reliance fresh customer satisfaction

PROJECT REPORT

ON

“ROLE OF HRD IN ORGANISATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT”

Institute of Management Studies & Research, M.D. University, Rohtak

In partial fulfillment for the requirement for the award of degree of

Master of Business Administration(2009-2011).

SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:

Dr. Pradeep Ahlawat Amit Kumar Yadav

Roll No -6767

MBA- 5.10

A Comprehensive Study on Retail in Reliance Fresh

DECLARATION

I,PRAVEEN DAGAR, hereby declare that the work presented herein is genuine work done

originally by me and has not been published or submitted elsewhere for the requirement of a

degree programme. Any literature, data or works done by others and cited within this

dissertation has been given due acknowledgement and listed in the reference section.

PRAVEEN DAGAR


TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN

This is to certify that the project report titled “Customer Satisfaction Regarding Product

and Service Available at the Reliance Fresh” carried out by Mr. Amit Kumar Yadav has

been accomplished under my guidance & supervision as a duly registered MBA student of

the IMSAR, MDU, Rohtak. This project is being submitted by him in the partial fulfilment of

the requirements for the award of the Master of Business Administration from IMSAR.

His dissertation represents his original work and is worthy of consideration for the award of

the degree of Master of Business Administration.

Dr. Pradeep Ahlawat


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

My all praises to Almighty God, who blessed me with sufficient courage and capacity to

carry out and complete this study. Being aware of the limitations and shortcomings, it was

not possible for me to accomplish this work without his help.

I sincerely feel that the credit of this project report could not be narrowed to only one

individual as the whole work is outcome of integrated efforts of all those concerned with it

through whose cooperation and effective guidance I could achieve its completion.

I wish to place my profound indebtness and deep sense of obligation to my Guide Dr.

Pradeep Ahlawat, for providing me with the opportunity to work on such an interesting

topic. I also want to pay my gratitude and sincere thanks to everyone who helped and guided

me throughout this entire project.

Last but not the least I am thankful to my parents and friends that supported me through out

this project.

AMIT KUMAR YADAV


CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 5

COMPANY PROFILE 7

OBJECTIVES 8

METHODOLOGY 9

DATA TABULATION & INTERPRETATION 10

FINDINGS 24

RECOMMENDATION 27

STORE ACTIVITY 30

CONCLUSION 35

LIMITATION 37

REFERENCES 38

ANNEXURE 39


INTRODUCTION

Retailing consists of the sale of goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as

a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for

direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as

delivery. Purchasers may be individuals or businesses. In commerce, a "retailer" buys goods

or products in large quantities from manufacturers or importers, either directly or through

a wholesaler, and then sells smaller quantities to the end-user. Retail establishments are often

called shops or stores. Retailers are at the end of the supply chain.

Shops may be on residential streets, shopping streets with few or no houses or in a shopping

mall. Shopping streets may be for pedestrians only. Sometimes a shopping street has a partial

or full roof to protect customers from precipitation. Online retailing, a type of electronic

commerce used for business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions and mail order, are forms of

non-shop retailing.

Retail in India started with the concept of weekly markets, where all the traders gathered at

one big place to sell their products every week. People came to these weekly markets to buy

the household items for the next one week. Village fairs and melas were also common as it

had more of an entertainment value. Once the people started getting busy with their lives and

turned entrepreneurial, there emerged the mom and pop shops and the kiranas in the

neighborhood. After independence, came into existence the system of Public distribution of

foods through the ration shops, where food grains, sugar and oil for the daily consumption

were distributed at subsidized rates through the government ration shops. The modern

corporate retail formats are of the exclusive brand outlets, hypermarkets and supermarkets,

departmental stores and shopping malls. But still a large number of Indian consumers depend

on the self-organized retail shops for their daily needs.

