Before convenience stores swept through Taiwan Province Province, grocery stores were the most common in the streets. Grocery stores sell things similar to supermarkets, even selling rice, eggs and vegetables.
However, after 1990, grocery stores have been losing ground in metropolitan areas because of their poor procurement costs, management, business hours and services. But the area of a supermarket is much larger than that of a convenience store. Mini-supermarkets need at least 200 square meters and at most tens of thousands of square meters, and the number of goods exceeds 1000.
Convenience store
Also called CVS (abbreviation of English convenience store) in China and Japan, it originated in the United States. Usually refers to small shops selling people's livelihood-related materials or food, with a wide variety of goods, including those attached to gas stations, usually located in places with convenient transportation.
American Southern Company opened 27 totem shops on 1930, and extended its business hours from 7 am to 7 pm on 1 1 point on 1946, so it is also called 7-Eleven, which is synonymous with convenience stores in many areas.