Mar 5, 2020

The Grand Finale  Edition of Mrs/Mr/Miss MYSTIQUE INDIA 2020 was held amidst lots of glitz and glamour at at Dublin Square, Market City, Kurla in Mumbai with the top fashion models and Television actors patronizing the event. Several well known Corporate CEOs and heads of Marketing graced this event.

Juveria Nusrat, the Director of Mystique Events reveals that apart from selecting 45 participants from all across India, “Mystique Event’s main aim is to promote #FitIndia Health and Wellness and #WomenEmpowerment with models walking for brands like Marks n Spencer, Kazo, Rookies – the Jeans company and Max. Emphasis on Women Empowerment is the sole aim of Mystique Events.”

She further explained that her team extensively researches and identifies those unknown women who are achievers in their fields for being felicitated. The Celebrity Judges for this show were Fashion Choreographer Shakir Shaikh, Miss India turned actor-model Gwen Athaide and Mala Mansukhani, a well known Fitness Influencer and the Youngest Grandmother as well.

“I promote wellness in most of my shows as I am bravely personally fighting the auto immune disease Rheumatoid Arthritis. I am so happy to see these female contestants who have lost a lot of weight as well as the boys who profess fitness, hence we selected the ‘hashtag’ #MystiqueFitIndia predominantly in all our shows aimed at all the ladies sitting at home and watching our events. This year we have included the Ms category for the first time as I want all my winners to keep themselves fit and healthy,” says Juveria Nusrat stressing that plenty of young and fresh talent have been promoted by them. Juveria has taken voluntary retirement from designing and has gifted her store to her Karigar’s (her work-force) which in itself is a rare gesture by any genuine philanthropist.

Juveria personally grooms the contestants and tells those ladies who go through ups and downs of their social life, to keep themselves motivated and positive thinking. She trains them on their walking styles and styling. She organizes healing sessions too for them, hence this is not only a show, but a whole lot of an awakening experience of their lives for these women.

“We uplift most of the De-motivated ladies, single mothers and housewives who enter this contest by giving them opportunities along-with the upcoming fashion models. In this edition we have collaborated with global brands with Marks N Spencer, Max and Rookies Jeans and it has Rj Bilal Hasan from Delhi and  the MTV India’s top model n Anchor Akriti Anand as the anchors,” mentioned Jurveria revealing the fact that the Crowns have been customized for each of the winners.

      

Here is the list of the winners:

Mr Winner – Siddharth Tomer

1st Runner Up – Preetesh Balyaya

2nd runner Up- Dhiraj Shetty

 

Miss Winner – Sayli Thakur

1st Runner up – Priyanka Sherawat

2nd Runner Up- Tanvi Vaidya

 

Mrs Winner- Falguni Jain

1st Runner Up- Janvi Hemdev

2nd  Runner Up- Yasmeen Shaikh

Mystique Events has been in business of events, brand promotions, Social media, as an influencer,  marketing, Fashion events & Model management for the past 6 years. Juveria Nusrat, the head of Mystique Events has been in fashion industry since 10 years. Prior to this, she was a fashion designer and has designed outfits for Femina Miss India finalists and several celebs like Aditi Gowatrikar and the Mrs Universe who won the best outfit.  She has designed special outfits for RJ Anurag Pandey (for the Iifa awards), Elakshi, Divya Agarwal and many more page 3 celebrities.

At present Juveria has taken voluntary retirement from designing and has gifted her store to her Karigar’s

Mar 2, 2020

The Mumbai Auditions of Mr. Miss & Mrs. Universe 2020  was held in Andheri Mumbai, this was the third Audition City were many contestants participated and gave their best performance in front of Jury. All The Jury members had a tough time to select the contestants from Mumbai which will represent Mumbai For A Grand Finale To be Held In Goa on 13 May 2020. After Mumbai Audition the next audition will be held on 8^th March 2020 In Pune.

