“We’ve got about a quarter-million-dollar advertisement campaign coming on, and that’s just for six months, so hopefully it goes real well. We’re looking toward Nashville with [a potential expansion].
– Tim McClure, president and CEO, Harvest Grocery
“We’ve only been in business now three months or four months, but we are very optimistic about 2016. Barring any economic crisis or anything on the national or worldwide scene, I think we’re going to be just fine here.
– John Crockett, owner and operator, Indian Motorcycles of Chattanooga, an affiliate of Crockett Powersports
“I think a lot of liquor stores around the (grocery store) complex areas will get hurt (with supermarkets beginning to sell liquor in July). Obviously, everybody’s going to get hit.”
-Punit Patel, co-owner, Jax Liquors
“Small businesses are doing better than they were a year ago, but they don’t have a lot of faith that the recovery is going to last. If anything, there’s a sense that things are going to get worse before they get better.”
– Jim Brown, state director of NFIB (National Federation of Independent Businesses).