Sentences with phrase «local establishments often»

Not exact matches

While US & UK retailers migrated out of town, Irish forecourts remained part of the local fabric in small towns & villages — prices may not have been the sharpest, but service was personal & friendly, and their offering often expanded to include fresh food, plus a grocery shop, chipper, pub, garage, car dealership, etc. [After all, a grocery shop, pub & undertakers in a single establishment was not unusual years ago!].

This will also be an opportunity for hotel staff to showcase their establishments, which are also deeply rooted in the life of their neighborhood, and to encourage local residents to go through their doors more often, without actually having to book a room!

Not everyone wants to shop at the big stores anyhow where service is often lacking; in fact with self serve and cutbacks in current times there is often no service to be had at all nearly in their local establishments.