US the department of justice and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission also imposed fines, some £230m combined.
  • (18) Solitude becomes a way of life and social interaction a scarce commodity for many chronic schizophrenics who are in institutional settings.
  • (19) And if you want to talk about messages, what kind of message does it send to stockpile ivory like any other valuable commodity?
  • (20) The commodities supercycle is dead in the water … It’s already sent some big African sub-Saharan economies into a tailspin,” said Aly Khan Satchu, an independent trader in Nairobi.

Grocery


Definition:

  • (n.) The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; -- in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense.
  • (n.) A retail grocer's shop or store.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Co-founder Cyndi Anafo’s mother used to run a Ghanaian grocery in the covered market that has recently been rebranded Brixton Village, a target destination for food tourists and wealthy Londoners.
  • (2) Not only did it make every grocery-store run a guilt trip; it made me feel selfish for caring more about birds in the present than about people in the future.
  • (3) For the consumer, it’s a convenient way to buy local groceries, everything from vegetables to fish, cheese and bread is all sold on one website and can be collected from one place.” There are now over 450 assemblies in France and Belgium, and the company is launching in Britain, Germany and Spain.
  • (4) Asian grocery stores were visited to identify foods available for purchase by SE Asians.
  • (5) Bob Cannell, member of Suma Wholefoods workers co-operative "Suma had its best ever business results in 2013 and there have been similar results for other worker co-ops such as Unicorn Grocery in Manchester.
  • (6) Restaurants and grocery stores are closed in areas where there are clashes.
  • (7) Phenylpropanolamine is widely used and freely available without a doctor's prescription in drug and grocery stores; it is the active ingredient in most diet aids and many cold preparations.
  • (8) This is the stuff women are thinking about all the time, even as we brazenly strut through grocery store parking lots at eight in the morning, wearing overalls, with our hair in ponytails.
  • (9) But convenience shops and grocery stores, which lie beyond the authority of the city's health department, would still have been allowed to sell large containers.
  • (10) In the era of instant gratification, it was perhaps inevitable that retailers would eventually offer same-day grocery delivery, and it’s hardly surprising that it’s Amazon that is leading the way.
  • (11) Owner José Manuel bought the specialist grocery store he had frequented since childhood and turned the store room into a tiny bar.
  • (12) The results provide support for including measures of the grocery store environment as part of a community-level assessment of dietary behavior.
  • (13) Tesco speaks for 30.5% of UK grocery sales and is expected to deliver profits of £3.7bn at its annual results in April.
  • (14) It’s not enough at all,” said Araceli Belaez, 40, lining up for groceries at a supermarket in the Caracas slum of Catia.
  • (15) At a time when British brands such as Weetabix are being gobbled up by Chinese companies, a growing number of UK businesses hope to grab their own slice of the booming Chinese grocery market.
  • (16) Online grocery delivery companies will also be required to take part in the scheme, with companies charging 5p per bag delivered.
  • (17) The grocery market is struggling amid price deflation of between 1% and 2%.
  • (18) It is also important to be aware of perfumes and grocery products as causes of this phenomenon.
  • (19) The takeover of Argos is designed to broaden the Sainsbury’s product range and reduce its reliance on the highly competitive grocery market.
  • (20) In a singularly painless contest the money would either be paid to the band as a royalty, which would take that money out of the system and put it into things like houses and groceries and college educations.

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