Citations:grocerant

Noun: "a grocery store that sells prepared meals, either for eating on site or taking home"

 * 1997 — Bruce Horovitz, "Boston Chicken tries 'grocerant'", USA Today, 27 August 1997:
 * Under this concept, which some industry analysts call a "grocerant," its trademark roast chicken would be relegated to one of several hot and cold entrees.
 * 2000 — David K. Foot (with Daniel Stoffman), Boom Bust & Echo: Profiting from the Demographic Shift in the 21st Century, Stoddart (2000), ISBN 9780773762084, page 126:
 * Some supermarkets and upmarket grocery stores are becoming "grocerants" - competing with restaurants to sell full-course, ready-to-eat meals that can be enjoyed in the privacy of the home at lower cost than the same meal in a good restaurant.
 * 2000 — Frederick J. Francis, Wiley Encyclopedia of Food Science and Technology, Wiley (2000), ISBN 9780471192565, page 936:
 * Regardless of the end point, traditional supermarket, restaurant, grocerant, eatertainment, or new supermarket, the people who supply those companies fit into one of the following categories.
 * 2003 — "If you can't beat 'em", Meat & Poultry, February 2003:
 * While in its infancy, the grocerant trend is growing. Twelve percent of grocery-store renovations included the installation of a restaurant of some sort in 2001, up from 4 percent in 1997.
 * 2004 — "Families Are Dining Together At Home, Food, Furniture Industry React With New Products to Ease Food Preparation", Akron Beacon Journal, 1 May 2004:
 * "Grocerants" are offering foods in various stages of preparation so the buyer can quickly combine them into a dish or a meal.
 * 2010 — Aida Ahmad, "A spot of convenience", The Star (Malaysia), 27 June 2010:
 * This is the grocerant concept in shopping and dining that was introduced by Jaya Grocer in its latest outlet at the Empire Shopping Gallery, the new mall in Subang Jaya.