Retail business is a profitable sector in the first world countries and an emerging sector in

India with tremendous potential.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_order

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business-to-consumer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_commerce

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_commerce

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precipitation_(meteorology)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roof

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_mall

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_mall

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_chain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-user

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wholesale

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Import

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_(business)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumption_(economics)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiosk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boutique

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_store

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales

Retail is usually classified by type of products as follows:

Food products

Soft goods - clothing, apparel, and other fabrics.

Hard goods ("hardliner retailers") - appliances, electronics, furniture, sporting goods,

etc.

There are the following types of retailers by marketing strategy:

Supermarkets - sell mostly food products.

Department stores - very large stores offering a huge assortment of "soft" and "hard

goods".

General store - a store which sells most goods needed, typically in a rural area.

Convenience store - a small store often with extended hours, stocking everyday or

roadside items.

During my Summer Internship Project, I was given a project titled ‘A Comprehensive Study

on Retail at Reliance Fresh’ under which I was given a number of options.

As we know ‘Comprehensive Study’ means a vast study which is not possible within the

short period of two months. So, under the guidance of my Store Manager Mr. Palash

Chakroborty I have chosen the following subject as our project-

“Customer Satisfaction Regarding Product and Service Available at the Store”.

COMPANY PROFILE


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convenience_store

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_store

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_store

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarket

Reliance Fresh comes under Reliance Retail Ltd. It is the convenience store format which

forms part of the retail business of Reliance Industries Ltd of India which is headed by Mr.

Mukesh Ambani. It was incorporated on 30th October 2006. It launched its first retail format

called Reliance Fresh in Hyderabad on11 Nov in 2006. Spread over 2,000-5,000 sq ft, 11

such Reliance Fresh neighborhood convenience stores were come up in the city. Its head

quarter is situated in Mumbai and is known as NHQ, i.e., National Head Quarter. Now it has

almost 720 stores across 13 states including Chennai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur,

Mumbai, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. The strategy is to

open one Reliance Fresh store in a radius of three to four km to serve 1,000-2,000 families.

This means about 30-40 stores in the major metros. All the stores opened have an average

area of about 1,800 sq ft and an average of about 20 sales associates attending to customers.

Each store opens from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on all seven days of the week. It has got license of

keeping the store open for 365 days. Reliance Fresh sales staples, grocery, FMCG food items,

dairy products, FMCG non-food products, stationery products and a whole lot of other

categories at a very competitive price. It has its own in-house brands in both food and non-

food section like R-Select, R-Value (food) and Mopz, Sudz, Scrubz (non-food). These are

known as Reliance Private Label Products. It sales fresh fruits and vegetables through

Keventer Agro and that is known as Keventer Fresh.

In West Bengal, Reliance Fresh has 12 stores. I have done my Internship from Deshapriyo

Park store. It was opened on 14th August, 2008. It has an area of 2393 sq ft. Its store code is

2313. Store code is a number given to each sore by the Mumbai head quarter. Every store has

its unique code. Sale for the month of May was Rs. 11, 37,000 approximately.

OBJECTIVES

During this project my objectives were –


• To find out the level of awareness of the customers at Reliance Fresh- Deshapriyo

Park- My main objective was to find out how much customers know about the store,

whether they are aware of the price, products and services available at the store. At the

same time I wanted to increase the awareness.

• To find out Customers’ satisfaction about the products and services available at

store and also find out their expectations (if any)- I also wanted to find out whether

customers are satisfied with the products and services available at the store and if they

have any additional requirement.

• To improve customer service based on the feedback- Based on the feedback that I have

got from the study I wanted to improve customers’ satisfaction regarding the store.

METHODOLOGY

I did a research on ‘customers’ satisfaction’. My objective was to find out whether customers

are satisfied with the store and I did this by interviewing the customers and collecting

qualitative data and quantitative data.


Data Source- Primary Data- All the data I used in my research were primary data

because those were collected directly from field.

