He's as polite as the corner grocer.

Since the Americans could arrive any day, muses the corner grocer, he had better start improving his English.

In 1981, just 24 glorified supermarkets and shopping centers struggled to compete with the corner grocer and the neighborhood dress shop.

The corner grocer, the nurse, the neighbors and relatives travel out of town.

"It's like paying the corner grocer $5 not to sell 'Hustler' to your kids," he said.

The produce looks even fresher than the produce at my corner Korean grocer, and is far less expensive.

He found a bench by the corner grocer.

At the ice cream stand, the diner, the corner grocer, most everybody has something to say about Herman: He's protective and loyal.

The lower level offered a corner grocer, florist, a tiny deli.

Strong and rich, it bore little relation to instant or the marked-down tins in the corner grocer.