By Shirley Thomas

IN a community where the main thoroughfare spans miles of roadway, exposed to the sweltering heat of the sun and little or no facility offering food or beverage for sale, a snackette is like an oasis in the desert.

In this regard, the Triple ‘A’ Snackette. a lone food facility located just next door to the La Venture Primary/Secondary School compound along the Number One Canal Polder road has proven to be a ‘lifesaver.’ And this is so, not only for the hundreds of children attending that school, but for other persons as well.

Owned and operated by a lifetime resident of the La Venture community, Anthony Arthur, Triple ‘A’ Snackette, which has come to be a household name in the community, is ideally and conveniently located just next door to the school.

Even though the service is used by other members of the community, it caters specifically to the needs of children attending the school and who live a far distance away. The snackette offers a variety of tasty snacks and beverages, including fruit juices in an environment where fruits abound and where they are consumed largely for their health benefits.

Meanwhile, for those desirous of dining on the premises, they can savour the flavour of delicious, well prepared and packaged servings of cook-up rice and fried rice or chowmein, to which the students have taken a particular liking.

Deeply appreciative, the children are happy about the service, especially since it is close to the school and renders it easy for them to make their purchases and get back to school quickly and on time.

“We are also happy that Triple ‘A’ Snackette is here, and have come to like it because both the snacks and lunches are tasty and very affordable,” some of the students remarked. In the absence of the snackette, students, as well as workers who, for whatever reason did not bring their lunch from home, would experience some difficulty finding such a service.
Arthur said that the service is provided Mondays through Saturdays, opens up from 06:00hrs and runs throughout the working day to meet the needs of working people and other categories of his clientele in the quiet and slow-paced community of La Venture along the Canal Number One Polder, West Bank Demerara.