Andre's Food Bar celebrates 35 years in business

A popular Portsmouth sandwich shop chain has marked three and a half decades of serving customers.

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00:00 Camera's running. Hi there, my name's Andre Cunene and this is Andre's food bar in Drayton.

00:07 So we're on Havant Road Drayton? We are Havant Road Drayton, yes. Okay now Andre I understand

00:11 there's special reasons for celebration? Yeah it's 35 years since the business was started

00:16 by my parents. First shop was down in Southsea and it's gone from strength to strength since

00:22 they opened and we're very happy to be up in Drayton now. Okay so how does that feel

00:27 then 35 years in business? Yeah it's a big number, 35 years is a milestone and a half,

00:36 we hope to be going again in another 35 years. Absolutely, so what's the secret of your popularity

00:41 Andre? I suppose moving with the times to a certain extent, good recipe, good ingredients

00:49 and great customer service is one thing we strive to achieve. We get told a lot not only

00:54 our food is good but we have great customer service and people are happy to come in. Good

01:01 stuff. So you've got a couple of other branches I understand? We do, we have this store which

01:08 is the newest store on Drayton Road, then there is Lord Montgomery Way down near the

01:15 University of Portsmouth and the original store in Osborne Road Southsea which started

01:20 as La Croix-en-Prie and that's 35 years this week. Okay so what are your hopes for the

01:27 future then Andre? Well we hope to be going in another 35 years, whether it be children

01:33 taking over then, myself and my business partner Anthony, we hope to be going in 35 years,

01:42 perhaps there will be more shops, we don't know, we will see. Brilliant, thank you very

01:45 much for speaking to the news. Thank you very much, thank you.