Research Approach- Personal Interaction with Customers- My research approach was

basically personal interaction with the customers as I directly went to the people and

communicate with them about the concerned matter and gathered all the necessary data.

Research Instrument- Questionnaire- I used a questionnaire made under the guidance

of the store manager.

Sample Size- 192- I collected 192 samples during the project.

Sampling Technique- Convenience Sampling- I used the Convenience sampling

technique, because I collected all the information from those members of the population

who were conveniently available to provide it. It is not advantageously placed to get

information required.

Sample Frame- Regular Customers at Reliance Fresh Deshapriyo Park- I did this

survey on those who were regular customers at the store. Regular customers are those

who come at least once in a month or monthly basket purchaser.


DATA TABULATION

&

INTERPRETATION

Frequency of customers' visit at store


30%

29%21%

14%6% once a week

twice a week or more

once a month

twice a month

thrice a month

I was mainly concerned about those customers who come at the store often. So,

according to my objectives I asked them first how frequently he/she visits the store.

In response I got this statistics-

30% of the customers come at least once in a week.

29% of them come twice in a week or more frequently.

21% come once in every month.

14% come twice in a month.

6% come thrice in a month.

How customers get to know about Reliance Fresh


53%

22%

1% 5%18%

2%

Live in the same locality

Relatives

Mail

Brochure

News Paper

Others

Next I asked them how they got to know about Reliance Fresh and I saw that-

53% of the respondents live in the same locality and so they automatically get to

know about Reliance Fresh as they share the same locality.

22% of them have come to know through their friends and relatives.

18% have come to know from news papers.

5% have got to know through brochure.

Very few people got to know through mail and other sources, i.e. 1% each.

Satisfaction regarding display of products


1% 5%

24%

55%

14%Highly Dissatis-fied

Dissatisfied

Moderate

Satisfied

Highly Satis-fied

It is very important to make a proper display of the product. Display of the product

means presenting the product in an attractive way. A planogram of the store comes from the

office but it is the duty of store to give it a good look and to set a good display of the store.

When I asked customers whether they are satisfied with the display of products, I got

the following replies-

55% of the customers are satisfied.

14% are highly satisfied.

25% think they are moderately satisfied.

5% are dissatisfied.

And a very negligible number of people, i.e., 1% are highly dissatisfied.


Satisfaction regarding availability of daily needs

1%15%

33%41%

10% Highly Dissat-isfied

Dissatisfied

Moderate

Satisfied

Highly Satis-fied

It is necessary to know that whether the customers are satisfied with the availability of

the products at the store. Availability of the products means all variety of products which the

store sells.

When I asked customers whether they are satisfied with the availability of products in the

store, almost half of the respondents fall in satisfied category (both satisfied and very

satisfied) and thus I got-

41% are satisfied.


33% are moderately satisfied.


1% is highly dissatisfied.


Satisfaction regarding price & offers

2% 10%

35%43%

10% Highly Dissatisfied

Dissatisfied

Moderate

Satisfied

Highly Satisfied

According to the survey, majority of the respondents are satisfied with the price and offers

available at store. I got-

43% are satisfied.




2% are very dissatisfied.


No. of customers availing basket offers

40%

60%Yes

No

First I need to know what basket offer actually is. Basket offer actually means combo offers.

This includes some specific combination products at a discounted price, like 5kg Pillsbury

Atta, 3 liters Nature Fresh Actilite Soybean oil and 2 kg R-value Sugar can be bought for Rs.

349/-, but the MRP is more than Rs. 400. This is a basket offer.

When I asked how many customers avail basket offers I observed- most of them do not avail

these offers.

60% of the respondents don’t avail it.

40% of them avail basket offers.


Satisfaction regarding combination of basket offers

33%

48%

19% Dissatisfied

Satisfied

Not Aware

Now the question comes if customers are satisfied with combination of products of basket

offers.

Almost half of them, i.e., 48% are satisfied.


But 19% of the respondents are not aware of the combinations offered.


