Adjective : a mom-and-pop grocery. From Dictionary.com.
What is it about mom-and-pop shops that are able to survive?. From Wordnik.com. [Often Left Out, U.P. Ducks Michigan's Worst Woes] Reference
Not everyone is pleased with the mom-and-pop stores, though. From Wordnik.com. [Business Plans That Rest on Imitation] Reference
I mean, this is a mom-and-pop operation in the first instance. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2007] Reference
These are not mom-and-pop farms that we are talking about here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2007] Reference
Everyone has a mom-and-pop shop he likes to think he discovered. From Wordnik.com. [Closing Shop—And A Life] Reference
M. O'BRIEN: Critics say Wal-M.rt is wiping out mom-and-pop stores. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2006] Reference
Still, the mom-and-pop nature of the industry hasn't hurt business. From Wordnik.com. [God, Mammon, And 'Bibleman'] Reference
It could be a mom-and-pop trafficking women and girls on Craigslist. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2009] Reference
I mean, this is a league that 25 years ago was a mom-and-pop operation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2003] Reference
You ` ve got the -- you ` ve got the mom-and-pop stores that are hurt by this. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 6, 2006] Reference
The boxes were given to mom-and-pop pizzerias across the country at no charge. From Wordnik.com. [The National Guard: The Pizza Offensive] Reference
KASTE: One of those mom-and-pop shops is James Martin's website, ikeafans. com. From Wordnik.com. [Lawmakers To Introduce New Internet Privacy Bill] Reference
A hidden beach, a tiny mom-and-pop restaurant, a charming town in the mountains. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Tulipan: My Secret Travel Spot] Reference
"My idea was to create jobs from small operations, mom-and-pop stores," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Some Republicans skeptical of McDonnell's ABC privatization plan] Reference
The dilemma is particularly thorny when the store is an independent mom-and-pop. From Wordnik.com. [The inside scoop on price-matching policies] Reference
It would create a whole new class of entrepreneur: mom-and-pop energy suppliers. From Wordnik.com. [Power People] Reference
DOUG KORSTANJE, WSAZ CORRESPONDENT: Hey, this is a mom-and-pop convenience store. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2002] Reference
VELSHI: These are even mom-and-pop operations, financing and mortgage operations. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 19, 2008] Reference
Stephen, these are not mom-and-pop businesses that U.S. money would be supporting. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 29, 2003] Reference
They say that most of their members are actually small mom-and-pop operations -- Lou. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 15, 2004] Reference
I mean, they are the largest retailer, and they have closed down mom-and-pop shops all over. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2003] Reference
Insurance premiums are the same for all, whether sick or healthy, big business or mom-and-pop. From Wordnik.com. [The National Health Care Phobia] Reference
When the former Atlanta mayor was asked whether Wal-Mart's forcing mom-and-pop stores to close. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2006] Reference
The overwhelming majority of these local-news start-ups, however, are small, mom-and-pop ventures. From Wordnik.com. [TBD.com making its move into the crowded market of local news] Reference
Only about 5% of the sector is "organized," with the rest made up mostly of small mom-and-pop shops. From Wordnik.com. [IKEA Seeks an India Opening] Reference
It accuses the company of exploiting its 1.2 million workers and wiping out mom-and-pop competitors. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2005] Reference
Legislators are now trying to make it harder for these mom-and-pop labs to get their hands on pseudo. From Wordnik.com. [America's Most Dangerous Drug] Reference
In an age of cable-on-demand, Netflix and BitTorrent, it can be tough running a mom-and-pop video store. From Wordnik.com. [Sure, We’ve Got That!] Reference
I mean, your mom-and-pop store is not necessarily going to close down, but they ` ll change how they do business. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 6, 2006] Reference
At the end of the day, Wal-Mart has more pricing power than the mom-and-pop convenient store and will get a better price. From Wordnik.com. [Is The Stock Market Rigged?] Reference
Large online retailers such as Amazon and small, mom-and-pop outfits (think eBay powersellers) have opposed these efforts. From Wordnik.com. [Is an Internet sales tax coming?] Reference
This mom-and-pop bar owner, seeing more and more empty seats, is fearful for the future, especially if GM was to go bankrupt. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2008] Reference
These are the people -- not the mom-and-pop business owners -- who would be hit by the expiration of the top bracket tax cuts. From Wordnik.com. [The Bush tax cuts and small business] Reference
Critics blame Wal-Mart for everything from traffic gridlock to shabby health benefits to the extinction of mom-and-pop stores. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2005] Reference
On Long Island, fakes are sold at nearly every flea market, in car washes, delis, mom-and-pop stores and at kiosks in the malls. From Wordnik.com. [This week in safety: Recalled foods that may be in your cupboard] Reference
SEAN BRANCH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH ASSISTANT: I'd go everywhere, from big-time places to just mom-and-pop shops, and nobody's hiring. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 29, 2009] Reference
Many mom-and-pop retailers, already wounded from the onslaught of big-box chains like Wal-Mart, worry these malls may finish the job. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes From a New Mall] Reference
In fact, when a Starbucks displaced a well-liked mom-and-pop store in my neighborhood, I became obsessed with making the company pay. From Wordnik.com. [Subverting Starbucks] Reference
And David in Arkansas, the brave ice men are going to shut down mom-and-pop motels on the border for renting rooms to illegals aliens?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2005] Reference
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