Star Discount Store

Ismail, Riza, Gazi and Huseyin are four Kurdish brothers who have been living in London for 20 years. The owners of the fruit and veg shop sold it in February 2009 and opened up this discount shop next door the same month. All now in their 60s, they were finding getting up at 2am to go to Spitalfields too exhausting, although they still work 12 hours a day, six days a week and struggle to compete with supermarkets as some cash and carry prices are higher than in the big chains.