This Pageant is initiative to give a proper platform in the field of Modelling &  Acting to  all the selected contestants For their bright future. Before 10^th Of April 2020 auditions for Great Pageant Mr. Miss & Mrs. Universe 2020 will be completed all over India covering major cities.

Respected Jury Members for Audition were Aditya Singh Rajput, Anushka Sharma, Nutan Nutan Vaichal,  Priya Rana, Sohail Sayyed,  Yash Wadali & Producer Director Rakesh Sabarwal.

          

Associate Partners Zoya Shaikh – Gordon Dsouza- vinod Kcheda

Founder Sandy Joil

Photography Partner Jagdish  Navghane – Gunjan Chawhan

Director and Photographer In RGBE Solutions

President Surjeet Dadiala

Feb 17, 2020

Mumbai: Andheri,Who contributed in different fields from 8 states were awarded by Anandashree Organization.

There were 60+ Leaders Awarded for their outstanding contribution in society.

UP  Chief Minister’s P.A.  Dr. Ashish B. Gupta (IAS officer), senior musician Dilip Sen, Dr. Sandeep Singh ji, who has made a mark in the medical field, film actress Dr. Pooja Gupta, journalist Akhilesh Singh and model Bhumika Sharma were presented as Chief Guest.

The awardees were present from different districts of Maharashtra and Gujarat, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Orissa.

Neelkanth Vyapari (Murbad – Contribution to Education Sector),

Jayashree (Mai) Savardekar – Women and Child Development), Sangita Gurav- Industry, Smita Dussane – Social,

Prashant Tukaram Mali (Education Sector)

Reshma Anil Jagtap (Work on Women’s Empowerment)

Pushpa Bhagwan Borse – A remarkable work in the field

Bhagyashree Vathare – Competitive work in competition examination education

Pallavi Pramod Phadnis, Prof. Sachin Wadekar, working in the field of education in Pune,

Dr. Santosh Kamble aka SK ji (Spiritual and Social), Deendayal Murarka (Literary Journalism and Industry), Vikal Chaurasia (Solar and Electric Vehicle), Vujayatai sasane,

Mrs. Dr. Manisha Yadava (Literary, Spiritual)

Sunil Pramod Wagle – A remarkable work in the field of education,

Bhupendra Singh- Educational Contribution, Mahesh Taklikar-Lama Ferra Healing Center,

Dr. Ashish Gupta (Social Worker and Danveer Karna)

Krishna Kumar Dwivedi from Chhattisgarh

Dr. Rakesh Vaid – Vishwavikrami,

Dr. Vinay Dandele remarkable work in literature, Dr. Suresh Ramchandra Goregaonkar Bhor remarkable work in the medical and social fields,Dr. Mihir Kumar Panda – Significant work in science field, Dr. Rajesh Kokare, received notable work in purchasing medical field

Surabhi Dharmati, notable work in printing, Pradeep Dugar notable work in Nepal industry

Honorable Smita Laxmikant Mohir – Remarkable work in the field of art,  Sriprakash Jaluka, notable work in the field of education,Dr. Lakshmi Umesh Bharti – remarkable work in the field of education,

Actress Dr. Pooja Gupta – Contribution in the field of cinema, Honorable Mahadik Vasant Pramod, remarkable work in the field of education,

Raut Satendra Sangappa (notable work in the field of literature and education in Osmanabad)

Dr. Prashant Singhal – Special Contribution to All-round Development Education of Children

Deepak Thackeray’s remarkable work in social service

Akash Ishwar Jadhav Yuva Samaj Sevi, Rajshree Ramesh Bhagat Senior Social Service, Dr. Madhu Sharma Contribution to all-round development of children, Shreyashree Shrikant Godambe – Contribution in education sector, Amit Naib Young Samaj Sevi