Satisfaction regarding price & quality of Reliance Private Label products

2%15%

20%

39%

7%17%

Highly Dissatis-fied

Dissatisfied

Moderate

Satisfied

Highly Satisfied

Not Avail

Earlier it has been mentioned what Reliance Private Label products are.

When I asked if customers are satisfied with Reliance Private Label products regarding price

and quality-

39% said they are satisfied.




A very few are highly dissatisfied, like 2%.

But almost 1/5th, i.e., 17% are not aware of it.


Satisfaction regarding billing speed during rush hour

3%13%

23%

42%

20%Highly Dissatis-fied

Dissatisfied

Moderate

Satisfied

Highly Satisfied

From the survey it can be said that customers are very satisfied with the billing speed during

rush hour. More than half of them fall in satisfied category-

42% are satisfied.


Whereas 23% think it is moderate.


3% are highly dissatisfied.

The problem with Reliance is that it has two cash tills, but only one till is working and the

other is not working for a long time.


Satisfaction regarding home delivery system

4% 10%6%

20%

10%

50%

Highly Dissatis-fied

Dissatisfied

Moderate

Satisfied

Highly Satisfied

Not Availed

Reliance also offers home delivery facility free of cost. But the chart says that 50% of the

respondents do not avail home delivery facility. This may be because of two reasons- first,

customer has to shop for at least Rs. 700 and second, it offers home delivery within 2 km

distance.

Among those who avail this facility-

20% are satisfied.


6% say it’s moderate.


4% are highly dissatisfied.


Satisfaction regarding customer service

4% 5%

18%

50%

23%

Highly Dissat-isfied

Dissatisfied

Moderate

Satisfied

Highly Satis-fied

Reliance Fresh scores good in terms of customer satisfaction.

50% of them are satisfied.

23% are very satisfied.



5% are very dissatisfied.


Closest competitor of Reliance Fresh

15%

28%

39%

2%

2%3%

2%4%1%

6%

Food Bazar

Big Bazar

Spencer

Spinach

More

Food bazar &Spencer

Food Bazar & big Bazar

Big Bazar & Spencer

Food Bazar, Big Bazar & Spencer

Not Aware

When I asked the customers who they think is the closest competitor of Reliance Fresh, I got

to know that-

Majority of the customers almost 39% think that Spencer is the closest competitor.

Followed by Big Bazar (28%).

Food Bazar (15%).

A very few respondents supported Spinach and More (1% each).

Some of them voted for two, like-

3% voted for Food Bazar and Spencer.


2% for Big Bazar and Spencer.

4% for Big Bazar and Spencer.

1% of them supported all three of Food Bazar, Big Bazar and Spencer.

But some of the respondents (6%) could not answer the question as they are not aware

of other stores well.


FINDINGS

I have two kinds of findings from my project. Some I got from the survey among the

customers and others I got from my observations.

Let us first discuss what I found from the survey.

53% of the customers who come to Reliance Fresh (DP) are mainly local people. It

means local people are very much aware of this store rather than outside of the

locality.

59% of the customers prefer to visit the store once in a week or twice in a week. That

means they prefer to visit the store frequently. They buy their products on weekly

basis.

51% of the customers are satisfied with the products available, though 48% of total

customers fall on the dissatisfaction category and they need more variety of brands.

69% of the customers are satisfied with the display of products. That means they find

their products very easily when they visit the store.

53% of the customers are satisfied with the price and offers provided by the store,

though 45% of total customers are not satisfied fully. They think more discounts

should be provided on products.

60% of the customers don’t avail basket offers. But those who avail it are satisfied

with the combination of products. Some customers are not aware of the combinations

offered.

39% of the customers are satisfied with the price and quality of Reliance Private

Label products. But 17% of the customers are not availing it. Many of the customer

said that the price of private label product is high compared to other brands.

