Company store
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company-store-179-3604473
title:
Company store
text:
A company store is a retail store selling a limited range of food, clothing and daily necessities to employees of a company. It is typical of a company town in a remote area where virtually everyone is employed by one firm, such as a coal mine. In a company town, the housing is owned by the company but there may be independent stores there or nearby. Employee-only company stores often accept scrip or non-cash vouchers issued by the company in advance of periodic cash paychecks, and gives credit
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Store selling almost exclusively to employees of a specific company
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_store
date created:
2004-08-09T00:27:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T21:49:54Z
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13
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