C3201 - Grocery with meats

Operational Details
Grocery store owners with meat counters are in the business of supplying the general public with food items such as fresh vegetables, fruit, dairy products, baked goods, canned and packaged goods, confectionary products and household products such as cloths pins, dinnerware and glasses, thread, household glue, miscellaneous hardware items etc.

Selling fresh meats means employers in this subcode have a butcher on staff, who prepares ordinary cuts for the meat counter and custom cuts meat for individual customers. Fish and poultry may also be part of the meat counter products. Many of the products are purchased from suppliers and eggs may come from local farmers etc.

What sets a grocery store with a meat counter apart from a convenience store is that the convenience store does not employ a butcher or sell fresh produce or fresh meat products. Some grocery stores may have an install-bank outlet, and may take orders to develop film, as well as operate a tobacco counter and sell fresh flowers.

Employees receive produce and canned goods and, mark the products for sale, then stock them on the shelves and/or prepare fresh vegetables by washing and packaging them for the counter. Meat is stored in a freezer/cooler and larger stores will have dedicated cashiers and baggers or helpers who will assist the customer to their car with their groceries.

SIC Codes
000000184 - Grocery with meats