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

Hello everyone! This is me @isha-rehmanI hope you all are doing well and having a wonderfull day. Today I am excited to participate in the Week 6 – Street Raw Material Business (Vegetable Business) challenge as a street journalist. For this entry I visit a local vegetble market in my area to observed how vegetables vendors work hard every days to earn their living despite market risks price fluctuations and seasonal challenge.

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Location Visited:

Board bazar peshawar pakistan

I visit to the market early in morning when vendurs were actively arranging freshed vegetables. The smells of the freshness the bargaining voices of buyers and the colorfulll vegetable stalls created a lively yet struggling business environments.

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01: What Vegetables Are Available At the Shop?

The vendor I interviewed was selling a wide variety of fresh vegetables including:

• Potatoes
• Round Colocasia
• Cauliflower
• Cucumber
• Brinjal (Eggplant)
• Bottle Gourd
• Mint
• Coriander
• Carrots
• Cabbage
• Bitter Gourd
• French Beans
• Ginger
• Onion
• Peas

These vegetables were beautifuly displaye to the attracted customers. The vendors shared that maintain freshness is the biggest challenges especially during hot days.

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02: Have I Ever Bought Anything From This Store? + Prices

Yes I have purchased vegtables from this market many times because they are freshed and budget friendly compare to supermarkets.

On my recent purchase I bought:

Vegetable	Price Per KG in PKR	Price Per KG in STEEM
Potatoes	Rs. 73 – Rs. 181	3.47 – 8.61 STEEM
Peas	Rs. 719 – Rs. 800	34.23 – 38.09 STEEM
Cucumber	100pkr	3 Steem
Carrots	150	6 Steem)
Green Chilli	20pkr	1 Steem

Conversion Rate: 1 STEEM = 21 PKR

Customers often bargain to reduced the price yet the vendord tries to remain polite because every sale matters.

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03: How Do They Manage Losses When Vegetable Prices Fluctuate?

Price fluctuations is the biggest financial threated for the vegetable selers. When price suddenly droped vendors risk huge loses.

To reduce losses this seller shared the following strateges:

Using proper packaging and refrigerator transport to protect vegetbles during transit
Practicecarefull handling to avoid damage and spoilagee
Buying only in controll\ed quantites when prices are unstable
Selling to small restaurants households and regular customers to ensure cash flow

These practice helpe ro them protect to their stock and reduced wasteand ultimately increase profit.

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04: How Do They Survive When There Is a Lack of Buyers?

During rainy days off-seasons inflations or economic slowdown customers decreased and seles drope. The vendor shared to that survival becomes extremely difficult — but they follow certain methods to stay in busines:

Minimizing Waste: Seling leftovers to small vendors at lower prices
Diversifying Customer Basse: Targeting hosehold buyers small hotells food stalls and local restaurants
Maintaining Strong Relationships: Staying loyal to suppliers and regular buyers for mutual support
Offering Competitive Rates: Small discounts to attract customers without lose profit

These smart strategies help them continue earning even on slow business

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My Experience as a Street Journalist

Visiting this market made me realize how much effort sweat and time these vendors invest to supply fresh vegetables to our homes. Their life is full of struggle — from 4 AM market sourcing to late evening selling — yet they keep smiling and serving society.

We see vegetables daily but today I saw the human struggle behind the vegetables we buy so casually.

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Location

Google maps	https://maps.app.goo.gl/RTZXApa2mvBPr9Qc9
SteemAtlas.	[//]:# (!steematlas 33.99731112 lat 71.4692948 long board bazar d3scr)

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