The same way with a great big chain of stores.

At many big chains, this month's sales will likely be, says the paper, between 4 and 5 percent higher than last December.

People would pay more to buy from local merchants to keep out the big chains.

The big chains took away a lot of their business.

"It was like some big chains fell off my back."

"We failed to show the big chains how to market the produce," he said.

I can't compete with the big chains on price alone.

But in an age of big chains and the Internet, it will do.

When it's a big chain, the guests know what they are getting.

I can,understand why the big chains might draw back from this one.