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I think supermarché is more a type of shop that offers products that are traditionally from different shop (you've got a bakery, green-grocer, butcher, cheese-m
by PetitPrince 2y ago
I think supermarché is more a type of shop that offers products that are traditionally from different shop (you've got a bakery, green-grocer, butcher, cheese-monger, electronics, etc... under one shop), while the hypermarché are really defined the "big surface" you mentioned.
So it make sense to have a superette in the corner of the street that offer everyday goods while an hypermarché have clothing, DIY materials, big appliances, etc. on sale..
- mytailorisrich 2y agoActually, there is a definition for "hypermarket", which is to combine supermarket and department store [1]. Most supermarkets that are big enough are in fact "hypermarkets" nowadays. A "superette" is a small supermarket. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermarket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermarket
- PetitPrince 2y agoSorry I explained myself poorly: I wasn't saying that a superette wasn't a supermarket, I was pointing out that OP curious remark about superette being a "small big shop" wasn't as contradictory as it seems. Also, while we're digging Wikipedia: the French one points to the national statistic institute that have a definition of an hypermarket as "non specialized store that's over 2 500 m^2 in surface and make more than a third of their revenue from food".