WHICH IS ESSENTIAL: A HARDWARE STORE OR A SUPERMARKET?

Is a hardware store important as a grocery store? If you’re going to choose, which one will it be?

Quiet a tough question for some, isn’t it? I am sure others will say that grocery store is much of necessity for obvious reason—Food! But, if I am going to choose between the two, I will choose both. Why? They are both a necessity. Let us see why.

A supermarket is large form of a grocery store; it’s a self-service shop offering a wide selection of food and household products. Usually comprises meat, poultry, fresh produce, dairy, and baked goods. You can also find shelf space reserved for canned and packaged goods as well as small section of various non-food items such as kitchenware, household cleaners, pharmacy products and pet supplies. Some also sell different household products that are consumed regularly, such as alcohol or liquors, cigarettes, over the counter medicines, clothes, and some stores sell a much wider range of non-food products: DVD’s, sporting equipment, board games, and seasonal items. All of these are the stuff we need in our daily lives… But what if we need some nails, screws, hammers, or door locks, gardening set, paints, etc that cannot be found in supermarkets? Not all carry them, right? That’s why a Hardware Shop or Home Improvement Stores were built. Isn’t that smart? Kidding aside, hardware shops or stores, according to Wikipedia: is “sometimes known as DIY stores, sell household hardware for home improvement including: fasteners, hand tools, power tools, keys, locks, hinges, chains, plumbing supplies, electrical supplies, cleaning products, house wares, tools, utensils, paint, and lawn and garden products directly to consumers for use at home or for business. Many hardware stores have specialty departments unique to its region or its owner's interests. These departments include hunting and fishing supplies, plants and nursery products, marine and boating supplies, pet food and supplies, farm and ranch supplies including animal feed, swimming pool chemicals, home brewing supplies and canning supplies”.

Basing from the definition, it is a one stop kind of shop. Where all the materials you need from home improvement, hobby materials, and even home brewing can be found. Most, if not all hardware stores also offers unique services like custom or they can make a variety of household items. They are some hardware shops that are offering repairs of broken windows or screens or sometimes they do accept custom making, power equipment repair, re-key entry locks, cars and house keys duplicate or copy, sharpen knives, or any minor repairs to faucet or shower parts, they also offer paint mixing. Anything that can ease and make our lives easier, hardware shops can offer.

Another great thing about hardware shops is having their own online hardware store that also offers wide range of products that can be found from their physical stores. This online shopping is a great help for consumers who lives far from the hardware’s physical store. They can purchase the products online at the same time they can check any product information or product news.

So it is very clear that both Supermarkets and Hardware Shops are essential in supplying our daily need making our lives more enjoyable and easier.