A new independent shop selling an impressive selection of fruit and vegetables, fresh nan, halal meat, dried goods and other groceries opened on Burgess Road on Tuesday (Dec 3).
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Mashallah Food is now operating from premises that were previously a surgical and medical supplies outlet run by GE Bridge & Co.
The slow transformation into the gleaming new store has been welcomed by some passers-by, who have been closely following progress.
Samir (pictured), one of the staff team at Mashallah, told bitternepark.info the style of shop is unique to the area.
He said: “I moved in [to this area] recently and to be honest it was taking me 40 minutes to get from here to town centre to buy products … like halal meat – I need halal meat and fresh nan, and all the grocery stuff.
“There’s no other shop like it around this area.
“And since we have the uni here, all the families live here, we needed something like this in this area. It was really needed. And most of the customers that do pop in, they love it. They tell me that they could not wait for this shop to open.”
• Mashallah Food is at 226/228 Burgess Road