Improve your Vocabulary: Grocery Store Vocabulary

hey guys today I'm going to take you

with me to one of the American stores to

upgrade your vocabulary even if you

think you know all these words you could

check your knowledge by watching this

video ready cool let's take a little

tour of the store

so the first thing we usually do when we

enter the store is grab one of these

things

they come in really handy when you're

shopping imagine you're in a store with

your American friend and you want to ask

them to get one of these so what do you

say what do we call it

yes that's right it's a shopping cart a

fun fact and Great Britain Australia and

New Zealand they call it a trolley and

you might also hear the word buggy in

addition to shopping card in southern US

and Canada and shockingly this is not

the fullest but these are the most

commonly used ones when we go through

the store we go through departments the

specific sections or areas of a store

that sell particular types of products

they can also be referred to as sections

there are a lot of different departments

in the store among which might be the

daily Department clothing department

household goods or seasonal items and so

on this is for example the produce

department or the produce section

so if you lost your American friend in

the store and they text you and ask you

where are you you can say I'm in the XYZ

section and these are called aisles

excuse me where can I find the beans

there in aisle 10

if there's something you need from way

up there but you can't reach it how do

you ask someone for help for instance

you could say to a staff member or

someone tall excuse me can you help me

get the pack of cereal from the top

I have been in this situation countless

times because of my height

so these are called shelves where

products are placed for display or

storage and here we have another good

word display it's the arrangement of

products in an attractive manner to

catch customers attention each

individual product displayed on the

Shelf we can call an item

do you know what these are called

let's imagine there's an item you need

to get and this thing is nowhere to be

you go looking for an assistant to ask

them about it so what do you say

that's right you would say excuse me

there's no price tag for this item so

this is a price tag

let's move on sections like these are

called clearance

it's a section in a store where products

are heavily discounted to clear out

inventory do you like pasta by the way

let's say that you had a dinner at your

friends last night and you wanted to

know what sauce they used for the pasta

and let's say they told you that it was

marinara sauce

but there are different kinds of

marinara

so you would need to ask about the brand

name to be able to get that specific one

these are the brand names

this is a checkout

it's the area where you pay for your

purchases with the help of the cashier

but I for instance very rarely go to a

checkout I prefer a self-checkout

this is where customers can complete

their own transactions do you know what

this action is called

let's say you did this twice and now you

need to call an assistant and describe

your problem so that they can delete

another item

so what do you say

you would say something like hi excuse

I scanned this twice

and they usually reply right away with

no worries and delete the second item on

the list thank you so much

so this is called scanning an item

and this is a receipt

but let's go over a couple of more

essential vocabulary words associated

with stores in every store you will find

products on sale or discounted I'm

pretty sure we all know what these words

mean but do you know what the difference

is between them if you don't no worries

I'll tell you so discounts show you a

certain percentage of the original price

and when the product is on sale the

price tag will indicate the exact new

also if you didn't like the item you

purchased or the quality wasn't what you

had expected or it didn't fit you can

return or exchange it to return

something means to bring an item back

and get a refund meaning you get your

money back and to exchange something

means to give one item back and get

another one instead of that one

okay guys that's it for this video if

you have any questions let me know in

the comments and I really hope that you

enjoyed this video and I'll see you in

the next one bye

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