person A grocer is a shopkeeper who sells foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods. shop A grocer or a grocer's is a small shop that sells foods such as flour, sugar, and canned goods.

What do you mean by a grocer?

: a dealer in staple foodstuffs, meats, produce, and dairy products and usually household supplies.

What is the difference between grocer and grocery?

As nouns the difference between grocer and grocery

is that grocer is a person who sells groceries (foodstuffs and household items) retail from a grocery while grocery is (usually groceries) retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.