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Americans re-discovering convenience stores before they all got transformed into 7-Eleven due to big corporations. How cute. Before Amazon existed there was a

Americans re-discovering convenience stores before they all got transformed into 7-Eleven due to big corporations. How cute. Before Amazon existed there was a thing called "Librairies" too.

John23832 1y ago
America is a big place. NYC has a corner store on every corner.
- morkalork 1y ago
  A dépanner and a bodega are basically the same. Wonder what other regional names there are for them.
  - AnotherGoodName 1y ago
    Milkbar in Australia because they used to sell milkshakes and the convenience store aspect was secondary. Over time the convenience store part took over but the name stuck.
  - brazzy 1y ago
    Spätkauf/Späti in eastern Germany. Translates to "late buy", because of the longer opening hours.
- ofrzeta 1y ago
  Aren't these delis? At least when I used to live in Brooklyn we used to call them that. Often they had signs "Deli and Grocery" or something like that.
helloooooooo 1y ago
Couche-Tard owns Circle-K and is looking to buy 7-Eleven. It’s literally the worlds largest dép/convenience store chain
- dnpp123 1y ago
  Québec people are so creative with the French language, love it. Why not use the standard French word for it "droguerie"? Dépanneur or Couche-tard does have a lot more charm to it though, agreed.
  - kgwgk 1y ago
    Why do you think that “droguerie” is the standard French word for “convenience store”?
    - dnpp123 1y ago
      "tabac" feels too restrictive, "Épicerie" feels more like selling fruits/vegetables, "commerce de proximité" feels like it could include things like a supermarket too. I can think of more unsavory/xenophobic/slang terms for it, but droguerie seems more appropriate. And on the other end for someone who never been to Québec, "Je vais au dépanneur" sounds like "I'm going to the mechanics (to fix my car)". Very creative.
      - cmcconomy 1y ago
        this goes years back, but in the early 2000s I visited Paris and was a bit scandalized to hear the colloquial name for corner store was "l'Arabe" (!)
        kgwgk 1y ago
        https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabe_du_coin https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabe_du_coin
      - kgwgk 1y ago
        I rest my case.
        dnpp123 1y ago
        Maybe you are right and I should have used "already existing" instead of "standard". I'm also curious how a convenience store is called in other francophone areas of the world.

Americans re-discovering convenience stores before they all got transformed into 7-Eleven due to big corporations. How cute. Before Amazon existed there was a thing called "Librairies" too.

John23832 1y ago

America is a big place. NYC has a corner store on every corner.

morkalork 1y ago
A dépanner and a bodega are basically the same. Wonder what other regional names there are for them.
- AnotherGoodName 1y ago
  Milkbar in Australia because they used to sell milkshakes and the convenience store aspect was secondary. Over time the convenience store part took over but the name stuck.
- brazzy 1y ago
  Spätkauf/Späti in eastern Germany. Translates to "late buy", because of the longer opening hours.
ofrzeta 1y ago
Aren't these delis? At least when I used to live in Brooklyn we used to call them that. Often they had signs "Deli and Grocery" or something like that.

helloooooooo 1y ago

Couche-Tard owns Circle-K and is looking to buy 7-Eleven. It’s literally the worlds largest dép/convenience store chain

dnpp123 1y ago
Québec people are so creative with the French language, love it. Why not use the standard French word for it "droguerie"? Dépanneur or Couche-tard does have a lot more charm to it though, agreed.
- kgwgk 1y ago
  Why do you think that “droguerie” is the standard French word for “convenience store”?
  - dnpp123 1y ago
    "tabac" feels too restrictive, "Épicerie" feels more like selling fruits/vegetables, "commerce de proximité" feels like it could include things like a supermarket too. I can think of more unsavory/xenophobic/slang terms for it, but droguerie seems more appropriate. And on the other end for someone who never been to Québec, "Je vais au dépanneur" sounds like "I'm going to the mechanics (to fix my car)". Very creative.
    - cmcconomy 1y ago
      this goes years back, but in the early 2000s I visited Paris and was a bit scandalized to hear the colloquial name for corner store was "l'Arabe" (!)
      - kgwgk 1y ago
        https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabe_du_coin https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabe_du_coin
    - kgwgk 1y ago
      I rest my case.
      - dnpp123 1y ago
        Maybe you are right and I should have used "already existing" instead of "standard". I'm also curious how a convenience store is called in other francophone areas of the world.