The story of a grocery store.

'Messers number one caddy'. The name of an ancient grocery store.

Employees of this organization do not get salaries, get dividends. Like the owner, go on a foreign trip. Once upon a time, they themselves became owners of the organization and stood on their feet. This store-business started almost 200 years ago. The institution is still in Rajshahi market. The same trend is going on.

There are accommodation and accommodation for the staff. There are own football and cricket teams. Employees opened the shop after exercising in the morning. Many employees of this organization have developed their own businesses to learn business. Buying land and being self-reliant. Mosharraf Hossain Akhunzi, the language symposium of Rajshahi, is among the current heirs of the organization. He is 87 years old. At least 30 employees of the company have been owned by him. More than 40 employees currently working are working on the dream of becoming owners.

When asked about this ancient and exceptional business, Hasan Azizul Haque said, "We have heard that Mosharraf Hossain Akhunji made Language Movement in Rajshahi. He is also good as a man. Their business entities are number one cottage traders. I do not know how old it is. But since I have been in Rajshahi, I have seen it since then. '

Mosharraf Hossain said, the employees learned the business here. After standing on your feet. Employees have annual anniversary All employees of Rabindranath's Kuthibari, Sapphanpuri of Dinajpur, different year of Rangpur, and any year, Mahasthangarh of Bogra is again taken to the Rajbari of Natore in any year.

There are accommodation for staff in the storeroom. There are televisions and fans. Employees get a free lunch and a meal. The banquet arrangements were made for them on various national days. There are two cooks for cooking. Every morning the pulse-vegetables-rice, the fish-pulse-rice in the afternoon, the small fish-rice in the night. There are meat on two days in the week.

The organization's employees have built their own football and cricket teams. Trophy won a part in football and cricket tournaments with the market association. Their day-long arrangements are held on the Baishak river in Padma. Sports and Recreation They get handkerchurch on Friday for a holiday.

The name of the company was 'number one cushion' at the beginning, after which the word masaras was added. Basically it's a grocery store. However, they are distributors (dealers) of five or six companies. Chief of the Institute Mosharraf Hossain passed the post of education officer in education board after graduation. After leaving the job 'sit in number one'. He talks to this representative sitting at his house. He told that his father's father Yasin Mian and his grandfather Akhunji started this business together.

Recently, there was a number of mattresses to talk to the employees. Although they were on holiday, they kept the shop open for some time in the morning. At present, senior senior employee of the shop Abu Zafar (56) His house at Kishoreganj Not only that, most of the shops in the Kishoreganj house It was known as the founder of the shop, Kishoreganj, Adibnis. Abu Jafar has been working here for 31 years. Asked whether he is the manager or not, there is no position of anyone here. Along with increasing efficiency, employees are given important responsibilities. Here employees are paid from 1 thousand to 25 thousand taka. In all, 40 employees are currently working. It was heard in their mouth that this grocery store is not just a business institution. This is a skilled manpower factory. Abu Zafar said, Abu Said Selim was one of the owners. He did not seek his job after finishing his studies of economics from Rajshahi University. Sitting at number one speed. He died two years ago.

In talking, an elderly man came down from the ladder and showed him to the shop staff, all said together, 'He sees that he is our "food minister". Later, he was found to be the cook of the organization. It has been here for 36 years, named Kitab Ali. He bought the land with the profits of the company. Gave girls marriage. Although he was old, he did not leave the store.

On the basis of which profit is given, Abu Jafar said, the minimum wages for which one year is due, the deposited portion is considered as investment in the business. It is calculated from the year's end of the profit.

Kishoreganj businessman Ferdous Sikdar has made the same shop in the RDA market in Rajshahi city last two years ago. He is seen in his shop, he is also doing a big business. Anisuzzaman (25) has taken the capital from Kishoreganj to the shop. When contacted on mobile phone, he also admitted to working in number one mattress.

How is the shop

The Mercedes-Benz No. 1 is located at the right point of the entrance to the RDA market at the heart of the city of Rajshahi. Opening the center of the sales center. Its length is 60 feet and width is 30 feet. There is a warehouse near the office. All groceries and mohini are sold in this shop. They have dealerships in Bangladesh, Bashundhara (tissue, flour, flour, suji, paper and paper) and James Finlay PLC. Employees work in turn. Employees deliver goods to wholesale buyers in 12 venues.

Asked about this organization, the President of Rajshahi Industrial and Commercial Association Moniruzzaman said, it is an ancient and traditional institution of Rajshahi. He said that he is going to be 52. Since coming to his senses, he is seeing this shop in the same way. Good quality of their products, so sell them