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Monday, August 04, 2003
In the context of the milkbar as representing a core value in local
communities you may be interested in the description of the milkbar
as seen at:
http://www.worsleypress.com/milkbar/
This states in part of the milkbar:
"It is in the small corner store that the child learns to shop - sent
in for a carton of milk, or whatever, while mum waits in the car. or
maybe minds the pram with the family's latest addition outside.
"It is where the child will put a hand up to the counter with a ten
dollar note for "a bag of lollies" and be sent back to mum when he
isn't sure whether he wants ten cents' worth or ten dollars'.
"It is where the elderly woman who is suffering from memory loss (but
who is still managing to save the community a fortune by looking
after herself at home) can be stopped from buying milk again because
she only bought a carton this morning.
"It is where the husband can call in and ask whether his wife has
already bought a paper (or the bread, or the milk) on the way home,
because he can't remember whether he had to buv it or not.
"It is where mum can ring up with half a dozen things she forgot to
tell her son or daughter to get so we can add them to the shopping
list while they are still there.
"It is where people stop to find out where a street is, or to ask
where someone lives because they forgot to bring the address with
them.
"It is where people who live on their own find a rare opportunity to
have a conversation, even though, as a shop gets busier, it is a very
short one.
"It is, in other words, an unpaid, unofficial office of almost every
public authority - and often saves the community considerable time,
expense and effort."
This book, "How to Buy, Run and Sell a Milk Bar", has been expanded
and updated as a general guide to retailing as "Success in Store: How
to Start or Buy a Retail Business, Enjoy Running It and Make Money"
by Geoffrey Heard and Gordon Woolf -- including information on how
the locally owned business can compete with the multinational in the
retail area.
Details of the new book are at
http://www.worsleypress.com/successinstore/
Best wishes....
Gordon Woolf - gordon@worsleypress.com
The Worsley Press, Hastings, Victoria, Australia
Book publishers - newspaper production training
posted by Craig Bellamy at Monday, August 04, 2003
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