Each service had an independent chain of command.

Bannatyne's is now the largest independent chain of health clubs in the United Kingdom.

Within a couple of years the brand was spun off as an independent chain (still owned at the time by Holiday Inn).

While the Shore's independent chains have made a go of it where giants fear to tread, problems remain.

Today the society is the largest independent retail chain in the region with a net asset value of £65 million.

I think they'll meet with resistance from exhibitors along the way, with the exception of the independent chains.

Mohawk was an independent chain of gas stations before acquired by Husky in 1998.

However, by the 1870s both independent and national chains of news wholesaler started to make inroads into Cornwall.

H Map This local independent chain has big aspirations, having opened a half dozen locations.

The deal, which was announced in February, would have created an independent chain of about 250 stores and annual sales of $4 billion.