Sentences with phrase «than the chain operators»

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.

Not exact matches

According to Pembroke Consulting data, Walmart is the fourth largest pharmacy operator in the U.S., with 2016 sales of $ 20.6 billion, making it larger than drugstore chain Rite Aid.

On the upside, Whitbread PLC shares WTB, -0.73 % jumped 7.2 % after Elliott Management said in a statement over the weekend that it has amassed a stake of more than 6 % in Britain's biggest hotel and coffee - shop operator and believes it's currently the largest investor in the company, whose businesses include the Premier Inn chain.

Business is changing to more chain accounts than independent operators — who, at one point, were 90 percent Greek - owned in Chicago — and now are shifting to Hispanic and Middle Eastern owners.

Attendees at the 2014 retreat included: more than 35 volume foodservice operators from chain restaurants, contract foodservice companies, supermarkets, and colleges and universities; 22 presenters including guest chefs from Austin, TX, Kailua, HI, Oakland, CA, New York, NY, and Seattle, WA, and sponsor representatives from the 23 companies and organizations who supported the event.

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.

Many conventional charter operators report that they would rather operate small, one - site schools than seek to create a chain of schools.

And when it comes to the franchises within the pet specialty channel, I have personally met some storeowners who, quite frankly, fit the classic definition of an independent retailer better than some of the regional chain operators out there.

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