Shree Jagdeesh Kirana Store

Shree Jagdeesh Kirana Store is right in the middle of New Market in Bhopal. If you know the area, you know it is always crowded and there is a lot of noise from the shoppers and the traffic. Our shop is at number 10, and it has been there through a lot of changes in the city. We keep a lot of different grocery items squeezed onto the shelves. It is one of those places where you have to know where things are because we use every inch of space we have. From floor to ceiling, there are containers of pulses, grains, and all the basic stuff for a household. Bhopal gets quite hot in the summers, so the shop can feel a bit stuffy, but we have the fans going all day. Customers come in and out, some just for a single item and others for their whole monthly list. We try to keep things organized, but when it gets busy, it can get a little messy behind the counter. That is just part of running a kirana store in a busy market area like this one. We see all kinds of people every day, from students to old-timers who have lived in Bhopal for decades. We do not really do any big advertising; people just find us because we are centrally located in New Market. It is a plain, honest business and we just focus on getting through the daily tasks of weighing out goods and handling the change.