Sentences with phrase «rather than chains»

Most of the restaurants listed are smaller local establishments rather than chains.

Most of the participating restaurants are smaller, local restaurants rather than chains, so the listed locations can vary quite a bit from city to city.

Most of these restaurants are smaller, local restaurants rather than chains, so the participating venues will vary quite a bit from city to city.

The report suggests that «funding all academies through chains, rather than chains through academies, would turn this power struggle on its head».

What's more, as entrepreneurs are often on the go rather than chained to the desk, you need a line of communication with colleagues that's all - inclusive and easy to understand.

SEASONED retailers in Leederville believe the area's appeal lies in the independent streak displayed by the stores and entertainment outlets rather than the chain operators that have come to dominate other high street precincts.

Scaling becomes possible because participants will monitor the chains they are economically impacted by, rather than every chain; one watches the chain wherein they wish to reinforce proper behavior and punish malicious actors.

«Our stores are more of a collection of stores rather than a chain look,» Johanneson explains.

With technology improving every day, we need to be seeking more innovative ways to work, rather than chaining our people to their cubicles.

Mostly, though, it feels like the inventive solution of a director liberated by rather than chained to his big idea.

Most restaurants are small, local establishments rather than chain restaurants.

Dogs are less likely to bite when they're spayed or neutered, properly trained, and brought into the home rather than chained in the backyard.

Most of the restaurants listed were smaller local restaurants rather than chain locations.

Instead, the brand strives to deliver a destination experience rather than a chain experience, opting for properties whose architecture emphasizes local culture and style.

The most appealing towns also incorporate individually owned shops rather than chain stores.

Not exact matches

«To a very large extent, 3D printers are additive — pun intended — to existing supply chains rather than substitutive,» says Stewart.

However, most firearms are sold at gun shops or gun shows rather than at major chains, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation.

Simply link up all the paperclips in someone's drawer and watch on as they proceed to pull out a whole chain of clips rather than just the one they intended to.

A CVS deal would be a so - called vertical integration — an acquisition down a company's supply chain rather than «horizontal» — an acquisition of a direct competitor.

Rather than holding a review, Shoppers selected the agency based on its multimedia focus and its status since February 2014 as AOR for Loblaw, which purchased the pharmacy chain for $ 12.4 billion in 2013.

A CVS deal would be a so - called vertical integration — an acquisition along a company's supply chain — rather than a horizontal acquisition of a direct competitor.

You're also more likely to see them in upscale chains rather than in traditional fast food restaurants.

Rather than compete against Best Buy when it expanded into Canada, the chain chose to sell out to the U.S. retailing giant in 2001 for $ 580 million.

States like Alabama have built a presence in the global supply chain in direct competition with the country's Midwestern industrial heartland, and even if Trump coaxes jobs back to the United States they may well head south rather than north.

Examples of such projects providing marginal benefits are: improving financial reporting systems through better information technology, minor tweaks to supply chain logistics, cutting back on marketing or increasing low - cost advertising (like social media), «rationalization» of head count, holding average wages as low as possible, squeezing suppliers a little bit, not repatriating earnings to stave off taxation, refinancing rather than retiring debts, and the share buyback that is insensitive to a company's current stock price.

Rather than relying on major banks — or a municipal taxi service or hotel chain — an open marketplace for liquidity would allow a plethora of new participants to participate, similar to the impact Uber has had on taxis and Airbnb has had on places to stay.

Rather than sitting back and leaving it to chance that qualified diverse companies would find their way into the company's supply chain, the automaker vowed to create a centralized summit — one where diverse suppliers could connect with real opportunities for business development.

If these miners are willing and able to waste energy mining the «old» chain, any non-upgraded user would follow this «miner chain,» rather than the valuable «economy chain.»

Products that solve problems beyond the crypto community, like supply chain management or real estate applications, sound exciting, but we believe that the products that are most ripe for adoption in the next 2 — 4 years are infrastructure and middleware that serve the existing community rather than end - user applications that appeal to the masses.

