Local Business Superheroes Gifts

"Ooh look, the high street's evolved to survive!"

'I'm afraid the cuts are beginning to bite!'

Local food for local consumption

Member of the Fortune 5 Million

"Are you mad with us, Mrs. Bimmelman?"

"I know your previous employer gave you an excellent reference, but you were self-employed."

'He's still able to do the work of three committees.'

"I've got a great idea! By adding the words "and associates" to my business name, no one will every suspect I'm really just one person with a phone and a web site working out of my bedroom!"

Let's all go to a farmer's market.

Super-Mario Draghi

Think globally. Act locally.

"I've simplified our work process!"

Mom & Pop Grocerette

Working mother

Tips for a green Christmas by Indian Wild Animals.

'I remember when it was a row of quaint little coffee bars and boutiques.'

MADE IN CANADA "Buy Canadian"..."Eh!"

Balloons vs. Rockets

Pop's store's wanted ad: MOM.

"Local shopping, local eating, and...I married the girl next door."

"As part of our commitment to small business, we are willing to lend you your bus fare home."

Home Business - Accounting Software.

'If we let this happen, soon we'll be swamped in chain stores.'

"We find shopping at the farmers' market to be more self-congratulatory."

With Friends Like These

"Come on. I always browse the Mom and Pop stores before buying online."

"We've got a real feisty one here. We caught it trying to cross the stream behind the store."

One cappuccino please, and I wanted to give you this. A note. How formal. Dear small local independent coffee house ... I went to Starbucks this morning. I'm sorry. Can you ever forgive me? What if I agree to purge what I ate? The written apology is sufficient.

'Were the lemons grown locally?'

'Ok, I'll be your spokes person just rub my tummy and it's a deal!'

'Honestly! You'd do anything to win the Community Balloon Race, wouldn't you?'

Great Streets

High Street

"Hello, dear. I had a very busy day at the office, grabbed a bite on the way home, and brought home some work which I'll do in my study. See you in the morning. Good night."

"He was a mainstay of the economy. Now two brewries and a whiskey distillery are on short time and one tobacco wholesaler has gone completely bankrupt."