mom-and-pop store

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Picture a mom-and-pop store with an old cigar box for a till.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

And those are just the high-profile stories — not including the countless mom-and-pop store owners, restaurateurs, investors, inventors and startup founders who fuel our local economies and global industries.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2023

As a fifth-grader, she successfully petitioned the local mom-and-pop store to stop selling candy cigarettes.

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2019

With Mr. Lee’s prompting, Mr. Fitzsimmons said he had graduated from Archbishop Williams High School in Braintree, Mass. His family, he said, ran a gas station and mom-and-pop store in nearby Weymouth.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2018

Henry Pitman, who has worked 35 years at Marien Pro Hardware, a cluttered mom-and-pop store on the Southside, began asking questions.

From Washington Times • May 16, 2015