mom-and-pop
adjective
1
: being or relating to a small owner-operated business
a mom-and-pop grocery
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What a platform like Shopify is doing is bringing AI capability to every mom-and-pop shop out there.
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Simon James, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Still today, the island preserves a feeling of Old Florida authenticity—bikeability, mom-and-pop style inns and a Sunday Sanibel Farmers Market.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
Just who are these mom-and-pop investors whose money is still good?
—Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Friction aside, specialty stores and mom-and-pop shops are rapidly retaining market share.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
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Simon James, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Still today, the island preserves a feeling of Old Florida authenticity—bikeability, mom-and-pop style inns and a Sunday Sanibel Farmers Market.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
Just who are these mom-and-pop investors whose money is still good?
—Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Friction aside, specialty stores and mom-and-pop shops are rapidly retaining market share.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for mom-and-pop
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“Mom-and-pop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mom-and-pop. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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