▁and ▁ch oc olate , ▁and ▁to b acco . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁mid ▁tw enti eth ▁century , ▁these ▁stores ▁had ▁become ▁general ▁gro c ery ▁stores ▁s elling ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁comm od ities ▁that ▁were ▁easy ▁to ▁store , ▁as ▁contrast ed ▁with ▁gre eng roc ers , ▁but ch ers , ▁b akers , ▁fish m ong ers , ▁and ▁so ▁on . ▁With ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁super mark ets , ▁the ▁name ▁" colon ial ▁stores " ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁used , ▁despite ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁colonial ism , ▁for ▁small , ▁independent ▁stores . ▁ ▁Such ▁stores ▁existed ▁across ▁Europe . ▁In ▁German , ▁they ▁were ▁called ▁Kol onial war en ▁' colon ial ▁goods ', ▁in ▁French , ▁compt oir ▁des ▁colon ies ▁' colon ial ▁store ', ▁in ▁Italian , ▁colon iali ▁' colon ial s ', ▁and ▁in ▁Spanish ▁and ▁Portuguese , ▁ul tr amar inos ▁' over se as ▁( good s ) '. ▁The ▁lux ury ▁gro cer ▁H éd i ard ▁started ▁as ▁a ▁colonial ▁goods ▁store , ▁originally ▁named ▁" Com pt oir ▁d ' ép ices ▁et ▁des ▁colon ies ". ▁In ▁Britain , ▁Home ▁and ▁Col onial ▁St ores ▁became ▁a ▁major ▁ret ail ▁chain . ▁ ▁Dec line ▁and ▁legacy ▁ ▁German ic ▁and ▁Nord ic ▁countries ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century , ▁the ▁term ▁had ▁largely ▁fallen ▁out ▁of ▁use , ▁while ▁the ▁items ▁in ▁which ▁Col onial ▁Good s ▁ret ail