Supermarket of the future: Why admission restrictions after Corona at Aldi and Co. could become normal

During the corona pandemic, customers had to get used to many new features in their daily shopping.

At Aldi, Lidl and Co., some changes will survive the pandemic.

• Aldi

  *,

  Lidl

  * and Co .: The future will also be more

  digital

  when it

  comes to shopping

  .

• Corona

  * in

  supermarkets

  : The admission controls could

  outlast

  the

  pandemic

  .

• Cash registers occupied by people will probably no longer be necessary in the future.

Kassel - mask duty, entrance control and distance: The

coronavirus

has our lives in the

supermarket

changed.

Some of the new regulations could outlast the corona crisis.

Supermarkets such as

Aldi, Lidl and Co.

could structure their stores fundamentally differently in the future.

Admission controls could

become standard

even after the

corona pandemic

.

Aldi, Lidl and Co .: The per capita receipt rose during Corona

To measure the success of their branches, cost supermarkets such as

Lidl

,

Aldi

and Co., the shopping list of customers from reports

chip.de

.

The higher the average value of the receipts per head, the better the branch is rated.

Digital supermarket shopping!

This is possible from Wednesday in Düsseldorf.

Select goods using the app, scan the QR code in the store and take the groceries with you within a few minutes.

Is this what the future of our shopping looks like?

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This value has increased since the outbreak of the

corona pandemic

, especially in the central branches of the supermarkets.

In the less centrally located branches, on the other hand, a decrease in this value can be seen.

Aldi, Lidl and Co .: Corona brings about a turnaround in the choice of location

Where a decentralized location was previously used, centrality is now the be-all and end-all. Since hardware stores, for example, are closed due to the corona pandemic, branches of

Aldi

,

Lidl

and Co. in their vicinity are less visited, for example.

That's why the trend is now towards branches in the city.

In many cities, local politicians are also happy about the turnaround.

So here is hoped for a revitalization of the inner cities.

For

their part, the

supermarkets are

hoping for easing, for example with regard to the length of opening times.

Industry experts have long been of the opinion that the future of shopping lies in intelligent city branches and so-called urban stores, as

reported by

chip.de.

Shopping after Corona: Aldi, Lidl and Co. will likely become more digital in the future

Branches of

Aldi

,

Lidl

and Co. could soon have far fewer employees.

Because the branches of the future will probably work much more digitally.

Products that have been removed could be added directly to an online shopping cart on the smartphone.

Similar to

online shopping

, customers in a supermarket of the future would have various payment options available when they leave the store.

A cash register with one employee would then no longer be necessary.

But buying behavior could also be better analyzed in the digitized branches.

That is why,

Rewe

,

Edeka

and Co. then track every step of the customers.

Admission controls at Aldi, Lidl and Co .: They will probably survive Corona

The theft is also becoming increasingly impossible due to the strong digitization of branches.

Because all products are constantly recorded by sensors.

This also means that the products can be refilled more quickly, as the system immediately recognizes when a shelf is empty.

During the

corona pandemic

,

admission controls were introduced

in the branches of

Aldi

,

Lidl

and Co.

These are intended to ensure that there are not too many people in a

supermarket branch in

order to keep the risk of infection as low as possible.

This limitation of customers could also exist in the branches of the future.

The Wanzl company, for example, has published concepts for so-called urban stores in which these admission regulations are standard.

(Lucas Maier)

* hna.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.