Supermarkets are an imporant part of daily life in Britain.
The five biggest supermarkets sell 80% of all groceries. Tesco is the biggest. It's got nearly 2,000 shops in Britain and is the third biggest supermarket in the world.
Two of them , Asda and Tesco, are also the biggest sellers of clothes in Britain.
In the larger supermarkets you can buy just abourt anythins. On the shelves you can find all the food and dirnk you need. You can buy sport equipment, bicycles, books, toys and games, CDs and DVDs.
The very big supermarkets are usually on the edge of towns and most people drive to them.
And while they are there with their car, coustomers can buy petrol too.
There are many more supermarkets nw than 20 years ago. People find it very convenient to do all their shopping in one place.
It's even more convenient to shop form home. A lot of people now use online shopping.
Tesco online delivers over 100,000 orders each week in Britain and Sainnsbury's delivers 30.000. it's becoming a very populare way to shop.
But not eberynoe likes supermarkets. Small shops in towns and villages are closing because supermarkets can sell the same things cheaper. So people without cars have less choice.
As a result, the big supermarkets have started to open small shops in twon and city centres.
Many supermarkets are open 23 hours a day and seven days a week, so people can shop 24/7. but not on Sundaywhen shops can only open for five hours. That's enough for most people! But you can still shop online.
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