Yenduru Sudhakar General&F Stores

You can find us in the Y Buildings right on Eluru Road in the Kasturibaipet area. Vijayawada is a place that never really cools down, so we have a couple of old fans running all day to keep the air moving inside the shop. It’s a family-run kind of place, and we’ve been part of this neighborhood for quite some time now. People around here just call us by our name, and we know most of the families who live in the back streets of Kasturbai Pet. The shop is filled with all sorts of things, from large tins of oil to small packets of shampoo hanging from the ceiling hooks. We have a lot of different food items, mostly things you’d need to cook a proper meal at home. Sometimes the Eluru Road traffic makes it hard for people to park their cycles right in front, but they usually find a spot. The building itself has its own character, and we've occupied this space for long enough that the walls feel very familiar. We don't really do much in the way of advertising; people just know we are here and they come in when they run out of sugar or salt. My days are mostly spent checking the stock and talking to the regular customers who stop in for a chat while they wait for their items to be packed. It’s a steady kind of life here in the city.