You may remember that in an earlier article in this series Andrew Petrie applied for a hotel licence on his feu across the railway line and assigned the feu to James Henry who eventually built the Burnett Arms Hotel.
Andrew Petrie took over part of the lease which had been granted to James Thain for which he received a rebate of 14/6 (72.5p) per annum. Andrew Petrie's annual rental for his piece of land was £1. 2. 6 (£1. 12.5p) and he commissioned William Bremner, who had recently moved into the farm of Alehousewells to prepare plans for a building to house his business.
The beautiful building which now houses the bank offices and a flower shop was erected and the Petries ran what one would almost call a department store. The door on the corner led into the bank office and on the High Street was a two door shop frontage. The departments included grocery, ironmongery, house furnishing, hardware, drapery, gent's outfitting. Andrew Petrie was eventually joined in the business by three of his sons and in due course the shop at Monymusk was taken over and operated as a branch shop.
Andrew Petrie died on 4th April 1908 and is buried in Kemnay Churchyard. The business was carried on by his sons.