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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.
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.
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.
USA, Europe...except Germany. We close the world when sun goes down. Or weekend hits.
I can confirm your statement about Germany haha but I've never seen a 24hr supermarket in the Netherlands or France either
Couldn't remember one either, but i also don't KNOW. So far, from every other european i heard, it's more common. I might be wrong :)
Some of the airports have 24/7 grocery stores
Airports have grocery stores?
Some do. The Stuttgart airport has an Edeka
They're not common in Europe at all.
So like the Minneapolis of europe.
Oh, i thought it was all around the US of A. Obviously not :)
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.
Didn't know, thought it was all-over. Low min-wage surely is a factor. Here it would probably be absolutely killing. more pay for nightshifts where only a few people actually shop at those times? no way...
Also in Germany.. It's called Späti
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.