Sentence examples for instead of groceries from inspiring English sources

Many East Coast grocers make their profits selling shelf space instead of groceries.

Scalia, in a retort to Kagan's reply (this could go on all day!), professes to find it "puzzling" that the majority thought "the answer would be different if the sale involved consumer electronics instead of groceries".

The premise has been that a voucher prevents "irresponsible behavior" by those being helped, like buying drugs instead of groceries or a golf caddy instead of private schooling for the kids.

Long before John Wayne had even seen his first motion picture, he had developed the knack of throwing himself totally into his mind's eye and playing a role... On many rides atop the family mare, Jenny, the skinny, timid youth became first a frontier scout, than a paymaster carrying gold "bullion" (instead of groceries) in his saddlebags..

Instead of grocery stores, these communities are served only by fast food restaurants and corner liquor stores.

Instead of grocery shopping at regular supermarkets, she began loading up her minivan once a month at WinCo, a giant, no-frills discount grocery chain.

But, for the past several years, Harlequin's sales have declined as people have started getting their romance from erotic — and often self-published — e-books instead of grocery-store paperbacks.

But, for the past several years, Harlequin's sales have declined as people have started getting their romance from erotic and often self-published e-books inself-published e-books paperbackself-published e-books

But those paychecks drive local economies, and workers are starting to make tough choices about how to spend them — eating out less, limiting travel and shopping at food pantries instead of grocery stores — creating a ripple effect through the neighborhoods and towns where they live.

I have also made the argument that instead of grocery retailers chasing Amazon, they should instead step back and rethink the problem.

Based on what I just described, instead of grocery retailers investing a small fortune on technology to remove cashiers from stores, why not instead select the easiest and most effective solution that will do both?