The retail chain Tegut has opened its first automated mini-market for groceries in the Rhine-Main region.
The new "Teo", as the company from Fulda calls its small digital self-service shops, has been on the forecourt of Hanau's main train station since Tuesday with a range of 950 items for everyday needs, including some household goods and drugstore items.
Petra Kirchhoff
Editor in the Rhein-Main-Zeitung.
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From now on, customers can shop here around the clock.
The company, which belongs to the Swiss Migros Group, now operates ten such mini markets with wooden facades and green roofs.
Gas stations and fast food delivery services are considered to be competitors.
In an interview with the FAZ last autumn, Tegut announced that he was planning 20 more "Teo" locations in the Rhine-Main region, both in urban locations and in rural regions.
As the company confirms, another store is expected to open in Sulzbach im Taunus at the end of June.
One is in conversation with Groß-Umstadt.
According to media reports, the city is planning a Mini in the core city and two in each district.
Tegut has so far been a pioneer in the industry in Germany with its automated concept.
However, according to information from the Lebensmittelzeitung, Rewe and Aldi are also testing the first high-tech markets.
The international role model is the Internet group Amazon, which operates such digitized shops in the United States and Great Britain.
Prerequisite for the "Teo" purchase is an app or a giro card with which customers gain access and pay for their purchase.
The items are scanned either directly via the app or at a self-service terminal.