By Matthew Sims
The smells of cold meat and the sounds of keen customers providing their orders will soon be no more at Peppercorn Deli at the Westfield Fountain Gate Shopping Centre, as the owners are preparing to close their doors after more than 20 years of business.
Kevin Ji and his wife Bonny are preparing to close the business, with Kevin saying it was a hard decision to make.
“We are very sad,” he said.
“We’ve spent half of our lives in Fountain Gate.
“We are sorry to our customers.”
Kevin said he and his wife were looking forward to resting before deciding what to do into the future.
“I can’t do anything else,” he said.
“I think we did quite good.”
Customer Monica Schoeberl said the deli always reminded her of her home country of Austria.
“A lot of people love the deli,” she said.
Love poured out for the business on Facebook, with customer Noelene Laslowski saying she was “devastated” by the news.
“Such a fantastic store with a great range of products,” she said.