Gopal Dinkar Mhatre – contribution to women empowerment,Dr.Pankaj Sahu – Special contribution in the education sector in Gujarat, Dr. Girish Lotte’s special contribution in the field of education in the social sector,Dr.Anjali special contribution only in medical field, Mrs. Ragini Yadav special contribution in education sector,Engineer Mohammad Faizal – Contribution in education sector, Smita Jayant Ingale – Industry, Pradeep Govind Sawant – Industry, Society and Education, Duraji Shinde,Education Zone,

Dr.Sunil Dhangar – Director General,Harichandra Dhawale remarkable work in the social field,Hundred  Neeta Chapley,Special Contribution to Sports Sector, B.Kiran Vishwanath – Social Serviceman, Prince Mehra – Environmental Protector, Dr.Ramesh Khemu Rathore Special work in the field of Justice, Dr. Ramanik S.Lungure -Education Sector, Pooja Pandey – Education, Suman Mishra -Journalism, Deepak Tiwari – Contribution to the competitive examination,Bafna Chandanmal Bandulal – Environment and Education

Neeta Anil Nikam- Medicine

e.t.c.All the dignitaries were honored by special guests by giving them a citation and a mark of honor.

Prof.  Dinesh Gupta- Anandashree was honored by Dinadal Murarka ji.

    

The ceremony was held at the Cuisine Banket AC Hall at Oshiwara Police Station, Andheri.  Convocation was also organized by the Global Concord Virtual University in the same program, as well as 10 Vishwikreord-making scholars were also awarded the OMG Book of Record.  Especially with eight-year-old Samridhi Shantanu Gupta, who set a new record by writing 6040 times Om on one side of the postcard.

Many such personalities emerged.  The entire program was moderated by Dr. Yogesh Joshi.

The  hall was packed with awardees, their families, well-wishers and the media.

Prof. Dinesh Gupta – Anandashree also gave lectures on ten principles of leadership on “Leadership Mindset 2020”.

Finally the program concluded with a national song.

Feb 16, 2020

GLIMPSES OF SHE EVENT  DIRECTOR SHAKEEL S SAIFEE GETS LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENTE AWARDS, HE IS SUFFERING WITH CANCER CAME ON WHEEL CHAIR.  KEVAL KUMAR GETS AWARD 6TH TIME FROM SHE ORGANISATION.

KUDOS TO SHAKEEL JI N BINAY SINGH JI.

सुरक्षा हेल्थ एंड एजुकेशन एनजीओ की 6th चेरेटी प्रोग्राम व सेवा खबर न्यूज़पेपर की दूसरी वर्षगांठ मे गणमान्य व्यक्तियों का जमघट*

सुरक्षा हेल्थ एंड एजुकेशन वेलफेयर एसोसिएशन के 6th चेरेटी  प्रोग्राम व सेवा खबर न्यूज़पेपर की 2nd वर्षगांठ मनाई गई *स्वागत बगीचा रिसोर्ट* मे जहां तमाम जानी-मानी हस्तियां आई और उनका गर्मजोशी से स्वागत किया गया आने वाले अतिथियों की मानवता और भाईचारा इस मंच पर देखने मीला

श्री हैदर आजम जी (बीजेपी माइनॉरिटी अब्दुल कलाम से मंत्री) को ट्रॉफी देकर सम्मान कीया श्री असलम शेख जी (कैबिनेट मिनिस्टर ऑफ महाराष्ट्र) के पुत्र श्री हैदर असलम शेख ने श्री विनोद शेलार जी (उत्तर मुंबई जिला बीजेपी नेता) ने  ट्रॉफी देकर श्री असलम शेख (कैबिनेट मिनिस्टर ऑफ महाराष्ट्र) सम्मान किया उनकी नई मौजूदगी में उनके पुत्र श्री हैदर असलम शेख ने ट्रॉफी ली व। उनका भी सम्मान किया गया श्री विनोद शेलार जी का सम्मान डॉक्टर प्रणव कावर जी ने ट्रॉफी देकर किया डॉ प्रणव काबरा का सम्मान ट्रॉफी देके श्री जावेद अहमद खान ने किया श्री विनय कुमार सिंह फाउंडर प्रेसिडेंट व चीफ एडिटर ने एनजीओ की प्रेस की ट्रॉफी देकर  लाइटाइम अचीवमेंटअवॉर्ड फिल्म डायरेक्टर श्री शकील सैफी जी को दीया आज की कैंसर जैसी बड़ी बीमारी से जूझ रहे !

