Aldi Süd is reportedly testing a digital system in some stores to limit customer influx in accordance with corona restrictions.
- Aldi Süd relies on digital access controls because of Corona.
- Sensors at the inputs and outputs should monitor the number of customers in the store in real time.
- Other supermarkets * could also follow.
In the corona crisis *, the discounter Aldi Süd wants to limit the number of customers in its branches with digital access controls. Sensors at the inputs and outputs should monitor the number of customers in the store in real time . "The access system ensures that the maximum utilization levels in our branches are not exceeded," Aldi manager Malte Kuhn reported on Monday (April 27), according to a report by the German Press Agency.
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Digital admission controls: these are the plans at Aldi Süd
In total, the discounter * wants to equip half of its 1,930 branches with the sensors. The branch employees are automatically informed about the load via an app, SMS or calls . A traffic light system or a screen display is to be tested in individual branches , which informs customers about the branch's capacity utilization and thus controls access.
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Previously, the food newspaper had reported that Aldi Süd is working flat out to introduce digital admission control in most of its branches in Germany. The newspaper explained the idea behind it as follows: The counting system with video cameras, analysis software and a screen with traffic light function replace bouncers and should help to comply with the corona-related * distance rules.
Businessinsider.de had also reported on the plans, citing the food newspaper. The idea of such systems is: At the entrance, customers are signaled via a screen that lights up either green or red like a traffic light, signaling whether they can enter.
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Digital admission controls in supermarkets in the test
In Switzerland, such a system from Aldi Suisse was already introduced at the beginning of April after a test phase in 110 particularly popular branches, reports the Business Insider. The system also stipulates that employees would be warned "should the store become too crowded and the traffic lights turn red". According to information from the food newspaper, a system from the Stuttgart-based start-up Sensalytics could be used in German Aldi stores, reports on Businessinsider.de and Stern.de said.
According to the food newspaper, Aldi Süd is not the only retailer who is considering a digital system, the portals reported. Also Lidl , dm and some Edeka -Markets would test the digital doorman traffic light, writes Stern.de. Kaufland, Rewe and Rossmann * should also deal with the topic, according to the report.
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