Supermarkets are big stores that provide a wide choice of foods and 61 products. In the United States, traditional supermarkets 62 (face) competition from even bigger stores with more choices of fresh and natural foods.
Many supermarkets are chains, stores 63 (own) by one company. Most Americans still spend the most money 64 (buy)groceries(杂货) at supermarkets. Traditional supermarkets have lost some of their business. 65 (gradual), many people are changing where they buy groceries. They are also changing the kinds of groceries they want.
New 66 (compete) are winning business because they are even larger than supermarkets. And they have 67 (low) prices. Wal-mart supercenters sell groceries as well as clothes, electronic equipment and everything else. Competition has also come from stores, 68 Whole Foods Market, which sell natural foods.
Yet supermarkets are changing too. Many have cut prices. Many are offering more fine foods and organic products 69 are free of added chemicals and drugs. 70 2000, Americans have bought more organic food from supermarkets than from any other kind of store.