We opened grocery after Covid-19 shut our events planning business
Husband and wife Moses and Julie Chege sort fresh produce for sale at their Nakuru-based grocery shop. Until March the couple used to deal in flowers and other items used as decor, in an events’ planning business which fizzled out on the day President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the first case of Covid-19 and consequently cancelled all social gatherings. PHOTO | RACHEL KIBUI | MATION MEDIA GROUP
The events’ planning business fizzled out on the day President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the first case of Covid-19 and consequently cancelled all social gatherings.
One day, sitting under a tree at their home in Njoro, the couple discussed how they had harvested more pumpkins than they could not consume.
With an initial investment of about Sh30,000, part of which went on making shelves, the couple fully went into the grocery business.
Ann Kamau used to supply vegetables to various hotels in Nakuru. However, she was badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic after hotels closed.
Outside the shop in Nakuru town, three huge pumpkins of different colours sit on flower holders, waiting for buyers.
And inside the outlet, capsicum, onions, tomatoes, rice, vegetables and various fruits, among other groceries, line up the shelves, which until March used to display mainly flowers and other items used as decor at events.
