Toops head office, your customers would like to present a petition to keep Toops Napier branch open. Good commercial grocery stores are a fabric of our industry. Hawke's Bay is the fourth biggest centre in New Zealand. Your customers want Auckland and Wellington to make decisions for our region with their consultation. Your customers are the reason your business runs. There is no one else in Hawke's Bay that provides this cost effective service, it will be totally impractical to get supplies to operate our business from Foodstuffs in Palmerston North. Your customers do not want to have freight ending up being added to our prices in different ways.

Your customers shop more frequently at your store because it is here. Keeping lists of what is needed for when a representative visits is inconvenient and impractical. Your customers can make better decisions around packaging requirements, etc as the product is right in front of them. They can compare their needs in their own time and in a more tactile way. You cannot beat the personal service of the staff who always help you find anything you can't, offer help with ordering in items they may not have on hand, and make the whole experience fantastic.

Most businesses in Hawkes Bay shop at the Napier store - how about listening to your valued customers.

Please keep Toops Napier branch open.