Billu Fruit Merchants

We are based in Prem Nagar, Shakti Nagar, at shop number 7258. Our day starts really early, long before most people are even awake. We have to get the fruit from the bigger wholesale markets and bring it back here. The shop is filled with crates of whatever is in season, like mangoes in the summer or apples in the winter. It smells like ripening fruit all day long. We spend a lot of time sorting through the boxes to make sure everything is good. Some fruits get bruised during transport, so we have to set those aside. It’s a bit of a messy job, and our clothes usually end up with some stains. We have a lot of regular customers from around Prem Nagar who come by for their daily groceries. We use a simple weighing scale and wrap everything in paper or bags. The floor usually has some stray leaves or straw from the packing crates. We aren't a big supermarket; it’s just a traditional fruit stall. Sometimes the prices go up and down depending on the supply, and we have to explain that to people. It’s a lot of standing and lifting, but it’s good to be part of the local market life. We take pride in having fresh stuff every day, even if it means we are tired by the afternoon. When the season changes, the whole look of the shop changes with the new colors of the fruit.