20 percent discount
Various co-operative societies operating under the co-operative sector are running supermarkets and dispensaries under the names ‘Kamadenu, Chintamani, Amma’. Among them, shops and pharmacies run by associations operating in Chennai are open from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm; In other districts it also operates till 8:00 PM. In cooperative pharmacies, 20 percent discount is given. Due to this, many people show interest in buying medicines and pills from those pharmacies.
Supermarkets and pharmacies of private companies are open till midnight. Accordingly, the cooperative department has decided to open the cooperative pharmacy and supermarkets for additional hours at night.
In this regard, an official of the cooperative department said: There have been requests from customers to keep the cooperative supermarkets and pharmacies open for extra hours at night.
‘shift’
Therefore, it has been decided to keep them open till 10:00 or 11:00 at night. Meanwhile, the employees will be engaged in two ‘shifts’ to avoid additional workload. To attract more customers, decorative lights will be installed in co-operative shops as well as private ones, he said.