Gayathri General Stores

This is Gayathri General Stores, located right across from Poorna Traders in Gajuwaka. We are a small family shop and we’ve been in this spot for a long time. There isn't much to say about us, we just sell the regular items you’d expect to find in a neighborhood store. Things like detergents, packets of biscuits, spices, and loose grains. We get our supplies from the wholesale market every week. Sometimes we forget to order something and have to tell customers to come back the next day. It happens. The shop is a bit cramped because we try to fit as much as possible into the small room we have. You might have to squeeze past a sack of onions to get to the back. We don't have a big sign or bright lights, just the old board outside. Most of the people who come here are regulars who live in the houses behind the main road. We know who likes which brand of coffee and who prefers a certain type of rice. It’s nice to talk to the neighbors while weighing out their groceries. My wife handles the morning shift and I take over in the afternoon. We don’t really close for holidays unless there is a family wedding or something important. It’s just a plain, honest shop. We try to keep the prices fair and make sure the weights are correct on the scale for everyone who visits.