Mom and Pop

Example Sentences

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So, it created a new subsidiary called GenCo, whose sole purpose would be to serve the biggest customers, keeping the impact away from their normal mom-and-pop customers.

From Barron's

But this is a good place to start, and it still lets mom-and-pop landlords or investors who own less than 50 properties to take advantage of the tax break, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

"Consumers are not buying much more than they were; but they've shifted their purchases from mom-and-pop stores to branded outlets."

From BBC

This growth has, however, come at a cost to local mom-and-pop stores on the high street.

From BBC

Under Rubin, Fanatics has gone from a mom-and-pop operation into a company that employs 22,000 people and is valued between $25 billion and $30 billion.

From Los Angeles Times