grocery trade

Depicts what it is like to run a small grocery store, describing such tasks as picking out fresh produce at the city market, stocking the shelves, and making deliveries.

Explains what grocery stores are, looks at the various jobs that need to be done in a grocery, and asks questions designed to help young readers decide whether they would like to work at a grocery store. Includes a glossary and resources for further research.

Introduces the job of produce manager in a supermarket, describing the duties and responsibilities of this occupation.

In a moment of moral crisis, Ethan Hawley, a clerk in a New England grocery store, departs from his high standards to provide for the material comforts he cannot afford for his restless wife and discontented children.

Recalls what it was like to help out in the family grocery store and to go shopping in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the 1940s.

Describes a shopping trip to the grocery story, discussing various departments such as the bakery and deli. Includes visual literacy activity.

Tommy is mistaken for items in a grocery store until his mother comes to the rescue.

Describes, in simple text and photographs, the jobs of the various people who work in a grocery store.