Forth Valley store wins national heroes award

Jawad and Asiyah Javed, homeowners of the Day-Today retail store in Alloa Road, had been named over-all winners of the Store Local, Store Little Heroes Awards, established by Federation of Unbiased Vendors (formerly the NFRN).

The trade affiliation introduced the awards – sponsored by Booker, Raise and Mondelez – to recognise the outstanding do the job that was completed by its customers to assist and assist their nearby communities throughout the pandemic.

The couple ended up presented with the award by the federation’s then countrywide president Narinder Randhawa, through the gala supper at the organisation’s annual convention, held in Birmingham before this 7 days.

The prize bundled a retailer makeover from Mondelez, a thoroughly stocked fridge from Improve Beverages and £1,000 in dollars from the Booker Group.

Asiyah Javed reported: “We are extremely happy and shocked to win the all round award. We ended up quite surprised when our names were being termed out.”

Shortly just after the Covid outbreak, the Javeds tracked the needs of their customers and found that hand wash, gel sanitiser and child food items provides have been functioning very low everywhere you go.

They managed to supply these solutions and gave them absent for absolutely free to these that necessary them.

They also gave out more than 3,000 Covid-19 hand-treatment packages to aged and infirm shoppers and shipped them no cost of charge to those who could not acquire.

As the pandemic progressed, people started off to want deal with masks and food offers yet again they recognized a supplier for these solutions and promptly received them to the place they have been desired most, at no charge.

Randhawa reported: “Jawad, Asiyah and their crew are fantastic examples of the fantastic get the job done that was and continue to is becoming completed by independent shops through the Uk and Ireland on a every day foundation.

“Stores like this are the spine of our communities.

“They completely are worthy of to be recognised for their perseverance and willpower to continue delivering a initially-class services for the duration of what ended up extremely tough and hard periods.”