Sunny's Variety Stores is a general store at 161 Victoria Avenue on St Johns Hill in Whanganui, and it stocks a very wide mix of goods under one roof. The website lists craft supplies, stationery, art pads, paints and modelling clay, along with pool frames, pumps and covers, gardening tools, seeds and fertiliser. Fishing gear, camping items such as tents and sleeping bags, and car cleaning products are also on the shelves. For the home there are kitchen and bakeware, bathroom and laundry items, batteries, phone accessories and first aid. Toys include Lego, Schleich, Sylvanian and Siku, and the range also covers body wash, shampoo and hair styling products. The website says it sells top household brands at lower prices.
Open Locally shows two other variety stores within a kilometre. Q Variety Store, 0.1 km away, rates 4.4 from 43 reviews, and Coin Save Wanganui, 0.6 km away, rates 4.3 from 68 reviews. This is a place for a quick, varied shop, where you can pick up a pool pump, a set of paints and a birthday toy in one visit.