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social supermarkets

social supermarkets is the plural of social supermarket.

Meaning of social supermarket

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

Questions about social supermarkets

What is social supermarkets the plural of?
Social supermarkets is the plural of social supermarket.

Words near social supermarkets in the dictionary

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

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