Who goes “food shopping”?

I go grocery shopping.

Is there a difference?

@joelhamill etymonline.com says:

grocery (n.) mid-15c., "goods sold by a grocer;" earlier the name of the Grocer's Hall in London (early 15c.), from Old French grosserie, from grossier "wholesale merchant" (see grocer). Meaning "a grocer's shop" is by 1803, especially in American English, where its use in that sense restricted the "goods sold by a grocer" meaning to the plural, groceries, by mid-19c.

So groceries can be more than just food, I guess.

@odd uh, who knew? Thanks

@joelhamill I have never heard the term "food shopping". But as @odd says, I can see the difference. Groceries are not just about food.

@odd I remember when we used to have ‘Green Grocers’

@JohnPhilpin I don’t remember that from when I grew up (in “farmland” in the 70s and 80s), but we kind of have that now in the cities with the square shops.

@JohnPhilpin @odd I think you misplaced those apostrophes — weren't they Green Grocer's? 😆

@Miraz Golf merchant?

@odd Not sure what you're saying there… My reference was to many many many signs for Greengrocers that would add a totally superfluous apostrophe. 😀

@Miraz Oh! I thought you meant grocers that sold greens, as in golf greens. ⛳️

@odd Ahhh…

@Miraz 🥳

@JohnPhilpin I’m not sure which reply you are replying to, but if you’re thinking about the “square shops”, they are often referred to as “immigrant stores”, because there are mostly immigrants running them. I’m probably mixing shops and stores like they are all apples here…

@odd oh - so kind of like a market place with booths / stands rather than a walled store?

@JohnPhilpin Kind of both, actually. In spring to autumn, they’ve ( a store) got fresh food outside in cases sometimes with a tarpaulin roof over, but if you need e.g. jars of jalapeños or cans of some exotic sauce, you go inside to buy that. The square where I’m living is rather small. 🥑🥝🍉🥦