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10 Mom-and-Pop Businesses That Turned Into Empires

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Today, The Bean has approximately 350 company-owned stores, with locations in Southern California, Las Vegas, Honolulu, New York City and Southeast Asia. The founder of Wal-Mart, Sam Walton, started his retail empire in 1950 when he opened Walton’s Five and Dime in Bentonville, Ark.