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social supermarket

social supermarket noun: a supermarket created to offer groceries at minimal or occasionally zero expense for families facing financial problems.

Noun

social supermarket (plural social supermarkets)

  1. A supermarket created to offer groceries at minimal or occasionally zero expense for families facing financial problems.
    • In February, a report by the London Assembly Environment Committee found that just 34% of food waste was recycled, yet food bank usage has reached record highs. Charities are aiming to bridge that gap with a range of social supermarkets, community cafés and sustainability projects.2015 May 20, BethPH, “'Social Supermarkets' Get City Hall Funding Boost”, in Londonist, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2024
    • "In our social supermarket, The Apex Food Club, we are asking members to pay £5 membership on a weekly basis. For that they will receive £25 worth of food."2018 January 19, “Northern Ireland's first 'social supermarkets' to open”, in BBC, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2024

Examples of social supermarket in a sentence

  • A social supermarket and pawn shops in Norfolk and Suffolk say they are seeing more people walk through their doors.2022 May 24, “Norfolk and Suffolk residents turn to social shops and pawnbrokers”, in BBC, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2024:
  • The "social supermarket" is a progressive model already active in many European countries, with a recent surge in the U.K., presenting improved access to affordable food in a retail-like environment.2024 January 29, “Praise for Australian 'social supermarket' model”, in Phys.org, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2024:
  • South Auckland residents will see the doors open at the first social supermarket in the area, which was opened with the help of Foodstuffs North Island and Māngere Budgeting Services Trust.2024 April 11, Whakaata Māori, “South Auckland’s first social supermarket opens in Māngere”, in The New Zealand Herald, archived from the...

Forms of social supermarket

pluralsocial supermarkets

Questions about social supermarket

What does social supermarket mean?
Social supermarket means a supermarket created to offer groceries at minimal or occasionally zero expense for families facing financial problems.
How do you use social supermarket in a sentence?
A social supermarket and pawn shops in Norfolk and Suffolk say they are seeing more people walk through their doors.
What part of speech is social supermarket?
Social supermarket is a noun.
What is the plural of social supermarket?
The plural of social supermarket is social supermarkets.

Words near social supermarket in the dictionary

  1. social statuses
  2. social stigma
  3. social stigmas
  4. social stigmata
  5. social studies
  6. social supermarket
  7. social supermarkets
  8. social tariff
  9. social tariffs
  10. social trading
  11. social unit

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