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		fsckboy on Feb 3, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Costa Rican supermarket wins trademark battle agai... i think hypermarkets achieve their bigness not by being bigger supermarkets, but by selling everything a supermarket sells, and then also selling everything a department store sells.

dwood_dev on Feb 3, 2025 | [–]

Yes.

A super is a like Kroger's or Walmart Express.

A hyper is a Walmart Supercenter.

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