mini-mart

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Recent Examples of mini-mart These fees provided high-speed internet, discounts on sightseeing tours and a credit at the hotel mini-mart. Monica Pitrelli,bella Stoddart, CNBC, 12 May 2025 These days, a $300 million prize that once drew lines at mini-marts barely registers. Scott McFetridge, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025 The ReCharge by Gelson’s mini-mart will offer an indoor lounge with free WiFi, restrooms, night time security, car wash and pup pad for use while cars are charging. Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024 Malaysia’s largest mini-mart chain by revenue, 99 Speedmart, listed on Malaysia’s stock exchange on Monday with shares closing 13.9% higher at 1.88 ringgit ($0.43). Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024 The mini-mart operator’s tagline ‘Near n’ Save’ is part of a business model that emphasizes convenience and easy access for consumers, said Arun George, an analyst at Global Equity Research who publishes on the platform Smartkarma. Ram Anand, Fortune Asia, 9 Sep. 2024 These foods are already innately familiar to anyone who has ever stepped foot into a grocery store, a gas station mini-mart, or a fast food restaurant. Jess Craig, Vox, 5 Sep. 2024 These foods are already innately familiar to anyone who has ever stepped foot into a grocery store, a gas station mini-mart, or a fast food restaurant. Jess Craig, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024 Dozens of people ransacked a gas station mini-mart near the San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport in Oakland, California, early Friday morning, leaving the store destroyed. Brie Stimson, Fox News, 7 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mini-mart
Noun
  • Charlotte police charged a 37-year-old man in a triple shooting at a south Charlotte mini mart on May 5 that left one person dead and critically injured two others.
    Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2025
  • The garden mart will be open 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Friday, in the Bel Air Armory, 37 N Main St. Admission to the event is free.
    Shaela Foster, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • And, the brand just went on rare sale at the boutique retailer Gilt for Memorial Day weekend.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2025
  • Uniworld’s boutique river ships feature elegant design, luxury amenities, family-style gourmet dining, and immersive cultural experiences, ensuring a luxurious and memorable journey for this community and more.
    Martie Bowser, Essence, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the giant Tower Records on 66th Street and Broadway was as close to a formal meeting place for gay men as a chain store could get.
    Mark Harris, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Stores in Democratic or Republican Counties in America Each chain store’s red/blue distribution.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Founded by Frank Winfield Woolworth in New York in 1879, the retail chain sold staple items from pencils to baseballs at low prices, often just a nickel or a dime, a revolutionary concept that helped Woolworth’s expand to 5,500 five-and-dime stores nationwide at its peak.
    Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
  • Some say it was first made at a five-and-dime shop on the city’s downtown square in the 1950s.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Estate sales, thrift shops, online marketplaces, and discount stores can be sources of hidden gems at bargain prices.
    Mike Irvine, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Consider this your checklist when shopping at Grandma’s house or the local thrift shop.
    Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Macy’s — The department store added more than 2% after the company reported earnings that beat estimates .
    Brian Evans, CNBC, 28 May 2025
  • Even department stores now are almost becoming a relic of the past.
    Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • My favorite stop on the tour was a variety store called Lee Avenue Photo—specifically, the toy section.
    Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
  • Going back in time, most Minnesota small towns shared similarities, including schools, drug stores, variety stores, cafes, churches, hardware stores, bars, baseball fields, gas stations, volunteer fire departments, American Legions and local newspapers.
    Tom Redman, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Soon afterward, cheap paperback classics could be found everywhere from newsstands to dime stores.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Salem, circa 1955: Before the opening of Walmart, many small-town main streets were home to a Ben Franklin dime store, one of which was under the franchise that gave Sam Walton his start in Newport, 1945.
    Ray Hanley, arkansasonline.com, 4 Oct. 2024

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