page_title: Tuck shop
hierarchical_section_title: Tuck shop
caption_attribution_description: English: A tuck shop called "Tuck Shop"; Holywell Street, Oxford.
context_page_description: A tuck shop is a small, food-selling retailer. It is a term principally used in the UK, Ireland, Grenada, South Africa, Nigeria, New Zealand, Jamaica, Australia, Pakistan, India, Canada, The Bahamas and occasionally in other parts of the former British Empire. In New South Wales and Queensland, the term is interchangeable with the word canteen.
  When the tuck shop is in a school, it is frequently the only place where monetary transactions can be made. As such, particularly in the UK, they often sell items of stationery too, although food is still their primary source of income and customers. In Australia, at both youth clubs, campsites, and schools, the tuck shop is mainly staffed by volunteers from the community, which may include students, parents and, in the case of clubs, its members. The term is also used in Indian boarding schools. In Canada, summer camps often have tuck shops for the same reason, to allow campers to buy small items while away from home. Some hospitals in Canada have tuck shops too, though now it's more common for them to be called gift shops.
  Tuck shops in a long-term care facility typically sell personal hygiene items such as razors, soap, and shampoo.
context_section_description: A tuck shop is a small, food-selling retailer. It is a term principally used in the UK, Ireland, Grenada, South Africa, Nigeria, New Zealand, Jamaica, Australia, Pakistan, India, Canada, The Bahamas and occasionally in other parts of the former British Empire. In New South Wales and Queensland, the term is interchangeable with the word canteen.
  When the tuck shop is in a school, it is frequently the only place (other than the school canteen) where monetary transactions can be made. As such, particularly in the UK, they often sell items of stationery too, although food is still their primary source of income and customers. In Australia, at both youth clubs, campsites, and schools, the tuck shop is mainly staffed by volunteers from the community, which may include students, parents and, in the case of clubs, its members. The term is also used in Indian boarding schools. In Canada, summer camps often have tuck shops for the same reason, to allow campers to buy small items while away from home. Some hospitals in Canada have tuck shops too, though now it's more common for them to be called gift shops.
  Tuck shops in a long-term care facility typically sell personal hygiene items such as razors, soap, and shampoo.
caption: An Oxford tuck shop in 2015.
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