mom-and-pop

She traveled the country, helping mom-and-pop shops redesign their spaces to compete in a booming cannabis marketplace newly flush with corporate money.

“I find it interesting how press articles often covered small, locally owned, literal mom-and-pop diners that were struggling to offer the inexpensive breakfast plates for which they’re known and beloved,” said Emily Contois, a professor at the University of Tulsa who studies the relationship between food and culture.

They allege that these companies are using billions of dollars in venture capital funds to engage in anti-competitive practices like "predatory pricing" or "deep discounting" which has further distorted the playing field for mom-and-pop shops.

“Can an actual mom-and-pop small business afford that?” he said.

I always want something freshly made and from a mom-and-pop style situation.