“We connect customers with the joy of food by understanding their needs and providing better customer service”
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IT TAKES YEARS OF HARD WORK AND CUSTOMER FOCUS FOR A SUPERMARKET CHAIN TO BECOME WELL-KNOWN FOR ITS SERVICE ORIENTATION, OFFERING VALUE FOR MONEY, AND RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING SAVVY. THE HYDERABAD-BASED 14 STORE CHAIN USHODAYA SUPERMARKET HAS EARNED ITS CACHET WITH DILIGENCE AND DEDICATION. MANNAVA YUGANDHAR GARU, MANAGING PARTNER OF USHODAYA SUPERMARKET, SPEAKS TO PROGRESSIVE GROCER ABOUT HOW THE STORE CHAIN HAS BEEN ABLE TO BUILD ITS CUSTOMER IDENTITY OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS OF OPERATIONS AND ABOUT HIS PLANS TO EXTEND HIS BRAND’S FOOTPRINT TO NEWER LOCATIONS IN HYDERABAD AS WELL AS TO THE OTHER CITIES IN TELANGANA AND ANDHRA PRADESH.
Sanjay Kumar
“We connect customers with the joy of food by understanding their needs and providing better customer service”

Ushodaya Supermarket is one of the top ranking food and grocery retail companies and a leading independent supermarket chain in the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh today. The Food & Grocery (F&G) retailer set up shop and launched its first store on 1st April 2005 from A.S. Rao Nagar, Hyderabad. “That is how Ushodaya’s retail journey started and that is when our first store was launched,” says Mannava Yugandhar Garu, Managing Partner, Ushodaya Supermarket.

Now in its 16th year of operation, the retailer has not only expanded its retail footprint to 14 stores spread across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and occupying 76,000 sq.ft. of trading area, Ushodaya Supermarket has also cemented and sealed its reputation as a sterling F&G chain of convenience stores.

Ushodaya Supermarket offers a wide variety of quality products in every category ranging from food and grocery, fruits and vegetables, bakery, dairy, housekeeping products, office stationery, organic products, laundry and detergent, sanitary products, toys, gifts & novelties, sports accessories, electronics, and many other items. “Our goal is to be a one-stop destination for all products that serve the domestic needs of our customers,” says Yugandhar Garu.

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