              

आए हुए मेहमान,  राजनेता,पुलिस ऑफिसर, बिजनेसमैन, डॉक्टर, स्कूल प्रिंसिपल, फिल्म कलाकार, इलेक्ट्रॉनिक व प्रिंट मीडिया, समाजसेवक सेविका, एनजीओ, और कई सारे गणमान्य व्यक्तियों ने अपनी उपस्थिति दर्ज कराई और *एनजीओ व न्यूज़पेपर और ऊंचाइयों को छुए ऐसा उन्होंने शुभकामनाएं दी और सभी आए हुए अतिथियों का मान सम्मान किया गया !

श्री फिरोज सर प्रिंसिपल

श्री जयशंकर सिंह ठाकुर समाज सेवक श्री रिजवान अहमद सिद्धकी साकीब टाइम न्यूज़पेपर कुमारी सलमा  मेमन समाज सेविका

Shri Javed Ahmed Khan

Shri Salim Shaikh

Shri Lal ji Patel

Shri Omi Patel

Shri Sohel

Shri Sagar Binay Singh

Msr Rupali BINAY Singh

Shri Mohan Bhai Jaat

Shri Samir Dhah Samaj ki khabren, Shri Syed advocate

Shri vinod shah shah supermart

Mr. KEVAL KUMAR

CHIEF EDITOR – LEO MEDIA DIGITAL

Mr.C P VERMA

EDITOR IT MIRROR

INDERPAL CHATURVEDI

Mr.METRO MUMBAI TV CHANNEL

Popular hindi punjabi Films n TV artiste JEET VIRK

Mr.RAJESH SRIVASTAV 

EDITOR FILMS TODAY,

Mr.SATISH AGARWAL

DSA BOLLYWOOD CHANNEL,

Mr.NARENDRA SHARMA 

EDITOR  AAJ TAK,

Mr.TRIBHUVAN JAISWAL

CHAIRMAN

ALL INDIA ANTI CORRUPTION BOARD,

Mr PAWAN JAISWAL,

ADDWALE DIGITAL MEDIA,

Me.NEERMAL JOHNNY,

Mr.RAMESH GOEL

SENIOR ARTISTE,

Spl Thenks Swagat Bageecha Resort

Regards

Mr BINAY Singh

Sewakhbar newspaper

Suraksha Haleth and Education NGO

Feb 16, 2020

Top 50 Indian Icon Awards” one of the most prestigious award was held on 14th February 2020. And it was our honour that some hounarable names who have contributed to make this award more successful was present.

We are pleased and honoured with their presence.Sincere thankful for our jury members for their contribution, Mr. Vibhav Tomar, Dr. Ritu Singh, Ms. Simmer Bhatia,Mr. Rajendra Jain, Mr. Atul Mohan, Mr. Vivek Jain, Mrs. Sweety Walia, Mr. Manish Awasthi, Dr. Khushboo Qadri, Kumar Ganesh, Mahamandleshwar Maartand Puri,Mr. Santosh Bhartiya and the award Director Mr. Dushyant Pratap Singh.

And we are thankful to our Awardees & many congratulations to Mrs Archana Kochhar, Mrs. Shubangi Atre, Ms. Taranjit Kaur, Ms. Janhavi Singh, Mr. Sandip Soparrkar, Mr. Shahid Sayyed, Dr. Yogesh Lakahani, Mr. Pawan Sharma, Ms. Tveeshaa Sharma, Mr. Faisal Khan,Mr. Sanjay Khanduri, Mr. Pradeep Shah, Mr. Sameer Sen, Ms. Ekta Jain, Mr. Ravi Dhankar, Mr. Rajkumar Kanojiya, Mr. Ved Prakash, Dr. Shweta Garg,Mr. Manoj Nandawana, Ms. Jyoti Tripathi, Mr. Raju Gauli, Mr. Jay Vijay Saraiya, Dr. Mukta Dubey, Ms. Sona Khan, Dr. Swarajya Singh, Mr. Brijendra Pratap Mishra,Mr. Raaj Dutt, Ms. Seema Kumar, Mr. Abhishek Sharma, Mr. Keshar Singh Bisht, Mr. Mohammad Muzaffar, Mr. Amit Tyagi, Dr. Sridevi Reddy Dumpa, Ms. Nidhi Tapadiya, Mr. Vijay Singh, Dr. Vijay Surase,Mr. Santokh Singh, Mr. Govind Ubhe, Dr. Monika Sai, Mr. Adesh K Arjun, Mr. Janhardan Parit, Mr. Raj Vishwakarma, Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh,Ms. Khushi Hegde, Mr. Arsh Mohammad, Mr. Neeraj Pandey.

  

जुहू के इस्कॉन टेम्पल में हुआ टॉप 50 इंडियन आइकॉन का आयोजन

” टॉप 50 इंडियन आइकन अवार्ड” एक बहुत प्रतिष्ठित पुरस्कार है। जिसका आयोजन जुहू  इस्कॉन टेम्पल के आडोटोरियम वेलेंटाइन डे के अवसर पर  १४ फरवरी २०२० को हुआ।  यह पुरस्कार विभिन्न क्षेत्र में अपने उलेखनीय कार्य के लिए दिया जाता है । जूरी सदस्य डॉक्टर रितू सिंग, सुक्षी सिमर भाटिया, श्री विभव तोमर,कुमार गणेश,श्री विवेक जैन,श्री संतोष भारतीय,श्री राजेन्द्र जैन, श्री अतुल मोहन,श्रीमती स्वीटी वालिया,श्री मनीष अवस्थी, डॉक्टर खुशबू कादरी, महामंडलेश्वर मार्तंड पुरी का अवार्ड के निदेशक दुष्यन्त प्रताप सिंह ने  आभार व्यक्त किया ।

इस अवार्ड समारोह में श्रीमती अर्चना कोचर, श्रीमती शुभांगी अत्रे, सुश्री तरनजीत कौर, सुश्री जानवी सिंह, श्री संदीप सोपरकर,

श्री शाहिद सैयद, श्री योगेश लखानी, श्री पवन शर्मा, सुश्री त्विशा शर्मा, श्री फैसल खान, श्री संजय खंडूरी, श्री प्रदीप शाह, श्री समीर सेन, सुश्री एकता जैन, श्री रवि धनकर, श्री राजकुमार कनोजिया, श्री वेद प्रकाश, डॉक्टर शवेता गर्ग, श्री मनोज नंदवाना, सुश्री ज्योति श्रिपाठी, श्री राजू गवली, श्री जय विजय सरैया, श्रीमती मुक्ता दुबे,सुश्री सोना खान, डॉक्टर स्वराज्य सिंह, श्री बिजेन्द्भ प्रताप मिश्रा, श्री राज   दत्त, सुश्री सीमा कुमार, श्री अभिषेक शर्मा, श्री केशर सिंह बिष्ट, श्री मुहम्मद मुजफ्फर, श्री अमित त्यागी, डॉक्टर श्रीदेवी रेड्डी  डूंपा, श्री संतोख सिंह, श्री विजय सुरसे, श्री गोविन्द उभे, डॉक्टर मोनिका साईं, श्री राज विश्वकर्मा, श्री राजेश कुमार, सुश्री खुशी हेगड़े, श्री अर्श मोहम्मद, श्री नीरज पांडेआदि को सम्मनित किया गया ।