Hong Kong - based drugstore chain Watsons has become the first multi-national retailer to sign on to Cainiao Network's «ship from store» service, which delivers in as fast as two hours by fulfilling online orders at the store nearest to the consumer, rather than a warehouse.

Wesfarmers could reduce the cost of exiting the British home improvement market by about $ 1 billion if it can find a buyer for the Homebase chain rather than shutting it down.

Rather than relying on a fixed network of the cheapest possible shipping routes, these companies look for alternative connections in their supply chains to get shipments from Point A to Point B.

Measuring trade in gross terms, rather than examining the value - add inputs from countries along the supply chain, fails to tell us the whole story of where commodities actually came from and where they went.

Limiting fresh beef to the quarter pounder patties makes sense because it is «deliberate and measured,» rather than disrupting the company's entire supply chain, says Hottovy, who thinks the patties taste «noticeably» better and should help boost McDonald's perception.

Rather than being valued like a tech company, it turns out that public markets value Blue Apron much the same way they would a typical chain of grocery stores.

The chief characteristic of action is that it is the beginning of something new, the starting of a process or a chain of events rather than the making of a product.

but I'd rather that than succumb to these chains and the power behind them.

I lean towards the third view... but I admit it is the most difficult of the three views... Christ's priorities appear to be «love in motion» flowing in almost unpredictable directions as dictated by the greatest need: — He heals a slave rather than rebukes slavery; — He heals a man at a pool, then leads the man to belief, then says «cease from sinning»; — He heals many others and says «go and sin no more» to but a few; — He shares money with the poor but establishes no long - term aid; — He touches lepers; He converses with seeking Pharisees; He debates with other Pharisees; He lives with Samaritan outcasts for two days; — He acknowledges the five «marriages» of the Samaritan woman as «marriages»... and then remarks about her current co-habitation... but then moves to higher priorities; — He seems so very focused on internal holiness and not on external holiness; — He violates the Sabbath; He says He is Lord of the Sabbath; He even says that the Sabbath was created to assist man, rather than man created to serve the Sabbath... thus turning the entire concept of the Law into one of assistance rather than being chained to obedience; — He insists on impartiality in the way we bless others, even if we call them «evil» or «good».

However, when lay people remain in an abusive church situation where they have the chuck wagon power the chains are psychological rather than financial.

What in an older kind of philosophy would have been called the chain - of - cause - and - effect is here seen as being very much richer; it is a congeries of occasions, events, pressures, movements, routes, which come to focus at this or that point, and which for their explanation require some principle that has brought and still is bringing each of them, rather than some other possible occurrence, into this particular concrete moment of what we commonly style «existence».

So let's develop a supply chain for that, rather than say, «You're wrong if you don't want GMOs.»

It is fairly high in fat, but it is a medium chain fatty acid, which is converted in to energy by the liver, rather than fat.

The medium - chain fatty acids get used as energy rather than stored as fat in the body.

Santiago says that because this is a new philosophy for the entire Hyatt chain rather than a simple menu change, its efforts will continue to evolve.

Thus the comeback path for Woolworths, which despite its self - inflicted wounds, is still the most profitable supermarket chain with superior sites, will require fresh management blood rather than internal succession.

Further, as per the scope of this report, the science and technology areas discussed focus on unlocking value - adding activities or markets, rather than improving productivity on - farm / factory or over the value chain.

Staunchly critical of the retail chains — he says he would rather close his family winery than sell to them — Mr Crittenden said the initiative, called Seekwine, would provide a place consumers were guaranteed to find wines made by small family operators rather than mistakenly buying a private - label wine made by the retailers.

It's important to target markets and become part of a well - planned supply chain rather than taking the best grid price on the day.

Management consultants BCG have urged major supermarket chains to rethink their private - label strategies and create products their customers want rather than products they are prepared to settle for.

At the chain's Manhattan locations, new employees start at $ 10 an hour rather than at the minimum wage of $ 8.75.