Super Market (1 February 1933)

[Tom Kysilko]

It would seem that the term (and its referents) jumped the Atlantic pretty
quickly, for it occurs in Dorothy L Sayers' THE NINE TAILORS (1934).  I'm
sorry; I don't like the book enough to search it for the precise citation.
--Tom Kysilko

At 5/17/2003 03:32 PM -0400, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>SUPER MARKET
>
>    A little earlier on this important term.  The pre-1930s citations are
> false hits, if you want to check them out.
>
>(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)("Supermarket")
>   BUSINESS WORLD.; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.;
> Feb 1, 1933; pg. 32, 1 pgs:
>_"Super-Markets" Worry Grocers._
>    Development of "super-markets," a new type of distribution in the
> grocery field, is causing deep concern to manufacturers, wholesalers and
> retailers in the food trades.