Sentences with phrase «even mom and pop»

I'd argue that even the Mom and Pop charters need to be held accountable to the same transparency and local control measures as any large charter chain.

«I mean, this wasn't even a mom and pop outfit.»

But, technology can also help smaller chains — and even mom and pop restaurants — to run their operations more efficiently than ever before, leveling -LSB-...]

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So much smaller, in fact, that even the tiniest startup or mom - and - pop business can afford to copy the search giant's idea.

Not that the figure means very much: even a local mom - and - pop is unlikely to charge full list price, if there really is such a thing.

On Tuesday, Facebook (FB) unveiled a few design tweaks to its pages for small businesses in the hopes of convincing even more of them — and their customers — that the social network is the destination for mom - and - pop shops and beyond.

The large and accelerating rates of incorporation happened because of the weird interaction of two different populist instincts: (1) Even tax - cutting governments were reluctant to reduce personal income taxes on the top tier of income - earners, for fear of being accused of delivering «a tax cut to the richest Canadians;» (2) Just about every government from Jean Chrétien's onward was eager to cut small - business tax rates, because this seemed to be a handy spur to the plucky spirit of the theoretically job - creating mom - and - pop entrepreneurial class.

Even now, the measures are crude, making it hard to distinguish a fast - growing startup from a local mom - and - pop store.

This would be a different kind of pizza than Pizza Hut or even some of the other mom and pop shops there.

It would give the biggest corporations an even greater advantage over new startups and small mom - and - pop businesses.

But even the smallest of Mom and Pop businesses can benefit from having a staff that telecommutes.

Most small businesses, mom and pop shops, and even mid-size businesses can thrive using a hosted ecommerce cart.

With Cashew chicken, and peanut sauces and all manner of nuts there is just no way I'd even let my kids step foot in a mom and pop's Chinese restaurant.

Deb, the book is amazing and its everything I hoped for, the pictures pop off the page and even though I didn't end up physically in the kitchen sharing some of Mom's Apple Cake with you — I felt like I was that much closer (I am in California after all!).

Nobody other than Mom and Pop Beathard even knew who this guy was before the season began.

A Gemini mom will love having an interactive baby book, full of stimulating colors, pop - up images, sounds, and even smells.

Mickey Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a statement: «Voters agree that Walmart can be tough on its employees and on its mom - and - pop competitors, but even voters in union households say 63 — 34 percent they'll shop there anyway.»

But, the day before shoppers were being asked to shop at local mom and pop shops, local business improvement districts, chambers of commerce and elected officials in Upper Manhattan say they have never even heard of the program.

I always look forward to Thanksgiving as a day where I get to be with my family and typically eat until I pop, but this year was even more special as I got to learn things about my family namely my mom that I didn't know before.

Failure to Launch fails to go anywhere near the subject, either in jest or in earnest, shortchanging Tripp's mom and pop as weaklings afraid to even bring up the subject with their overgrown boy.

While there are a number of «mom and pop» public charters, even in leafy suburbs like Princeton, many are national operators with strong track records like KIPP, Uncommon, and Mastery.

We were able to stop at a couple small mom and pop restaurants and even found a prehistoric «video store».

But as of this writing, Amazon is offering the book for pre-order — something that many mom - and - pop independent bookstores aren't even set up to do — for less than $ 13 for the hardcover; the Kindle edition is priced just over $ 11, while Barnes and Noble and Kobo are offering the ebook edition for pre-order for more than $ 16.

The magnitude of their failure to do what even a small mom - and - pop company with an online presence does boggles my mind.

My comments this evening stem from a Bloomberg.com article entitled Bond Market Has $ 900 Billion Mom - and - Pop Problem When Rates Rise.

That's where the mom and pop pet shops have an advantage over online retailers, of course, but also over Walmart and Target — and even the Petcos and PetSmarts.

Then my new human mom and pop came to meet me and even though they said we were all cute, my dad picked me!

These vendors have held up their refusal to do business with grocery and mass retailers — and in many cases even Petco and PetSmart — as proof that they are true loyal partners to the mom - and - pop pet shops that have long made this a vibrant and diverse market.

Pet specialty stores may not be focused in on aesthetics the way a home design store or high - end clothing boutique might be, but even the average mom and pop pet shop can benefit from employing at least a modicum of creative merchandising.

Let's face it: Today's pet owners have no shortage of options when it comes to shopping for pet products, many of which are probably more convenient — not to mention less expensive — than taking a trip to their local mom - and - pop pet store, even if it is right around the corner.

That's not to say all or even most small mom - and - pop pet stores use bad practices.

* Some merchants you may recognize Priceline.com, Petro Canada, Home Depot, The Bay, The Source, Banana Republic and even your local dentist or «mom and pop» restaurants!

Support your Local Artist — similar to how people want to support their local farmer or buy from a boutique, mom - and - pop shop (even if they don't know who they are), we found buyers wanted to do the same with artists (this was also driven by wanting a picture of the local landmark or landscape), but like local farms they didn't have the time to go to open studios or art fairs.

As we've previously noted, sharing an IP address with spammers (or even mom - and - pop businesses with poor list hygiene practices) is like sharing a social security number with a deadbeat.

[In] this day and age, even very small mom - and - pop operations are cross-border.»

I work in Wisconsin and Illinois helping small businesses, developers, real estate investors, and even just the basic mom and pop help to grow their businesses and find properties and assist them in whatever way I can as far as managing and maintaining their properties.

Even the simplest of mom - and - pop operations are subject to many of the same types of threats — let's consider the barest minimum of business computing: a spreadsheet on a workstation containing customer records.

This improvement in scaling allows even mom - and - pop green generators to obtain certificates and participate in energy transactions.

Even a mom & pop retail store manager is likely to be hired first as a subject matter expert and secondarily for general skills.