Mom and Pop

Example Sentences

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This is especially true now that the kind of storage facilities that 30 years ago were mom and pop operations, with mom and pop living on the premises, are managed remotely by large corporations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The harms of graffiti are most often seen with small mom and pop enterprises navigating high-crime neighborhoods, losing foot traffic after having their businesses vandalized.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2024

"More so in the industry, you know, looking at the pressure put on these mom and pop restaurants when I do 'Diners, Drive-ins and Dives,' the dollar isn't going as far as it once was."

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2024

The company dealt with "world class assets" but was like a "mom and pop" business, he said, adding that it operated as a "meritocracy".

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

I didn’t even bother to ask my mom and pop.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez