residential road and boasts its own private car park. The store has received a number of investments over the years, including a significant refit less than five years ago, however, with the pandemic having
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1,000 sq ft unit is located on a busy
prompted a further rise in footfall and sales, 2021 saw Tony invest in further works to enhance its offer yet further. “In this business you need to move forward all the time,” Tony says. “When sales are growing it can be tempting to sit back a little but actually that’s the time to push even harder. “Having owned this store for 17 years we have very close links with the community and know all of our local customers really well which gives us fantastic insights into their changing needs and how we can better meet them. “The team at Londis are also incredibly helpful and so when we combine our local knowledge with Londis’ understanding of national trends and expertise we can achieve a huge amount. “We’ve been with Londis for almost 35 years now and I actually started out working in a Londis store at the very beginning of my career, before later buying my first store in London.
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