mom-and-pop store
Example Sentences
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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
“There used to be a mom-and-pop store on every corner and they disappeared after the flood.”
From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2016