Feb 16, 2020

Mumbai: India’s largest beauty pageant, Filmora Miss & Mrs. India 2020, was held on 14 February, at Juhu Plaza Hotel, Juhu, on the occasion, prominent guests Aroon Bakshi, Dilip Sen, Sunil Pal, Kamaal Malick, R J Dilip Singh Radio Adda,  Dr.  Chatur Singh Khalsa, Chand Seth, CMD SoS Nightlife, Ajay Gosalia, Actress Poonam Jhawar, organizers Akhilesh Singh and Satish Agarwal were present, the organizer said his key guests and jurors, his Shrest Yogad  Not Given reveal his special gratitude to the jury member Dr. Surana Rane Malhotra, Dr. Puja Mathur, beads Mansukhani, Dr Astute Singh Khalsa,  Actress Tanisha Singh,

Let me tell you that the filmora was the winner of Miss and Mrs. 2020, Bhumika Sharma, Ananya Choudhary, Shruti Priya, the same show director and choreography Shubh Malhotra, fashion designer Asha Talwar did Kia, organizer Akhilesh Singh Satish Agarwal, Shubh Malhotra, Asha Talwar,  Chand Seth  Sos Nightlife, with all the contesant Bhumika Sharma, Ananya Choudhary, Shruti Priya, Babita Mishra, Shweta Prajapati, Shivani Girdhar, Anita Patel, Mah  A. Gupta, prosperity Gupta, has wished a bright future Vandana, Prinsi.

  

It may be noted that the program was organized to promote women, Contestant Anita Patel shared her experience and everyone was in tears, Anita said that she has studied till the second grade, wants to study further,  I want to stand on my feet, I want to support my old parents, Anita Patel said that society has given a lot to all of you. It is the duty of all of you to support such people  Do what is really needed.

Costcutter Brockley, situated in High St in UK, owner  Peter Patel honored with Independent Bakery Retailer Award in the Asian Trader Awards 2019.

Peter Patel says about the single most profitable innovation he have made to his store over the past 12 months. “Introducing a dedicated chiller for vegan products has meant we’ve been able to significantly increase the range and reap the rewards, with weekly sales now at £2,000”.

He describes about his best strategy for increasing footfall in his store.

“Really getting under the skin of what existing shoppers want and crucially who else could be shopping with us. Once we have that, finding a point of difference and answering their needs”.

He also describes two key challenges facing convenience and explain your plans for taking advantage.

“1. Point of difference With two Sainsbury’s, a Co-op and independently owned convenience stores all within walking distance, we have had to work hard to create a point of difference. Using our shopper insights we have created an offering that is tailored to meet our shoppers’ needs, including the most comprehensive BWS and vegan offerings in the area. Not only do our sales prove that we’ve created a point of difference, but the fact that our nearest competitor, Sainsbury’s, is now directing customers to our vegan range, is the icing on the cake. 2. Shopping environment All the research showed that our local shoppers wanted smaller batched produced products, whether that was BWS or vegan products. They’re also keen to top-up shop regularly and want healthy, easy dinners with fresh ingredients and that’s exactly what we’ve delivered. We’ve also tried to look after our younger visitors and have introduced small shopping trolleys for children, which have been a big hit. The results speak for themselves. Basket spend has grown from £5.30 to £6.66 and sales have grown from £26,000 to £35,000”

He lists three ways in which he have responded and retained footfall after a new discounter/supermarket opened in his catchment area.

“1. Point of difference to create distinction. We’ve created a real point of difference with our vegan offering. Our competitors have now reduced their vegan range as they simply couldn’t compete with the depth and breadth of our offering. We have also introduced a specialist range of grocery items to fulfil demand from customers seeking a premium range of goods. 2. The extension of our BWS offering means that we now have one of the most comprehensive ranges in the area, ensuring we always have a great range of possibilities to pair with our ‘meal for tonight’ options. 3. In a direct response to customer feedback and to reduce environmental impact, we have introduced loose fruit and vegetables, so shoppers can buy the exact quantity they need”

best-one Poets Corner and best-one Plessey News, situated in Housing Estate in UK, owner Shad Saleem honored with Spirit of the Community Award in the Asian Trader Awards 2019.

