Aftabs Convenience Store

To me, Aftabs sounds like a foreign washing powder, but judging from the shop that seems somewhat unlikely. It also sounds like the noise someone might make if they were sucker punched in the gut whilst playing a kazoo into a particularly fuzzy microphone. To me, anyway.
It is, in fact, a convenience store, and a decent one at that. Since the main thrust of a convenience store is convenience, to fail at that task would be rather more difficult than succeeding at it, meaning being decent is not enough to get more than three stars in my books. That of course doesn’t mean it’s bad though, but let’s be honest, you’re only going to visit because you need something, not because I rave about it. At this point I guess I’m just talking to myself…

AFTABS! What does that mean? Is it a name? Does it stand for something?
If I was commissioned to decide what it stood for, I’d say… A Fine and Timely Auspiciously Beneficial Shop.
Its Fine, not so much in the sense of selling finery and beautiful decorative products (for which it is not the place), but in the sense of there being nothing wrong with it. Its got all your basics, from bread and milk to a fine selection of confectionary and crisps.
Its Timely, certainly, because there are no other shops in the area, and if you’re walking from Deansgate or Trafford to Oxford Road, you’ll find the journey bleak and woeful. As you battle through the barren wasteland that is Hulme, AFTABS will come to you as would an oasis in the Sahara, providing a much needed Boost (or Twix) to get you through the remainder of the journey.
Auspicious, because auspicious implies success in the future while propitious means favourable conditions in the present; auspicious means promising or of good omen — not just special or memorable. Aftabs have a range of new deals on beers, ciders, wines and spirits, which I think will ensure future prosperity once the students from the surrounding area cotton on.
Beneficial, because you will benefit from the products purchased there. The reason for this is that you have purchases the products that you want or need.
Shop, because is it a shop. A place where money may be exchanged for goods approximately to the value of the money paid. This money is usually in paper form and until recently was backed up by gold reserves in national banks.