It's possible he's referring to the food carts which would certainly qualify as Mom-and-Pop in many cases.
Quoting Anthony West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > It's anybody's guess! For starters, "upscale" does not contrast > logically with "mom-and-pop"; many a Napa Valley winery is an upscale > mom-and-pop operation. For another thing, I'm hard pressed to think of > any "on-campus" operations that are "mom-and-pop" -- Penn's real-estate > wing has long favored chains -- and not many that are "downscale" > (unless you count their fast-food franchisees, etc.). > > Either that Penn real-estate wonk hadn't had his coffee before he was > interviewed, or, more likely, the Penn kid who wrote the story had > little grasp of either business or geography and was flinging around > terms wildly, hoping they had a nice ring to them. > > -- Tony West > > > Ray wrote: > > > > here's another: [thursday's dp]: http://tinyurl.com/2zydee > > > > [if anyone can figure out what they mean by mom-and-pop operations, > > I'd like to hear!] > > > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
