Best time to shop is between 04:00 - 06:00 on Mondays. The cashier basically wakes up from sleep (sorry) and there is absolutely nobody else anywhere, in the shop, the parking lot or the streets.
Walmart used to be open 24 hours, and I would often hit it in the middle of the night, coming home after a late night work event (common for my business).
There were still a lot of people, just not customers. Late at night, the aisles fill with stacks of boxes, and there is an army of workers stocking shelves. Those people will all be replaced by robots within a decade, maybe even half that time.
Anyway, after Covid, they adopted normal hours, and aren’t open all night anymore. There are a few drugstores that are open 24 hours, and convenience stores as well.
For #2 I bet you anything the executives will make deals with politicians. It will be sold as kind of a “too big to fail” thing. Because they provide a service to the community.
where in the world can you go grocery shopping at 4AM??
The USA and UK have 24/7 supermarkets. Maybe also France but I’m unsure.
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It’s less common in the USA too. Covid casualty.
Really miss 24hr stores. Was so great for the late night or early morning shifts and when I just did not want to see anyone
That’s way more informative than it needed be, thanks!
And gas stations, if you hate yourself enough.
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So like the Minneapolis of europe.
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In the US, it varies quite a bit regionally. I was pretty annoyed when I moved to the South and discovered that very little is open past 11 PM.
I suppose it depends on the right combination of population density and low minimum wage for it to be viable.
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I can confirm your statement about Germany haha but I’ve never seen a 24hr supermarket in the Netherlands or France either
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Some of the airports have 24/7 grocery stores in Germany. These are before security so accessible to all
Airports have grocery stores?
Some do. The Stuttgart airport has an Edeka
They’re not common in Europe at all.
Also in Germany… It’s called Späti
24/7 stores are pretty common in Finland, atleast in bigger cities
Finland - the promised land of avoiding people :D
Best time to shop is between 04:00 - 06:00 on Mondays. The cashier basically wakes up from sleep (sorry) and there is absolutely nobody else anywhere, in the shop, the parking lot or the streets.
Time stamp of your comment seems to check out.
Walmart used to be open 24 hours, and I would often hit it in the middle of the night, coming home after a late night work event (common for my business).
There were still a lot of people, just not customers. Late at night, the aisles fill with stacks of boxes, and there is an army of workers stocking shelves. Those people will all be replaced by robots within a decade, maybe even half that time.
Anyway, after Covid, they adopted normal hours, and aren’t open all night anymore. There are a few drugstores that are open 24 hours, and convenience stores as well.
I don’t think Walmart will be replacing their staff with robots.
One products and store messes are simply so very un-uniform it’s actually hard to automate.
Two the government won’t subsidize the robots like they do the workers.
They can solve #1 with AI.
For #2 I bet you anything the executives will make deals with politicians. It will be sold as kind of a “too big to fail” thing. Because they provide a service to the community.
WinCo!
Finland.