Today, supermarkets are found in almost every large city in the world. But the first supermarket (1)_________opened only fifty years ago. It (2)________ opened in New York by a man named Michael Cullen.
A supermarket is different (3)___________other types of stores in several ways. In supermarkets, goods are (4)_________ on open shelves. The (5)__________ choose what they want and take them (6)________ the checkout counter. This means that fewer shop assistants are needed than in other stores. The way products are displayed is another difference between supermarkets and many other types of stores; (7)__________ example, in supermarkets, there is usually a display (8)________ small inexpensive items just in front of the checkout counter: candies, chocolates, magazines, cheap foods and so on.
Most customers (9)__________go to a supermarket buy goods from a shopping list. They (10)_______ exactly what they need to buy. They do the shopping according to a plan.