A gutsy entrepreneur is opening the twice failed fruit and veggie market

in GEMS2 years ago (edited)

It is #marketFriday day, a great tag brought to us by the ever wonderful @dswigle, and I am feeling overly excited with the expectation of a little fruit and veggie market re-opening.

Yesterday, on a Friday, I saw the big roller door up, the lights on and the cleaning cloth on the counter and took it as a good sign. It made my heart and soul hummed at the thought of fresh fruit and veggies in the display bins once again.

Choice is as important for me as the other person. I love buying from little businesses especially in a shopping centre with large co-operate run supermarkets.

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Sadly several months ago the market was closed the second time and as a shopper I never knew why. I thought that given the number of people in line with their armfuls and basketfuls of fruit and veggies the business was going well. The only explanation was a sign saying that due to unforeseen circumstances the market had to be be closed. I always hoped that this did not mean a death, illness or a loan shark beating down their door.

I am definitely going to give the new entrepreneurs my business. Being a forward kind of person I had to ask Glen when the market was opening and his answer was next week. Great news!

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Interestingly the fresh produce bins had remained during the closure so perhaps re-opening was always the shopping centre's vision plan. Too many shops have closed over the last couple of years and can only guess they have been victims of the covid pandemic. It has been a tough economic time for small shop owners so hopefully with Australian opening in December we will see better financial times for all little entrepreneurs.

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Supporting small businesses is vital to keep them open. To my way of thinking it is worth the extra kilometres to buy my weekly list of fruit and veggies at this little market positioned in the middles of a large shopping centre.

I hope lots of shoppers will do their bit to keep this little business open.

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Maybe this time it will be successful. :)

Hopefully it will @rem-steem, I think the cheaper prices in the supermarkets win a lot of the time.

Many markets had closed here in South Africa due to our lock downs, it's so sad, but fortunately they have reopened again recently and slowly coming back to life. Lovely post @angiemitchell thanks for sharing.

How heartening that positive changes for little businesses are occurring world wide @artywink. I take heart that this trend will keep going. I read that international travel is fast becoming a reality for Australians and while it is being encouraged we are going to wait and see how it goes.
Wishing you a happy day and thank your lovely positive words. 💗

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Thank you @rem-steem, always delighted to be upvoted by the BDCommunity.

We have been fortunate our little grocery store remains open fresh fruit and veg are available. Owner also support people in community who deliver homemade food or breads to her store to sell on their behalf, so more than just supporting one store owner.

Similar happens from local biltong and flower store where home bottled produce or home baked goods are placed on a table selling on behalf of community members.

Always wonderful when communities support each other in preference to going directly into big stores for the one stop shop.

Good morning Joan, I have noticed that there are cheaper fruit and veggies at the market in the past that are always great to buy but the high quality products are more expensive. I think they are worth the money.
Your local grocery store sounds ideally handy, it must have a lot of character. Happy Sunday to you.

Our market if it is still in the same place is other side of the city, local adhoc farmers markets sprout up in different places or events.

Now I rely on weekly purchase at small corner shop where they support local produce and collect from the market. Handy supporting Mom and Pop run stores one can be selective in what you buy no matter where you go 😉, have a wonderful Sunday too.