i work in a corner grocery store during the day.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A grocery store is a retail store that primarily sells food. A grocer is a bulk seller of food. Grocery stores often offer non-perishable food that is packaged in bottles, boxes, and cans; some also have bakeries, butchers, delis, and fresh produce. Large grocery stores that stock significant amounts of non-food products, such as clothing and household items, are called supermarkets. Some large supermarkets also include a pharmacy, and customer service, redemption, and electronics sections. In Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, supermarkets and convenience stores are sometimes described as grocery businesses, or simply grocers. Small grocery stores that mainly sell fruits and vegetables are known as greengrocers (Britain) or produce markets (U.S.), and small grocery stores that predominantly sell prepared food, such as candy and snacks, are known as convenience stores or delicatessens. Some grocery stores (especially large ones) form the centerpiece of a larger complex that includes other facilities, such as gas stations, which will often operate under the store's name. This setup is especially common in the United Kingdom, where major chains such as Sainsbury's and Tesco have many locations operating under this format.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I work in a corner grocery store during the day."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Does your store primarily sell food?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes we sell food and household products. I recently started working there but I don't know much about grocery stores yet. Do you?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I do not. I have never worked in a grocery store before. How large is the store?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "It's an average size with a produce section, butcher and deli. Do you know when grocery stores became popular?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Wasn't it Vincent Astor who founded Astor Market in 1915? Before that I believe it was always a clerk who prepped your order from a counter."}, {"role": "user", "content": "It seems like we're going back to that old way in a sense, with online grocery ordering and preparing you can just pick up your groceries prepared by a personal shopper. Do you know much about technology in grocery stores?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "As far as online ordering technology? Just that there is a delivery charge and it's convenient."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Do you know what the biggest grocery store chain is?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I don't, but I see Walmarts everywhere. I think they have something like 11,000 or more stores and are in multi countries. "}]