RETAILER INTERVIEW
AVTAR SIDHU BUDGENS KENILWORTH
HOW’S YOUR WEEK BEEN...
AVTAR SIDHU?
THINGS ARE FINALLY BEGINNING TO SETTLE DOWN A LITTLE FOR KENILWORTH BUDGENS RETAILER AVTAR SIDHU BUT SALES REMAIN STELLAR, IN NO SMALL PART DUE TO HIS HOME DELIVERY SERVICE AND VAPING OFFER.
HOW’S YOUR WEEK BEEN SID? It’s been very busy, as you’d imagine, but it’s probably the first week where I’ve started to see things settling down a little. That’s not say volumes have dropped but they’ve levelled off a little. Stock availability is also getting back to much better levels and it all seems to be a bit more under control.
BUT SALES ARE STILL STELLAR? Oh, absolutely. The numbers we’re doing at the moment are just not even comparable with what we were doing before the pandemic and the store-
to-door side of the business is flying.
HOW MANY HOME DELIVERIES ARE YOU DOING? We probably average between 40 and 50 a day and the basket spend is around £45. It’s pretty incredible really. We use Snappy Shopper – it works really well. We first heard of them at SLR’s #ThinkSmart event years ago, actually. I always thought home delivery was something the convenience sector could really get hold but I suppose coronavirus has simply accelerated that process. The solutions from companies
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