Sri Divya General Stores

We are located at No 20 on the ECR Road in Kottivakkam. Running a store like Sri Divya General Stores in this part of Chennai is interesting because you get a mix of local residents and people heading out for the weekend. The traffic on ECR is always moving, but people find a way to pull over and grab what they need quickly. Our shop isn't very big, so we have to be smart about how we stack the boxes and display the items. We keep the daily necessities like milk, bread, and various household items. I usually get here early to sweep the front and get things ready for the day before it gets too hot. Sometimes the sea breeze reaches us, which is nice when it is humid outside. We have been in Kottivakkam for a while now, and we know most of the people who live in the surrounding lanes. My wife helps me with the accounts in the evening after she finishes her other work. We don't bother with much decoration; we just want the shop to be clean and easy to walk through. It is a lot of standing and moving around, but that is the nature of the business we are in. We don't have any big corporate plans. We just want to keep the shelves full and make sure our neighbors have a place to buy their groceries. It is a simple, local shop run by local people.