This A&E program explores the origins of the supermarket; how it evolved from the small corner grocery store into a half trillion dollar a year industry. Bar coding, store layout, lighting, music, aromas that trigger appetites, computerized shopping carts, high tech food production, RFID tags for checkout, Internet grocery shopping, marketing strategies and the growing market for organic groceries are surveyed. Filmmaker Richard Jones; narrator Max Raphael. A&E Television Networks. Closed captio ned.