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 It offers a much wider and fresher menu than chain fast food restaurants, rarely employing fry machines and typically making sandwiches to order.

A grocery store or supermarket may make its own deli food, or even have a deli on site. Like a market, a delicatessen may also offer a selection of shelved food, often of the type that is not likely to be kept for more than a day. Produce, when present, is limited in quantity and often fresh. The Deli counter of a supermarket is where many Americans obtain their cold cuts.

Delicatessens vary greatly in size, but are typically not as large as grocery stores. In areas with high rents for retail space, delicatessens are often quite small.

Delicatessens can come from a variety of cultural traditions. Most numerous in the United States are Jewish delicatessens, both kosher and "kosher style." There are also Italian delicatessens and German style delicatessens, usually referred to as "European Delicatessens."

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