As of: January 24, 2024, 5:46 p.m
By: Nina Bautz, Daniela Pohl
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Michael Plum (left) from Vonovia and LateBird boss Markus Belte in the new vending machine shop in Pasing.
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Spätis are known to be in short supply in Munich.
The strict Bavarian shop closing law makes 24-hour supply difficult.
A new trend now wants to counteract this: vending machine shops.
When friends spontaneously come over on Sundays or when you realize in the evening that the fridge is empty, people in Bavaria have previously had to rely primarily on gas stations or kiosks.
In the Vonovia residential area at Pasinger Lortzingstrasse 9 there will be a fully automated, around-the-clock supermarket from Friday, which could soon set a precedent elsewhere.
The 24 hour revolution!
Three product issues in the sales room, 650 items in the warehouse
The part that Vonovia tenants and other customers use is only around eight square meters in size.
Inside: three screens with goods issued.
Behind the wall is the almost 50 square meter, cloud-based warehouse with currently around 650 items.
From drugstore products to groceries, chilled drinks, snacks, pet food and fresh coffee, everything is included.
“We do not want to replace retail and are not intended for large weekend shopping.
We are a supplement,” explains Markus Belte, head of the slot machine manufacturer LateBird and, in this case, also the operator.
A solution to the personnel problem?
Strictly speaking, this is not a supermarket, but a huge vending machine that requires almost no staff - someone only comes by regularly to fill and clean.
“I still see this as the supermarket of the future.
“Not just because of the 24-hour concept,” says Belte.
“Saving personnel is a much more important issue today.” Belte cannot escape inquiries.
He already has 150 orders across Germany this year.
The company Ben and Bred also confirms the vending machine trend (see below).
Items around 10 percent more expensive
You can pay with your cell phone or card; cash is not possible.
According to the operator, the prices are around 10 percent higher than usual supermarket prices - "but below gas station levels." Barilla spaghetti, for example, costs 2.69 euros, 500 ml of chilled Beck's (only with proof of age) costs 1.39 euros, Herta Finesse Chicken breast 3.69 euros, hot coffee from 1.99 euros.
The range will change depending on customer demand; the Vonovia and LateBird vending machine shop is a pilot project.
With the findings from this, the trend could take off, and not just in other Vonovia districts.
According to Belte, the OEZ, the Pasing Arcaden and the airport have already expressed interest.
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Kiosks
Kiosk at the Reichenbach Bridge: open daily from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. (including pizza, snacks, baked goods, drugstore items) see left.
King Butt (Schwanthalerstraße 154): open daily from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. (including pizza, snacks, drinks).
Happy Kiosk (Schillerstraße 13), open daily from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m., kiosk with bakery shop.
Kiosk at Münchner Freiheit, open 24 hours.
Smiley Kiosk (Milky Way 14): open daily from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Cakes, sandwiches, salads – slogan: “from caviar to toilet paper”.
Alpen Imbiss (Thalkirchner Straße 2): open around the clock.
24 hour markets
Rewe to go (including main station, Kapuzinerstraße 46, Rosenheimer Straße 138).
Spar Express (including Landsberger Straße 184, Frankfurter Ring 241).
Automated supermarkets such as Ben and Bred (Sternstrasse 21), Late Bird (Lortzingstrasse 9, see above).
Gas stations (including Leopoldstrasse 140, Hochstrasse 5, Richard-Strauss-Strasse 70).
E-kiosks (Dachauer Straße 5, Kurfürstenplatz 6, Tegernseer Landstraße 29)
vending machines
Harvest box farm shop vending machines (including Agnes-Bernauer-Straße 77, Ammerlandstraße 3).
Pizza baking machines (Arnulfstraße 102, Landsberger Straße 338).
Drugstore vending machines: PharmaShop 24 (Türkenstraße 42), Sanipep Shop 24 (in the PEP shopping center) – hygiene products, baby food, plasters.
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