The guy at the coffee shop told me he’d love to work newsagent hours when he found out I owned a newsagency. He went on to tell me about a newsagency down the road from his coffee shop. I checked it out and it was closed at 2pm on a week day. I’ve since checked it out several times during the day over the last two weeks and it was open once.
While it can be challenging for a single operator, everyone trading under the shingle suffers when one fails to provide even basic customer service by being open during the day.
Tell your coffee shop friend that I will swap hours with him. I like a lot of newsagents do 7 days a week 365 days a year 3am to 6pm. Let him do the math.
We have a few retail only newsagencies around here that open shorter hour but who can blame them, if they are making ends meet and want to enjoy life then who are we to say no.
Good luck to all newsagents, god knows we need luck