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Pronunciation
Noun
big shop (plural big shops)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, shop.
- (idiomatic, UK, Australia) A large, regular purchase of groceries; as opposed to ad hoc or impulse purchases.
2007 July 23, Angela, “Food shopping: Weekly or Monthly?”, in Netmums, retrieved 2016-11-17:I do a monthly big shop and get bits in between. I think I would be better off planning meals for the week and going weekly.
2014 October 5, Katie Hope, “The death of the weekly supermarket shop”, in BBC News:These changes, experienced by all the "Big Four" supermarkets, suggest that the era of the once-a-week big shop is nearing an end.
2016 May 4, Emma Reynolds, quoting Brian Walker, “Woolies’ woes promise cheaper prices for customers”, in new.com.au:A lot of consumers are moving away from one big shop a week to ‘basket shopping’. They visit two or three times a week to top up.
2016 October 27, Aaron Sims, quoting Rosalind Eastland, “Shoppers speak out against car park fines in Yate”, in Gloucestershire Gazette:If they are trying to get people to enjoy their time there, whether going out for a meal, to the cinema or for a big shop, they don’t want to be keeping an eye on the clock.
2016 November 8, “Amazon launches Certified Refurbished store selling cheaper electronics”, in BT.com, retrieved 2016-11-17:If your order is under the threshold, you’ll have to pay a delivery charge, which can vary from £1.49 to £6 depending on what you purchase. So try and do a big shop rather than lots of little ones.