SLC27-W6 | A One-Day Street Journalist: Street raw material business.

mariyaafrin (70)in Steem4Entrepreneurs • 3 months ago

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My Dear Friends,
I am @mariyaafrin from #Bangladesh 🇧🇩

Hello friends, how are you all? I hope everyone is well by the grace of Allah. Alhamdulillah, I am also well with everyone's prayers and love.Today I am here to participate in the Steemit Learning Challenge Session 27, Week 6, as a journalist.The theme of this competition today is SLC27-W6 | A One-Day Street Journalist: Street raw material business.Thank you @max-pro brother for organizing such a great competition in the sixth week.Today, as a journalist, I will visit a roadside raw material shop and share my experiences and prices of various vegetables and I will pin the store on Steem-atlas.So let's get started.

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*What vegetables are available at the vegetable shop you will review?*

Today I went to our place called Kaliganj Notun Bazar to review a vegetable shop and buy some vegetables I needed as part of this competition.The shop is located on the side of the road just before entering our Kaliganj new market.This shop sells a variety of raw vegetables and grocery items.The shop has been selling vegetables and various types of groceries in our new market for many years.The owner of the shop, Abdul Mannan Kaka, has been selling these vegetables honestly for a long time.A variety of raw vegetables are available in his shop.Below is a list of the different types of vegetables in his shop and their prices:

View in front of the store

	Cabbage

	Bitter gourd

	Radish

	Mesri

	SIM

	Papaya

	Cauliflower

	Tomato

	Coriander leaves

Since it is winter season now and winter vegetables are starting to appear in abundance in the market during this winter season.So the shop I visited had winter vegetables like gourd, cabbage, cauliflower, tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, mesri etc.Every vegetable in the store is fresh.Usually, farmers sell their vegetables in large markets, and small traders buy vegetables from those large markets and sell them in these shops.They go to the vegetable market early in the morning and buy vegetables from farmers there and sell them in retail stores.They usually purchase vegetables wholesale from the market and sell them retail in their shops.

*Below is a list of Bangladeshi prices and steem prices for each vegetable:*

Vegetable Name	per kg	BDT Price	Steem Price
Cabbage	per kg	50tk(local)	4.80
Cauliflower	per kg	70tk(local)	6.73
Bitter gourd	per kg	100tk(local)	9.61
sim	per kg	80tk(local)	7.69
Papaya	per kg	40tk	3.84
Tomato	per kg	100tk	9.61
Mesri	per kg	60tk	5.76
Coriander leaves	100gm	20tk(local)	1.92
Radish	per kg	60tk	5.76

*Other items in the store*

The store also has other groceries besides vegetables.Various types of spices, potatoes, onions, garlic, detergent soap, soybean oil, salt, etc.

*Have you ever bought anything from these stores? Show pictures + videos and show their prices.*

Since I live in a hostel, we often have to go to the market to shop for hostels.Or when I prepare different types of recipes, I go to the market to buy various ingredients used in the recipe, especially tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, capsicums, etc.My mother usually does the shopping at our house. I often go to the market with my mother to do the shopping.So today I went to the market to review the store as a journalist.I went to the market and bought some vegetables for my home.My favorite vegetables are bitter gourd, cabbage, tomato, coriander leaves, etc.

*The Bangladeshi price and steam price of the vegetables I bought from the store are given below:*

Vegetable Name	per kg	BDT Price	Steem Price
Cauliflower	1 kg	70tk	6.73
Cabbage	500gm	35tk	3.36
Tomato	500gm	50tk	4.80
Bitter gourd	500gm	50tk	4.80
Coriander leaves	100gm	20tk	1.92
Vimbar	Two pieces	20tk	1.92
	Grand Total	245tk	23.55

*YouTube video link of the shop:*

*How do they manage losses when vegetable prices fluctuate?*

Today, as a journalist, I asked a vegetable seller how they manage their losses when vegetable prices fluctuate.In response to the question, the shopkeeper told me that they usually buy vegetables at wholesale prices, and when there is sufficient supply in the market, the prices of vegetables are lower.When the prices of vegetables are a little lower, they buy vegetables wholesale at a low price and sell them at retail with some profit.But when there is not enough vegetables in the market, they buy at a higher price and they retail at a higher price to the buyers.This way they don't suffer losses.However, they sell vegetables with some profit.

Raw vegetables are generally perishable goods, so shopkeepers buy vegetables from the market as per their needs, and due to the large number of buyers in the market, almost all the vegetables are sold out every day.This means that the shops do not have to bear any losses because there is no possibility of them rotting. It is sold out almost daily.And when prices fluctuate, sellers purchase vegetables in sufficient quantities according to market demand.If they buy vegetables at a high price, they sell them to buyers at a high price, and if they buy at a low price, they sell them to buyers at a low price.This way they don't have to face too much loss.

*How do they survive when there is a lack of buyers in the market?*

Usually, when there is a shortage of buyers in the market, sellers resort to various methods.I talked to some vegetable sellers and learned about some of their strategies for attracting buyers:

✅When there is a shortage of customers in the store, the first and foremost thing that shopkeepers do is reduce the price of the product by keeping some profit.This makes all the buyers more attracted to that store and they go to buy the full range of products from that store.
✅Secondly, they display a variety of vegetables items in their stores in a very beautiful way to attract customers.So that the buyers will be attracted and buy that item first.
✅Thirdly, when they sell vegetables, they give a small discount and increase the quantity of vegetables, so that customers come to that store again and again to buy vegetables.
✅Fourthly: If the number of buyers in the market is low, they reduce the amount of vegetables they buy because raw vegetables are perishable goods.If they buy vegetables as per their requirement and sell them to the buyers, they do not incur any loss.

Finally, I would like to say that they usually adopt the above methods to attract their customers and conduct business.The main goal of every shopkeeper is to attract customers, which is why they display fresh vegetables in a beautiful manner.They offer discounts to different customers at different times, which results in crowds flocking to buy vegetables at that store again and again.

*Personal opinion*

	My selfie at the vegetable shop

Indeed, by visiting the raw market as a journalist today, I have gained a lot of experience and gained a lot of ideas about the raw market.First of all, I would like to thank my @max-pro brother for giving us the opportunity to review different things and gain experience as journalists during the six weeks of this Steemit learning challenge session 27.I have truly enjoyed these six weeks with great pleasure.I wish you all the best always. May God bless you and may you be successful in life.Finally, wishing you all the best, I am ending my journalism here.

*Place type*	*Raw market*
*Location*	*Kaliganj New Raw Market, Kaligonj*
*Name of the shop owner*	*Abdul Mannan*
*Opening & closing*	*Every day from 6 am to 10pm*
*Closing*	No
*Maps*	*https://plus.codes/7MMFC45M+7G*
*Google plus code*	*7MMFC45M+7G*
*Steem-atlas pin code*	*[//]:# (!steematlas 23.408187 lat 89.133813 long Kaliganj New Raw Market, Kaligonj d3scr)*
*photo*	*Redmi 10*