The business may have grown, but there's still something of the original mom and pop store about it.

He can buy insurance cheaper than mom and pop store on the corner.

"The old mom and pop stores are starting to turn over.

The rest of the tenants were mostly mom and pop stores.

Q. So is the time for the small mom and pop store ended forever?

"We're not only talking about teaching jobs, but for mom and pop stores the move might mean 50 more sandwiches a day," he said.

But if those mom and pop stores all get together and pool, they too can bring the cost of insurance down.

They bemoan the displacement of mom and pop stores in the neighborhood.

"That's why downtowns have been relegated to mom and pop stores."

"Suppose there's an owner of a computer corporation and it started out as a mom and pop store.

Wiping out many mom and pop stores, it handily became the largest toy seller in America.

It has taken 20 years to make the transition to national retailers from the mom and pop stores that had served the local community for generations.

We're the mom and pop store.

Long protected by a Government that favored small family-owned distribution, thousands of mom and pop stores now face a shakeout.

Aside from Blockbuster and a few much smaller chains, the rental business consists mainly of mom and pop stores.

"The old mom and pop stores are being pushed out, and the new stores set prices at levels that tourists can pay.

If Mom and Pop stores and farms were always provisional here, they're now literally sunk.

A local mom and pop store is just the right size for mom and for pop.

Consider this scenario: Two armed thugs, previously convicted of two felonies, enter a mom and pop store.

Beyond vested interest, close family relationships, mutual respect, open communications, what is the Mom and Pop stores' best weapon against the national retail competition?

Because of its small size and mom and pop stores, restaurants, and saloons, the neighborhood is often described as having a village atmosphere.

The chips are sold all over town at many local businesses, from mom and pop stores to chains such as Schnucks and even 7-Eleven.

Despite a steady but small influx of people from Manhattan, the neighborhood has retained an Italian flavor with many mom and pop stores still in business.

"Most of the businesses are mom and pop stores," said Ray Acosta, who helped create the network of stores.

Another thing is that we are huge foodies so culture rich restaurants are a must and a places with quiant little mom and pops stores.