SLR AWARDS 2021 A VIRTUAL FESTIVAL OF EXCELLENCE
COMMUNITY RETAILER OF THE YEAR
DAY TODAY STENHOUSEMUIR The Community Retailer of the Year Award proved a tough category for the judges. So tough in fact, that three stores were named as joint winners.
Asiyah and Jawad Javed’s monumental efforts during the pandemic have been an inspiration to all, not just in the Stenhousemuir area but worldwide. The bighearted retailers have appeared on TV in the UK, the middle east and the United States and have been featured in countless articles in regional and national Scottish and UK newspapers. One of the many reasons why the judges picked them out as winners was their commitment at the start of lockdown to hand out free care packages, including hand wash, to anyone who wanted it in their area. This was when many less scrupulous retailers were hiking the price of handwash to exploit a desperate situation. The couple have also been instrumental in bringing the local community together during the pandemic
and have contributed in countless ways to supporting their local area. SLR Publisher Antony Begley said: “The last 18 months have been the most challenging the local retailing sector has ever faced but, once again, Scotland’s local retailers more than rose to the challenge. And none more so than Asiyah and Jawad. They have long been stalwarts of their local community but during the pandemic their efforts were nothing short of heroic. “Handing out truly enormous quantities of free hand wash and care packages at a time when price-gouging was rife on handwash tells you all you need to know about Asiyah and Jawad. They are fine examples of everything that is wonderful about the community retailing sector in Scotland.”
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