https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:02:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-79302 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:07:32 +0000 Rubies 79302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say grocery store. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-79261 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:34:04 +0000 keiki_mama 79261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm from California and I say supermarket :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-79250 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:12:08 +0000 banana 79250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as @j0s1e267. I'm from Southern Cali and I usually say the name of the store (Vons, Ralphs, Trader Joe's) or I'll say supermarket. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-79188 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:39:55 +0000 MH.Abroad 79188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say grocery store, from all over the place (mostly east coast with a short stint in CA and then overseas). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-79163 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:10:49 +0000 cyneswith 79163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grocery store or store, from the midwest. Usually, though, I just say the store name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-79155 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:59:14 +0000 katdevargas 79155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say grocery store and grocery shopping. I'm from Texas </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78927 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:40:03 +0000 j0s1e267 78927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am in CA and I say supermarket or the store name e.g. Safeway, Traders Joe, Whole Foods or Nob Hill. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78801 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:28:50 +0000 anbanan15 78801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Store! </p> <p>Grocery store if you have to be specific, but store generally means food shopping. Market is for the farmer's market, although we usually use the actual name of the farmer's market we are going to, and supermarket always trips me up. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78738 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:30:53 +0000 mediagirl 78738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grocery store. I always want to call it the market, though because I like that term better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78736 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:17:08 +0000 cupcakemama 78736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say supermarket, most people here do. ( i'm OS). Market =farmers market to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78724 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:57:00 +0000 Andrea 78724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grocery store and I grew up in Hawaii. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78701 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:26:39 +0000 oliviaoblivia 78701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After reading all these responses, I don't know what I say anymore...they both sound ok. I guess grocery store. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78697 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:11:29 +0000 Sweet T 78697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say grocery store and grocery shopping. I'm from the south. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78693 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:05:44 +0000 chopsuey 78693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually say market, but I say grocery store too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78691 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:03:20 +0000 SAHM0811 78691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm from CA and just say I'm going to the grocery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78673 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:37:21 +0000 sulli301 78673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grocery Store-Midwest </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78671 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:35:37 +0000 PastaAndPotato 78671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>northeast here - grocery store (although i tried to make market "happen" for a while, but it didn't stick - i think it's charming for some reason haha) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78663 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:07:00 +0000 lilteacherbee 78663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say grocery store and I'm from the South. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78662 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:00:59 +0000 BoogieBea 78662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just call it supermarket if it's a larger chain store. If it's a smaller mom and pop store, I call it grocery store. Market means farmers market to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78654 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:42:43 +0000 sorrycharlie 78654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say grocery store..I have to agree with the PPs that said market makes me think outdoors (such as a farmer's market!). I also say food shop. I'm from RI!</p> <p>The family I nanny for is from NJ/NY, and they say "food store"..lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78649 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:38:20 +0000 yoursilverlining 78649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say grocery store and my husband (from CA originally) says market. I only say market if I mean the farmers market.</p> <p>I never say "food shopping" - I hate the way that phrase sounds. It’s like nails on a chalk board to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78645 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:27:05 +0000 Mrs Sorbet 78645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grocery store. I'm on the east coast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78644 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:25:04 +0000 mynoahbear 78644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Normally grocery store ( from the midwest) but living overseas, at least in Japan, everybody says supermarket. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78643 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:24:19 +0000 Mrs. Bee 78643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: yes i call it supermarket usually because in california most of the markets are super-sized! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78642 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:24:11 +0000 cyndistar3 78642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say grocery store and I have always lived on the west coast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78640 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:18:55 +0000 Mrsbells 78640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>food shopping. and I say supermarket rather than grocery store or market. I'll only say market if its a farmers market or outdoor market with stalls. Anything indoors is a supermarket in my world </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78637 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:10:39 +0000 mrsjazz 78637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grocery store.</p> <p>A piggy-back question: Do you say you're going grocery shopping or food shopping? My best friend mentioned she was going food shopping and someone on her Facebook commented that only East Coast people say "food shopping." (I say it, too). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78632 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:07:09 +0000 heffalump 78632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grocery store. I'm in Florida. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78631 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:06:42 +0000 twodoghouse 78631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm also from the midwest and say grocery store. Sometimes I call it the supermarket, but only rarely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-say-market-or-grocery-store#post-78629 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:04:40 +0000 PitBulLover 78629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grocery store - from the East Coast. </p>