> i have (actually will have) a table in my Db with data of thousands of
> stores across
> the USA, each one containing zip code.

Geocode the zip codes to lat/long and store that as well.

When an end-user inputs their own location, geocode that and now you
can do straightforward search by radius, as per the classic 'store
locator' example, with only one geocode per query.

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