Departments

Departments refer to sections of ShopRite supermarkets focusing on a specific types of groceries. Departments are subject vary from store to store, but a majority of the departments are shared amongst all of them.

Departments are labeled as "perishable" and "non-perishable".

Non-Perishables
Non-perishable departments are departments that do not have immediate expiration concerns, meaning that these goods can stay on the shelf for awhile before expiring.

Grocery
The grocery department focuses on canned goods, boxed cereals, pasta, sauces, oatmeal and various other dry goods. The grocery department is normally the largest department in a ShopRite, making a majority of sales.'

Dairy
The dairy department focuses on milk, eggs, cheese, butter, yogurt, pickles and pre-packaged lunchmeat.

Frozen
The frozen department focuses on products that are required to be kept frozen including ice cream, popsicles, cakes, pies, frozen entrees, fruit, vegetables, pizza, and other assorted goods.

Health and Beauty (HABA)
The health and beauty department (shortened as HABA), focuses on over-the-counter medicines and personal care products.

Non-foods
The non-foods department focuses specifically on non-edible items including toys, furniture, household products, stationary, office supplies.

Floral
The floral department focuses on floral arrangements, seeds, flower storage containers, and blowing up balloons.

Perishables
Perishable departments are departments that typically deal with fresh food, and have shorter expiration dates than Non-Perishables.