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A new One Stop store in Swansea, formerly the Carriage House pub, is already taking more than £700 a day on fresh and chilled alone.
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wenty-two-year-old retailer Harman Basainty has converted a derelict pub in Swansea into a stateof-the art 2,000sq ft One Stop store. The former Carriage House pub closed about 15 years ago and the Basainty family has owned the property for many years, renting it out as a café and takeaway. However, it never really worked as a successful venture. Harman and his family are no strangers to retail, having already run convenience stores for many years.
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However, the new One Stop at Rheidol Avenue, Swansea is his first foray into the One Stop offering, as he explains: “The offers and promos are superb for our customers and things are much simpler for us to manage as everything runs through the EPoS system. We know where each product is and what’s on the shelf and it’s proving to be a much more efficient way to run a store. “What we’re able to offer the local community now is amazing. We’ve never been able to get such a huge range
