Revolution in retail: Muldestaues Smarter 24/7 shop enthusiastic!

Revolution in retail: Muldestaues Smarter 24/7 shop enthusiastic!

In recent years, the trend towards fully automated supermarkets has increased in Germany. The example is particularly striking in the municipality of Muldestausee in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district, where the shop “Our Schopp” has opened. This container with large windows offers around 1,600 products on compact 80 square meters. What makes this shop so special? It is open around the clock and customers can use themselves without personnel. To ensure that only honest customers have access, they need a valid ID card to enter the shop, such as [t-online.de] (https://www.t-online.de/region/braunschweig/id_100824458/touri-fuer--harz-interesse-an-vollomatic. reported.

The payment in the "Our Schopp" is cashless - here customers scan their products themselves and thus enjoy the comfort of shopping experiences without waiting times. Support comes from a pensioner three days a week who is on site for two hours. Interestingly, Sunday is the strongest sales day, but no staff is present on. This concept has its advantages, because purchasing is monitored by cameras and so far there has been no intentional theft.

a pioneer in rural regions

fully automated supermarkets could significantly improve local supply in rural areas. These so-called "smart stores" or "machine kiosks" make it possible to buy on Sundays, which encounters mixed reactions. Churches and unions strongly criticize Sunday sales because they see an attack on the free Sunday here. For example, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was the first federal state to legally permitted the Sunday opening of such markets, while in Hesse legal disputes resulted in that many existing markets had to remain closed on these days, with some exceptions, as reported by the [Evangelische Zeitung] (https://www.evangelische-zeitung.de/voll- automatized superma-gaeton is.

In Bavaria, a slight loosening was recently decided at the shop, which enables digital small supermarkets to also open on Sundays. At this point it shows how much the demand for such concepts is growing. For example, Tegut plans the expansion of his 39 TEO markets, which offer around 950 products. Rewe also tests a similar system with his “Jakobs Nahpauf Box” and offers about 800 items.

Future view in the Harz

The municipality of Muldestausee sees itself confirmed by the positive feedback from the population in their decision to open up further locations, especially in the Harz. Mayor Ferid Giebler is already planning another location in the Rösa district. It is important that a dialogue with the residents takes place when choosing new locations in order not to endanger existing retailers in their existence. The expansion of Aunt Enso, which already has several branches in Saxony-Anhalt, continues to underline this trend, as is also the case of the [Süddeutsche Zeitung] (https://www.sueddeutsche.de/artikel/wirtschaft/annah Supply-Abenben-autonome-supermakte-E066287/) In conclusion, it remains to be said that these fully automated shops not only offer a modern shopping solution, but also open potential for basic care and social contacts, especially for seniors and people in rural regions. But the critical voices should not be underestimated. The discussion about the effects on the labor market and compliance with work -free Sunday continues. In this area of tension, the development of local supply will certainly remain exciting in the coming years.