Pre-consumption

In the 19th century, a pre-food store was understood to be a shop that traded in legumes such as peas , beans and lentils , vegetables , flour , semolina and similar foods, a corner shop . The range was often supplemented with fruit , meat , coffee or tea . The term is often found in address books from that time.

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• Grimm's German Dictionary (DWB)
• Address books of Wroclaw and other cities from around 1900