50% of the customers don’t avail home delivery facility. One reason is that, reliance

provides home delivery facility within 2km around the store. So, the customers who

do not live within 2km of radius from the store can’t avail this facility. Another reason

is, if customers shop for at least Rs. 700/- then only they can avail this facility. But

36% of total customers are satisfied with this facility.


62% of the customers are satisfied with the billing speed and check out time.

73% are satisfied with the overall customer service at the store.

FINDINGS (By Observation):

Now comes what I found from my observations and experiences during the project. I have

not used any questionnaire and this is based only on my observations.

The billing speed of cashier during rush hour is very good. But the problem with

Deshapriyo Park store is that it has two cash tills but one till is not working due to

system issue. So, the store has to depend on one till only, making the customers wait

in a queue during rush hour.

There are some products which were available in the store earlier but it is no more

available now, like Dosa rice, Dudheshwar rice etc. Though these products still has

demands.

Many Customers want non-veg products at the store. There is a high demand for non-

veg food product.

Many customers are not aware about the offers which are going on at the store. They

want more tele calling and sms from the store, so that they can know about the offers.

Customers face problem if the planogram are changed frequently and they complain

for this.

I often noticed that CSAs are not conveying the offers to the customers and some of

them don’t push sale much.

CSAs are less motivated to their work.

Customers often complain about the quality of fruits and vegetables. Fruits and

vegetables are often not fresh and rotten.

Customers often complain that price in Reliance Fresh is higher compared to local

market and other organized retails provide more discounts than our store.

According to the customers local market and other organized retail have more variety

of products.

RECOMMENDATIONS


According to the findings I want to suggest some recommendations. I have two kinds of

recommendation.

First is what I derived from the findings from survey and the second is based on my

observation and experiences in these two months.

First come recommendations based on Survey:

Reliance Fresh (DP) should increase their store awareness among the existing

customers and try to attract new customers by doing different types of promotional

activities, like competitions, game shows, distributing leaflets etc.

50% of the total customers are not availing Home delivery facility. This basically can

be because of two reasons- Reliance Fresh Deshapriyo Park offers home delivery if

customers shop for Rs. 700 or above and the maximum limit is 2 km from the store. If

the minimum limit of shopping bill is decreased more customers can avail this

facility. It will increase the acceptability of the store to customers.

Store should introduce more discounts & offers, as 45% of the customers think they

should have more discount and offers. Store can introduce offers on those products

that have high profit margin. It will attract more customers.

The store can offer good combination of products and make customers aware of

basket offers by more promotion and display of it, as19% of the customers are not

aware of the combinations of products in a basket offer. I have seen many people do

not avail basket offers as they do not like the combination offered. Store can observe

which products are high in demand and make basket offers with those products so that

more customers buy it.

RECOMMENDATIONS (By Observation):

I would also like to suggest some recommendations which are based on my observations. I

did not use any data or questionnaire for this. These are based on my experiences at store

during these two months.


Recommendations based on observation:

Earlier I have mentioned that during rush hour customers have to stand in a queue and

it creates dissatisfaction among customers. The closed till should be repaired

immediately to make the billing speed faster and reduce check out time.

Store can again start to sale those products which were available earlier but not

available now.

Store can talk to Local Bazar Samiti to start selling non-veg items in store.

Store can provide more tele calling and sms to make the customers aware of the offers

going in the store.

Planogram and position of bays should not be changed frequently.

Some staffs of the store need more training on customer service and push selling.

Each staff should be made aware of the offers and prices available at the store to

provide better customer service.

Staffs should be motivated by frequent praises and appraisals.

Store can try to sale fresh fruits and vegetables as customers often complain about the

quality of fruit and vegetable.

Reliance Fresh can keep the price at par with local market to gain competitive

advantage over local stores.

Reliance Fresh can introduce more variety of products to satisfy customers’ need.

STORE ACTIVITIES

These activities can be divided into two categories. One is Activities at Floor and other is

Activities at System.


