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Typical shopping center food court vendor layout at Centre Eaton in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Pirate Champ's Cafe food court at Port Charlotte High School. A food court (in Asia-Pacific also called food hall or hawker centre) [1] is generally an indoor plaza or common area within a facility that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and provides a common area for self-serve ...
The term "food hall" in the British sense is increasingly used in the United States. [4] [5] [6] In some Asia-Pacific countries, "food hall" is equivalent to a North American "food court", or the terms are used interchangeably. A food court means a place where the fast food chain outlets are located in a shopping mall. [7]
A grocery store (), grocery shop or simply grocery [1] is a retail store that primarily retails a general range of food products, [2] which may be fresh or packaged.In everyday U.S. usage, however, "grocery store" is a synonym for supermarket, [3] and is not used to refer to other types of stores that sell groceries.
A food hall, the most usual variation of a market hall, is "a large section of a department store, where food is sold" according to the Oxford English Dictionary. [1] Market halls and food halls can also be unconnected to department stores and operate independently, often in a separate building.
The food system, including food service and food retailing supplied $1.24 trillion worth of food in 2010 in the US, $594 billion of which was supplied by food service facilities, defined by the USDA as any place which prepares food for immediate consumption on site, including locations that are not primarily engaged in dispensing meals such as recreational facilities and retail stores. [2]
The company's stores also carry food staples such as fresh meat, dairy and bread. [2] All products sold by Grocery Outlet are purchased directly from manufacturers, never from other retail stores. [2] One of the most popular sections in Grocery Outlet is labeled NOSH (natural, organic, specialty and healthy).
Most historians agree that the American company White Castle was the first fast-food outlet, starting in Wichita, Kansas in 1916 with food stands and founding in 1921, selling hamburgers for five cents apiece from its inception and spawning numerous competitors and emulators. What is certain, however, is that White Castle made the first ...
More of the food is prepared at the restaurant than is the case at fast food chains. Fast casual restaurants usually do not offer full table service, but many offer non-disposable plates and cutlery. The quality of food and prices tend to be higher than those of a conventional fast food restaurant but may be lower than casual dining.