Yes.
Supermarkets generally refer to stores where goods are displayed openly, customers make their own purchases, queue up for checkout, and mainly sell fresh food, fruits, and daily necessities. A retail enterprise that allows consumers to make purchases by themselves and conduct unified cashier settlement. In China, supermarkets were introduced in 1978, when they were called self-service shopping malls.
Supermarkets generally sell food and daily necessities. Their main characteristics are: ① Small profits but quick turnover, and basically no salespersons are required to sell mid- to low-end products; ② Products are packaged in small packages with weights, specifications and prices marked; ③Cars or baskets with goods of customers' choice are available; ④Settlement and payment can be made once you go out.
Source
On September 9, 1916, the first self-service store, Piggly Wiggly, opened in Memphis, Tennessee. Its operator, Clarence. Clarence Saunders patented this retail store business model in 1917, in which consumers select products on the shelves and check out. This was the prototype of the supermarket.
Supermarkets soon became popular all over the world. In order to make their products more attractive in supermarkets, the advertising and product packaging industries also developed.