Supermarkets prove a boon for rural folk
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THE lack of a supermarket can make life difficult for people in rural areas.
However, the Jiading Huimin Supermarket Co Ltd has opened 193 outlets in the district so far, with the aim of improving convenience for the rural folk and safeguarding food and other products’ quality.
Huimin Supermarket outlets replenish their stock little by little to avoid overstocking as consumption in rural areas is not as great as in the city.
Some outlets in remote area find that suppliers are reluctant to deliver products in small amounts. So the company has adopted flexible delivery methods, including some products delivered by suppliers themselves into the company’s delivery system, making delivery to each outlet at least once a week.
“For women’s products with a total value of merely 50 yuan (US$8.3), Huimin Supermarket sent them by a car,” Yang Qinfang, shop manager in Xiangyang village of Anting Town, said.
Impressed with delivery service
“The products were ordered by an enterprise in the village but there was not enough stock in my shop this summer, so I called the logistics of the supermarket, and they sent the goods to my shop that afternoon. It really impressed me as the value of the product might be less than the fuel cost for the delivery.”
Supervision is critical for the reputation of the supermarket chain. Huimin Supermarket has a supervision team with two cars and two cameras, visiting 193 outlets in the district at least once a month to ensure the traceability of the products purchased by shop owners.
When Gu Meihua moved into a community in Jiading New City, there was no bus service. She had to use a cart to fetch necessities from the nearest wet market.
Since Longhu Fresh Food Shop of Huimin Supermarket opened near her home, Gu doesn’t need her cart anymore.
“A lot of vegetables here come directly from vegetable bases of Huating and Jiangqiao. They pick them up in the field in the morning and send here in the afternoon, so fresh,” Gu said.
Currently Huimin has four fresh food shops in Jiading with plans to open three more in Nanxiang Town, Juyuan New Area and Jiading New Town.
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