where did the name package store come from
Liquor store In Alabama, Connecticut,[6] Georgia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Texas,[6] liquor stores are also known as package stores, locally in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and areas bordering these states the term pack or packie is used as well, because purchased liquor must be packaged in sealed bottles or other containers when it is taken from the store.[7]
List of supermarket chains in the United Kingdom Premier Supermarkets, a subsidiary of Express Dairies, opened the UK's first supermarket in Streatham, South London in 1951, though The Co-operative Food opened Britain's first fully self-service store in March 1948 in Albert Road, Southsea.[5]