ACTIVITIES AT FLOOR ACTIVITIES AT SYSTEM

Planogram Implementation SOD

Product Stacking GRN

Customer Dealing GRDC

Promotional Offer Handling Mark Down

FEFO & FIFO Maintenance Dump

Push Selling RTV

Communicating Offers Redeem R-one Voucher

Issuing R-One Card SEL Printing

Expiry Check EOD

Preparation of Job Sheet

First come Activities at Floor:

Planogram Implementation and Product Stacking- The first task that was assigned

to me is Planogram implementation and product stacking according to that.

Planogram is basically a store lay out. It is the structural format of the bays and racks

of a store and shows which product should be kept where and in what quantity. It

shows the vertical facing, horizontal facing, depth etc. Product stacking is done in

such a way so that customers can find the products easily. It is very important to make


a proper display of the products. Display of the product means presenting the product

for viewing especially in an attractive way.

Dealing with customers- My primary task was to deal with customers, like knowing

customers’ need and help them to find their products.

Promotional Offer Handling- I handled promotional offers. I was given a list of

offers. I had to check if the cash till is accepting those offers or not. If the offers are

accepted I had to print those offers on papers using MS-Power Point and place those

papers on respective bays.

FEFO & FIFO Maintenance- FEFO stands for First Expire First Out and FIFO

stands for First In First Out. It tells that the products which expire first should be kept

in the front and the products which have current manufacturing dates should be kept

at the back. This is to ensure that the store should have less expired products.

Push Selling- I tried to create interest on customers’ mind about the products. I

insisted the customers to take those goods which have high profit margin, like I

insisted them to take Reliance Private Label products like R-Select, R-value.

Communicating Offers- I communicated the offers and discounts which were

available at the store by tele calling, smsing and also through direct interaction.

Issuing R-One Card- R-one card is a loyalty card or membership card which

customers can get free of cost. They get some benefit on these cards. To get these

cards they have to fill up a form. I issued those cards from Customer Service Desk

and helped them to fill the forms.

Expiry Check- I also checked expiry dates of products so that there is no expired

products at the bays.

Preparation of Job Sheet- During the last few days of my project I helped the store

manager and store supervisor to prepare job sheet. Job sheet is prepared to assign jobs

to each employee. Though I am not officially authorized to do so but I helped them

with my suggestions and feedbacks.


Now let us come to Activities at System:

I also have done certain tasks on the system.

SOD- SOD stands for Start of the Day. It is the first job that the store needs to do.

Without SOD the store can’t start any of its activities. It involves certain activities,

like the store has to mention previous day’s cashier and the amount of cash done by

him. It’s known as Cashier Declaration. Store gets a mail from the head office

declaring stock of certain products. Store has to check those quantity and reply back

to head office. It’s known as Stock Declaration. SOD also declares the offers of that

day.

GRN- GRN is basically Goods Received Note. When store receives any good from

either Distribution Center or Vendor it issues a GRN. The name, quantity and price of

products are mentioned here. One copy is kept with the store and one copy is kept

with the sender of the products.

GRDC- GRDC stands for Goods Returned to Distribution Center (DC). When there

is any quality issue regarding the products sent by DC the store returns those goods

back to the DC. This process is known as GRDC.

Mark Down- When a product is very near to its expiry or its shelf life is going to

finish the store sells those products at a lowered price. This is known as Mark Down.

Store manager can set up to 15% mark down. The store has to send a mail to the zonal

office. But for more than 15% mark down they need to take permission from the

Category Manager and Cluster Manager.

Dump- When the goods are totally expired or damaged store cannot sale those goods.

They need to dump those goods and make an entry in the system and to inform the

SLP (Security and lose preventions).

RTV- Reliance has contracted with some of the companies regarding expiry of some

products. If those products are expired or get damaged, store cannot dump or mark

down those goods. They have to send those goods to vendors. This process is known

as RTV or Return to Vendor. This is done in case of brands like Daily, Mayurank etc.


