mom-and-pop
adjective
1
: being or relating to a small owner-operated business
a mom-and-pop grocery
2
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To go back to your early point about these mom-and-pop restaurants, he really was focused on creating this experience and giving an opportunity for these nonnas to be able to cook.
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Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
The company raised $21.8 billion, delivering a big payday for Wall Street banks and minting mom-and-pop investors.
—Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 20 May 2025
This approach has allowed the brand to build businesses with a wide variety of retailers, including Target, spas, mom-and-pop stores, Selfridges, Whole Foods, Ulta Beauty and more.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 20 May 2025
That marketplace was 4 years old and already tearing into brick-and-mortar, mom-and-pop shops.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
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Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
The company raised $21.8 billion, delivering a big payday for Wall Street banks and minting mom-and-pop investors.
—Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 20 May 2025
This approach has allowed the brand to build businesses with a wide variety of retailers, including Target, spas, mom-and-pop stores, Selfridges, Whole Foods, Ulta Beauty and more.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 20 May 2025
That marketplace was 4 years old and already tearing into brick-and-mortar, mom-and-pop shops.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
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“Mom-and-pop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mom-and-pop. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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