EnBW welcomes new fully automated REWE ready store
Published on: Feb 6, 2024
Located at the operator’s fast-charging park in Lichtenau, the new store features smart fridges that utilize artificial intelligence for the first time.
EnBW has welcomed a new fully automated store under the REWE ready brand at its fast-charging park in Lichtenau.
With almost 200 items available, customers, commuters and local residents can stock up on coffee, cool drinks, fresh snacks and salads as well as other products around the clock. This is the third smart store concept that Lekkerland is introducing at a public or semi-public location.
This location is equipped with three smart fridges that open after customers have scanned their preferred cashless means of payment. Customers remove the desired products and close the door again, with weight sensors and cameras recording which products have been removed and debited to the corresponding account.
The technology for the store comes from the Portuguese software company Reckon.ai and is used exclusively by Lekkerland in Germany as part of a partnership.
"We have our customers' needs in mind and are continuously developing the charging experience at our locations. On-site shopping options such as those offered by Lekkerland also play an important role," says Volker Rimpler, Vice President Construction & Rollout E-Mobility at EnBW.
In addition to the REWE ready store, the park includes toilets, seating and a playground. Moreover, the modern wooden roof is equipped with solar panels; the electricity generated flows directly into the charging park's cycle.
This is the second pilot location at which EnBW and Lekkerland are working together. In fall 2022, the two companies opened the first fully automated store under the REWE ready brand at the EnBW fast-charging park in Bispingen.