Redeem R-one Voucher- R-one card holders are given certain points with each

purchase if they swipe their cards. When they collect at least 25 point they can redeem

those points against a voucher with which they can buy products from store without

paying cash. I redeemed those R-one vouchers through system.

SEL Printing- SEL means Shelf Edge Label. It is a small tag with name, code, and

price of the product and these are placed on each shelf having that certain product. I

have printed SEL with the help of HHT machine (Hand Held Terminal).

EOD- EOD stands for End of the Day and it is the last activity done in the store. It is

a declaration about total sales, item sold and quantity sold in a particular day.

CONCLUSION

Now at the end of my Summer Internship Project when I think what I got during these two

months, the one thing that comes to my mind is that this has been a life time opportunity and

a great learning experience for me.

Some of the things that I learned are:


How to handle customers: The first thing that I learned is how to handle customers.

After a lot of experience at store I realized that it is a very difficult job to make a

customer satisfy as they are always complaining about something or the other.

Flexibility in work: One of the major lessons that I got is flexibility in work. I had to

work there for 9 hours every day and sometime more than that. I had to stand there all

the day and finish the tasks assigned. I realized it is very difficult to adjust with the

schedule of retail stores. For the first time in my lives I learnt to work on Sundays and

holidays.

Exposure of Retail industry: Before going to the SIP I did not know much about

Retail Industry. But after finishing this project I got an exposure of Retail, an

extremely profitable and established business in the first world countries and an

emerging sector in our country. As I have chosen Retail as my minor specialization

this experience will help me in my future.

Time Management: I learned how to manage a number of tasks in a given time. At

store I had to deal with customers and I was given tasks by the store manager and

store supervisor which I had to finish on time. At the same time I worked on my

project. Thus I learned time management.

Experience of working in a group: The last thing that I learned is how to work in a

group. I worked with other staffs at the store. It was my first experience to work as a

team in the corporate world.

LIMITATIONS

During the project I faced certain limitations. All customers did not respond to our survey.

That may be because of two reasons. Some of them were in hurry; they didn’t have time for

answering the questions. Some of them were not interested to answer the survey.


REFERENCES

BOOKS:-

Statistical Tools for Managers, D.P. Apte

SITES:-


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliance_Fresh

http://www.reliancefresh.info/

http://ekikrat.in/Reliance-Fresh

ANNEXURE

Questionnaire used for conducting survey:

Comprehensive Study on Reliance Fresh

Name:

Age: Sex:


http://ekikrat.in/Reliance-Fresh

http://www.reliancefresh.info/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliance_Fresh

Phone no.:

[1- Highly Dissatisfied, 2- Dissatisfied, 3- Moderate, 4- Satisfied, 5- Highly Satisfied]

1. How frequently do you Visit Reliance Fresh?

a) Once a week b) Twice a week c) Once a month

d) Twice a month e) Thrice a month

2. From where did you get to know about Reliance Fresh?

a) News paper b) Relatives c) Brochure d) Mail

e) Others—(please specify) __________

3. How do you rate our display of products?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

4. How would you rate Reliance Fresh regarding availability of goods?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

5. How would you rate Reliance fresh regarding the price and promotion offers

available?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

6. Are you buying the basket offers available in Reliance fresh?

a) Yes b) No

7. Are you satisfied with the combination of products of the basket offer in Reliance

Fresh?

a) Yes b) No


8. How do you rate reliance Private Label Products regarding price and quality?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

9. How would you rate the home delivery facility?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

10. How do you rate the billing speed of the cashier in Reliance Fresh during rush

hour?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

11. Who do you think is the closest competitor of Reliance Fresh?

a) Food Bazar b) Big Bazar c) Spencer d)

Spinach e) More

12. How do you rate Reliance Fresh Regarding customer service?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

13. Any downside you want to suggest?


reliance fresh customer satisfaction

Documents

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