As previously stated in Sec. 779.23, the term establishment as used
in the Act means a distinct physical place of business. The
``enterprise,'' by reason of the definition contained in section 3(r) of
the Act and the tests enumerated in section 3(s) of the Act, may be
composed of a single establishment. The term ``establishment,'' however,
is not synonymous with the words ``business'' or ``enterprise'' when
those terms are used to describe multiunit operations. In such a
multiunit operation some of the establishments may qualify for
exemption, others may not. For example, a manufacturer may operate a
plant for production of its goods, a separate warehouse for storage and
distribution, and several stores from which its products are sold. Each
such physically separate place of business is a separate establishment.
In the case of chain store systems, branch stores, groups of independent
stores organized to carry on business in a manner similar to chain store
systems, and retail outlets operated by manufacturing or distributing
concerns, each separate place of business ordinarily is a separate
establishment.
