Taiwanese supermarkets rush to deploy unmanned vending machines to seize business opportunities

Vending machines become the next new battle of Taiwanese supermarkets! After OK and 7-ELEVEN successively released unmanned vending machines in June last year, Lalfu also quietly launched HiSTORE-themed vending machines in March this year. It is reported that the whole family, known as 'the second son of super merchants' in Taiwan, is also ready to go. , Will launch unmanned vending machines in the near future. At this point, the four major supermarkets have included vending machines in their technological layout. In the future, they will start a new round of competition in this new battlefield less than one square meter. It is reported that the four major supermarkets in Taiwan are rushing to push unmanned vending machines for two reasons. One is that due to the trend of aging and fewer births, human resources are decreasing and labor costs are rising. The industry does not want to try to reduce the labor burden, and vending machines seem to be better. Unmanned stores or technology stores are relatively more 'grounded' solutions. Second, Taiwan’s super-business density ranks second in the world, and it is not easy to exhibit stores more significantly. Unmanned vending machines occupying less than one ping area have become The secret weapon to seize the 'slit business opportunity'. Among the four major supermarkets in Taiwan, the first to launch vending machines is actually the fourth OK supermarket. The first 'OK mini' unmanned vending machine was released on June 6, 2018, focusing on the 'minist convenience store'. , And emphasized that there are three temperature levels of 4℃, 18℃, and room temperature. Various product combinations can be sold. It also supports more than 20 non-cash payments. It also interfaces with real-time replenishment APP, cloud background management system, etc., allowing personnel Management is more convenient. At that time, it was considered by the outside world to be the OK supermarket with the least number of stores, an important strategy for counterattack and breakthrough. Unexpectedly, on June 21 of the same year, Xiaoqi, the leader of supermarkets, also joined the battle and announced the launch of the 7-ELEVEN vending machine store. It also has three temperature levels, but the payment method is limited to icash2.0 or icash co-branded cards, mainly for concatenation. The OPEN POINT membership system is mainly used to accumulate OP points for consumption like physical stores. It also has a back-end management system for real-time control of inventory, temperature, accounting, etc. However, the payment method has also greatly restricted the consumer base. It is reported that Xiaoqi has recently launched a new model of 'cash payment' for testing. In March of this year, Lairfu also quietly unveiled the 'HiSTORE' unmanned vending machine at the Taipei City Government. Unlike Jingye, the machine has a touch screen to directly click on product pictures, making shopping more intuitive and the initial payment method The leisure card with high penetration rate in Beijing is the main one. And after the layout of the three major supermarkets, FamilyMart's convenience store is not absent! It is reported that the whole family has already conducted research and testing on the unmanned vending machine. Although the whole family has kept the relevant contents of the machine confidential so far, it is reported that it will be officially published soon. After more than a year of testing and observation in the competition, what kind of experience the whole family will learn from it, and what refreshing machine it will launch, will soon be known. The above information is shared by the vending machine and reprinted, please mark the previous post: Encourage students to read.