How to Use mom-and-pop in a Sentence

mom-and-pop

adjective

• From the swankiest, fine dining to the mom-and-pop spots.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2023
• There are lots of unique mom-and-pop pizzerias places that did not make this list.
  — Haley Laurence | [e-mail], al, 15 June 2023
• Shoplifters are more likely to steal from large chain stores (52%) than mom-and-pop shops (28%).
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
• In town, there’s a cluster of small shops and restaurants, and mom-and-pop lodgings.
  — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
• Was that because of – or in spite of – the fact that half of NFL teams are mom-and-pop shops passed down as heirlooms?
  — USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
• Warner won’t sell to box stores, only mom-and-pop places.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2023
• Sales were good, but Wicked Bold’s packaging screamed part-time mom-and-pop.
  — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
• And these neighborhoods, for a large part, are defined by these mom-and-pop stores.
  — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Sep. 2023
• But Olive said that because it’s privately owned, there’s still a bit of a mom-and-pop feel to his job.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 13 Aug. 2023
• In other words, discounts to big-box chains must be available to mom-and-pop stores, too.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
• Locally-owned, mom-and-pop retail shops still rein in this small town.
  — Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2024
• The mom-and-pop diner; the vinyl record shop–the local and uncommercialized.
  — Michael Serazio, Fortune, 25 Dec. 2023
• Tantrum, a mom-and-pop toy shop in the Richmond, has gifts for babies and kids of all ages, including puzzles, games and dolls.
  — Nadia Lopez, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
• Such mom-and-pop joints once dotted the North Carolina countryside, but Grady’s is one of the last few left.
  — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2023
• Southern Living sent him in search of mom-and-pop restaurants with recipes worth reporting to the wider world.
  — Ben Terris, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
• The mom-and-pop pizza joint keeps it simple with its menu of pizzas, wings and mozzarella sticks.
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
• Renu runs one of the millions of mom-and-pop stores, known as kiranas, located all over India.
  — Shamina Singh, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2023
• The stock was bolstered by Trump supporters and mom-and-pop investors looking to make a quick buck on the stock’s soaring price.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
• Its products can now be found everywhere from mom-and-pop shops to Costco.
  — Max Scheinblum, The Denver Post, 18 Nov. 2024
• The mom-and-pop trader, or the high-flying institutions?
  — Brian Evans, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2025
• The heists aren’t plaguing just big-box complexes and mom-and-pop convenience stores.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
• There are sadly no mom-and-pop stores in Lower Manhattan.
  — Alix Strauss, New York Times, 4 June 2023
• The neon signs and mom-and-pop shops on Yonge Street have morphed into hipster-friendly barbershops and cafés.
  — Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
• But that's the energy of Taiwan: all that commerce, the mom-and-pop shops, the food stalls feeding millions of people every day.
  — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2023
• Dropbox has long been known as a storage tool for mom-and-pop creative companies.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 23 June 2023
• Downtown and historic Market Square is home to mom-and-pop shops, a fantastic farmer’s market, and year-round events.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 12 July 2024
• But what about the little guy—how will aggressive and broad tariffs affect your favorite mom-and-pop shop?
  — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
• Between excursions, there are breweries, antique stores, and mom-and-pop spots — quirky Lulu's on Main has been a go-to for decades.
  — Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024
• But the point remains: Why does a mom-and-pop business like Beek’s need to be a guinea pig in California’s push to become a clean-air paradise?
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
• The Register Citizen spoke to a few mom-and-pop theater owners who said the proposal could be bad for small businesses like theirs.
  — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 2 Mar 2025