Glasgow retailer Arbaaz Hayat has revealed his new-look Nisa store following a refit.
The store, located on Yokermill Road in Glasgow, was closed for nine months, with Arbaaz taking the time to create a new offering that he felt was unique to his community.
“The vision with this wasn’t just to open a shop or just to be a convenience store,” explained Arbaaz. “The vision was to be a one-stop point for the community and to provide something exciting. We wanted to give the community options that aren’t on offer elsewhere, make it a bit of an attraction.
“I think it’s important to have somewhere where even if you come in feeling not so great, you can leave feeling bright and vibrant. A lot of work went into the design, layout, and lighting of the shop to make sure we created this kind of atmosphere.”
One of the biggest changes to the Yokermill Road site is the hot food counter which offers sandwiches, burgers, freshly-made Samosas – handmade every day – and chips.
It has also enhanced its fresh and frozen grocery offering to complement the Post Office, a dessert parlour and a Costa Coffee machine.
Arbaaz added that customer feedback is very important to him and that it has been instrumental in expanding the store’s offering.
“It’s about people being able to get everything they need in one place. It’s important to give people somewhere local to get everything they need and to minimise the trips further out.”
Matthew Howie, retail development manager at Nisa, said: “The main difference that this store brings to the community is a huge selection in comparison to what was here before as well as good value. This store is all about community and I’m looking forward to seeing the difference the store can make in the community using Nisa’s Making a Difference Locally charity.
“I’ve been coming here about three times a week for the last six months so it’s great to see the store get to this point. There have been some hurdles, but we’ve got there which is the main thing and I’m looking forward to developing more stores with the guys as well because they do have plans to do that.”
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