Monika General Store

If you go down to the Bardoli Vegetable Market on Cinema Road, you will find Monika General Store. Being right near the market means it’s always loud and busy around here. We get a lot of people who are already out doing their vegetable shopping and they stop in to grab other things they need. We sell a bit of everything, from packaged food to small household items. It’s a bit of a squeeze inside sometimes because we try to stock a lot of variety. The floors get a bit dirty from all the foot traffic coming in from the market, but we try to sweep it when we get a quiet minute. We aren't a big supermarket, just a local shop run by local people. We don't have any fancy signs or advertisements. People know us because we’ve been here at the Cinema Road location for years. Some days the market is so packed we can barely see the street, and those are our busiest times. We don't have any special mission or corporate values, we just want to sell our goods and make sure the customers get what they came for. It’s a lot of standing on your feet and lifting boxes, but that’s the job. We like the energy of the market and the different people we meet every day. It’s a simple, honest way to get by.