It’s been a quiet start for the self-service grocery store in FLC Village. Janne Hansen from Let-Køb in Kramnitze, who runs the container-based convenience store, says that she is still working towards the goal:
Grows a little every day
– It grows a little every day. I think it (the shop, ed.) has been well received. We just have to figure out which products we should have on the shelves. And then we have to get to know the customers, she says.
The latter immediately sounds like a difficult exercise for an unmanned self-service store, but Janne Hansen actually has regular contact with customers:
– The goods do not get on the shelves by themselves, so we are often down there to stock up, and that is where we meet them, says the Kramnitze grocer.
Disciplined tunnel workers
Janne Hansen only has high praise for the residents of FLC Village in relation to the store:
– After all, we sit every once in a while and keep an eye on the surveillance, and we have not yet experienced that anyone has been stupid and “forgot” to pay for the goods. And on the whole, they are very disciplined. It’s never dirty in there, and no rubbish is thrown out front, she says.
Revenue must quadruple or quintuple
The turnover, on the other hand, could be somewhat higher, but Janne Hansen is confident after the first month with the unmanned satellite:
– It is just under 134 euros a day, and we need to quadruple or quintuple that figure before it is a really good business. After all, many workers have cars and drive into Rødbyhavn to shop. But in a little while, it will be winter and cold and wet, and then there are probably some who would like to save the trip, says Janne Hansen.
Looking forward to public access
She is looking forward to the fence and the guard being moved so that the grocery container will also be accessible to people other than the employees with an access card to the construction site:
– Then I would like to put up a sign by the observation tower so that the tourists can see that you can buy ice cream nearby, says Janne Hansen.
