At the star Station on Otto-Suhr-Allee 132 in Berlin, ORLEN Deutschland has opened its first Smart Container. The 9 x 3-meter container, with a total sales area of 18 square meters, will handle the sale of the fuel station’s product range until the planned Smart Store in the former gas station building is completed. After intensive planning and development, the Smart Container was precisely tailored to ORLEN Deutschland requirements.
Shopping with “Grab & Go” Technology
The Smart Container offers an innovative shopping experience: customers enter the container using a debit or credit card, make their purchases, and simply leave. Payment is automatically processed via the card used, without scanning or cashiers. The product range includes tobacco, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, snacks and confectionery, car accessories, and hot drinks. To ensure an optimal shopping experience at all times, the container is cleaned and restocked daily.
Technology and Security
A combination of highly sensitive scales in the shelves and AI-powered cameras ensures that every item movement is accurately recorded. This creates a virtual shopping cart that is automatically charged when leaving. Products such as alcohol or tobacco are only released after successful age verification – directly and securely via interfaces with the ID card or driver’s license.
“With our Smart Container in Berlin, we are demonstrating what the future of convenience shopping at a fuel station can look like: fast, effortless, and fully digital. We offer our customers a modern shopping experience that integrates seamlessly into their daily lives – independent of opening hours or on-site staff.
At the same time, we gain valuable insights that will help us for the future operation of our Smart Container. This allows us to gradually transform our locations and unlock new opportunities at unmanned fuel stations,” explains Torsten Rieger, Executive Director Commercial Retail at ORLEN Deutschland GmbH.
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