Inside a British greengrocer's shop: see Gourock greengrocers for the outside.

A greengrocer in central Milan with a sign in Milanese, the local dialect, claiming to be 'the oldest greengrocer of Milan' — "l'ortolán püŝee vêcc de Milan"

A greengrocer is a retail trader in fruit and vegetables; that is, in green groceries. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context and the term is not synonymous in Food preparation and Biology. The term " vegetable " generally means the edible parts of Plants The definition of the word is traditional rather than Scientific, however Beginning as early as the 14th century a grocer (also called purveyor) was a dealer in comestible dry goods such as spices pepper sugar and (later cocoa tea and coffee Greengrocer is primarily a British term, and greengrocers' shops were once common in towns and villages. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located They have been affected by the dominant rise of supermarkets, but many can be found managing small shops or stores in towns and cities and in some villages. Customer divider barjpg|thumb|In supermarkets sellers periodically change prices for classes of goods in response to market conditions rather than negotiating the price of each good Greengrocers can also be found in street markets and malls, or managing produce departments at supermarkets. Such traders typically handle the entire business of buying, selling, and book-keeping themselves.

• Because of its frequent misuse on greengrocers' signs, such as for apple's, orange's or banana's, an unnecessary apostrophe used to form a plural is known as a greengrocers' apostrophe. In the English Language, Nouns are inflected for Grammatical number —that is singular or Plural.

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A greengrocer at Seattle's Pike Place Market. Pike Place Market is a Public market overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle Washington, United States.

• Steve Thoburn
• Pete Luckett
• Joe Carcione