Shad Saleem says how a store-owner can become the spirit of the community.

“For me, it’s all about being woven into the community; a part of the fabric. A community can be diverse – a mix of people of different ages, jobs, families and it’s about connecting with all of them in some way. I think one of the ways I’ve managed to do this is I’ve never said no to ANY community support asked of me in the last 20 years”.

He says about the initiatives that he developed to benefit his local community in the last 12 months.

“Within our community there are children that come from families below the national poverty threshold who can’t always afford food and are being sent to school hungry. Through my involvement with The Rotary Club of Blyth we worked together with Malvin’s Close Primary Academy, where we created a Breakfast Club enabling 30 children to be given a proper breakfast and ‘set them up’ for the day. The school fed back that there is a close correlation between the success of children within the classroom and being well fed. We’re looking at expanding this initiative and I’d like to support this financially through the shops (my personal ambition is to ensure that no child in Blyth goes to school hungry)”.

He describes two key challenges facing Convenience and his plans for taking advantage.

“Blyth is inundated with retail shops; we have ALDI, Lidl, ASDA and many convenience stores. The challenge is to differentiate ourselves from everyone else. One way we do this is through stocking local products. Our eggs are delivered fresh daily from family-run Lintz Hall Eggs, our milk and fresh dairy comes from Hanover Dairies, our local green-grocer (John!) brings fresh, seasonal vegetables, and a local Blyth sandwich lady delivers delicious homemade sandwiches every day. Another challenge is ensuring we offer a quality range of products at competitive prices, as many customers are on a budget. We work closely with best-one to ensure we have a range of products at various price-points and also run monthly special offers”.

 

He lists three ways in which he have responded and retained footfall after a new discounter/supermarket opened in his catchment area.

“One way we’ve retained footfall is through our support of the community – we support local people, and in turn, they support us back. We face a lot of retailer competition but because we are at the heart of the community customers choose to shop with us. We’ve also utilised social media to engage with our customers. We now have 5,000 Facebook followers and promote our special offers and new products via our page. Lastly, we’ve introduced food-to-go options allowing us to capture lunch time footfall. This has bought new shoppers through our doors, as well as the same familiar faces”

Premier Eldred Drive Stores, situated in Housing Estate in UK, owner Anita Nye honered with Spirit of the community Award in the Asian Trader Awards 2019.

Anita Nye says that it is a  community shop that really keeps everyone at the heart of everything. They are members of the community and have been for many years so they want to play our part in whatever they can to help improve the area they live and work in.

They have introduced a couple of initiatives to ‘do out bit’ to tackle food poverty and childhood obesity. They have introduced a very popular loyalty card scheme. People get a stamp every time they spend £10 on groceries. They chose to keep the amount that triggers a stamp relatively low and shoppers just need to collect 10 stamps to get £5 off their shopping. It’s unbelievably popular and lots of people save their full cards til Christmas so that they can get some really good money off their festive shopping.

Anita describes about key challenges facing Convenience and explains plans for taking advantage. Keeping prices down whilst retaining good profit margins. Ever changing demands of customers. People often shop around for the best prices, they stick to PMP where they can as that’s what their customers like.

MJ’s Premier Store, situated in  Housing Estate, UK, owner Justin Whittaker honored with Food to go Retailer Award in the Asian Trader Awards 2019.

