mini-mart

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Recent Examples of mini-mart On the retail side, Little Kim offers a mini-mart selection of sauces and retail products made in-house as well as those from Asian and Asian American makers. Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 6 Aug. 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mini-mart
Noun
  • The food mart scored 12 on the June 17 follow-up inspection.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2025
  • Maryland Lottery officials are also giving a $500 bonus to the Baltimore food mart that sold him the winning ticket.
    Jillian Frankel, People.com, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • The company has opened a new showroom and boutique at Westfield UTC.
    Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • About 28 percent of Gen Z and a whopping 40 percent of Gen X responders tend to choose the multibrand experience, while Millennials sit in between, with 24 percent of responders indicating indie boutique as their go-to.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The road behind the chain store will be blocked off to include a vinyl pop-up record store, photo booth, friendship bracelets, glitter sprinkles on Starbucks cold foam drinks and more.
    Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The key challenge is balancing chain stores, trendy dining, and useful shops to suit a mix of locals and visitors — something the street has struggled with through its many ups and downs.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The 75-year-old daughter of Sam Walton, the late Walmart founder who turned a five-and-dime store in rural Arkansas into the world’s largest company by revenue, thinks the US is very close to that breaking point.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Beyond its handsome red brick Victorian facades, Bisbee’s charms are myriad: friendly locals; a mild, four-season climate; thrift shops; hip galleries; chill coffeehouses; great eateries and art everywhere.
    Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Take the quiz here … SECONDHAND SECRETS – Bargain hunter spots potential medieval treasures at thrift shop for $30.
    , FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Song’s invitation marks the 11th for the Parisian department store’s annual artistic program, following exhibits from renowned international art figures such as Argentine artist Leandro Erlich, Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota and Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Chick-fil-A officials plan next fall to open a 5,218-square-foot restaurant with a drive-thru facility in the parking lot of the former Herberger’s department store building.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For those that live in the neighborhood, offerings at the Metropolitan Bar and Kitchen’s variety store are convenient for those looking to stop in for pizza and beer, wine and other items.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Discount stores remain the most popular type of retailer for 62 percent of back-to-school shoppers, followed by Amazon, 56 percent, and dollar and variety stores, 42 percent.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 23 July 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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