Justin Whittaker says “We identified that whilst our food-to-go offer was great for breakfast and dinner – from 4pm we were quiet. Yet takeaways are thriving in the evening. We were missing a trick. We also identified that we were missing ‘millennials’ from our customer base. So we introduced the desserts bar to complement the rest of our food-to-go offering by giving an offer for the evening trade and something that would appeal to the younger generation – waffles, crepes and premium ice cream! The desserts bar alone takes £4,000 a week with a profit margin of +50%. We’ve introduced exclusive offers, such as Waffle Wednesday (buy one get one free) or Monday 2 pizzas and Pepsi for £10. And we’ve developed an ordering app to maximise the appeal of the dessert bar, appeal to our younger more ‘tech-savvy’ younger generation and to future proof our business. Customers can click onto a Facebook post to ‘shop now’. We’re doing £1,500 business with the app and more importantly, it’s all on high profit lines. Add to that our food-to-go zone with coffee machine, doughnut rack, hot cabinet, noodle snacks, grab and go chiller, which includes sandwiches and meal deals. There’s something for everyone throughout the day. Evenings are now our busiest time of day for food to go! We already had a good broad food-to-go offering to cover most requirements for grab-and-go. Our food-to-go zone includes a coffee machine, doughnut rack, hot cabinet, noodle snacks, F’real milkshakes and a chiller (with sandwiches, crisps and soft drinks). Now that we’ve introduced the desserts bar we’ve got an offer that is really popular with the younger generation and also for evening trade. That’s what was missing before. The investment in the desserts bar was £80k. Payback was just 6 months.”

He says about the best-performing component of food-to-go. “This year, we’ve built a dessert bar! This has definitely proved to be the best performing component of our food to go offer. It cost £80k to install and payback has been just 6 months. Previously a large proportion of our business was driven through promotions, so our POR was just 19%. We reduced SKUs across the store to create space to build our ‘Just Desserts Co’ bar. It’s a vibrant pink – really distinct and completely different from the rest of the store. We sell a range of cream cakes, premium ice cream, crepes and waffles with a variety of toppings. The unit also houses a Chicago Town pizza station, milkshakes and a Tango ice blast with carbonated slush. The dessert bar is already taking £4,000/week and with +50% profit margins. Different daily offers include Waffle Wednesday (BOGOF), Pancake Tuesday (BOGOF) and Monday x2 pizzas and Pepsi for £10. Customers are quite happy to wait while their waffle is being created in-store! The teatime solution has always been a problem but with the dessert bar and pizza options we have now started to evolve into this market especially at the weekends”.

He describes about two key challenges facing Convenience and explain his plans for taking advantage of them. “Falling footfall (traditional services in decline ie news and mags, tobacco) and reduced margins (a store doing 19% gross profit cannot survive). Anything new coming into the store has to have a minimum of 30% POR tapping into the millenniums (who have never bought a newspaper or cigs in there life) ie Tango Ice Blast costs £1:10 selling at £5 also not leaving out the silver greys by doing great shop local deals ie local milk, bread and eggs again with some great margins. Also taking a great local shop with traditional values and putting it into the modern world with a great app connected to FB”.

He says three ways in which he have responded and retained footfall after a new discounter/supermarket opened in his catchment area. “1 We added a ‘Dessert Co’ dessert bar in vibrant pink – really distinct and completely different from the rest of the store. We sell a range of cream cakes, premium ice cream, crepes and waffles with a variety of toppings, creating a ‘store within a store’ effect to attract younger customers with different deals every day eg Waffle Wednesday to add interest 2 We developed an ordering app to maximise the appeal of the dessert bar. Customers click on a Facebook post to ‘shop now’ and place their order – for pick up or for delivery. We’re doing £1,500 business with the app. 3 We ensure that we’re active on social media. It’s the key tool that we use for promoting all our activities and for connecting with our customers and the community. For example, when we put Gordon’s pink gin on promotion at £12/bottle with a free glass and promoted it on Facebook the post reached 59,000 people and we sold £2,500 in one day. When all the banks in the area closed, we put in an ATM and posted ‘free cash, like and share’. It reached 129,000 people”.