Trigo technology powered REWE Pick&Go store concept hits Romania with PENNY store in Bucharest

REWE has brought its Pick&Go store concept to Romania.

In a LinkedIn post, REWE digital said: “Shopping, packing directly and paying at the self-checkout without scanning now also works in the first fully automated PENNY store in Bucharest.”

“Our computer vision and AI technology supported by 500 cameras, 5,000 sensors and 200 image processing units makes it possible.”

It added: “After our hybrid test stores in Cologne, Berlin, Hamburg and Düsseldorf, a fully autonomous REWE Pick&Go in Munich and now five autonomous IKI Go stores in Lithuania, we are now bringing our innovative shopping technology to Romania on a trial basis with Trigo.”

Hamburg

Hamburg was introduced to Pick&Go earlier this month.

The store, which clocks in at 1.200 square metres in floor space and features 20.000 items, is pitched as Europe’s largest computer vision-based supermarket.

It is also the first REWE Pick&Go store in northern Germany, and offers four ways to pay for purchases: cashless via Pick&Go via app; scanning and paying at the self-checkout terminal; shopping via computer vision support without scanning at the self-checkout terminal; standard payment process at the cash register.

A highlight is that the Pick&Go system now also covers the service counter for the first time.

Customers have the opportunity to purchase fresh meat, cheese and sausage products without having to wait at the checkout afterwards.

Anika Vooes, Chief Acceleration Manager at REWE digital, said: “This is another example of how we master complexity with cross-functional collaboration and a dedicated team.”

“Congrats to the Pick&Go team and REWE Region North. Stay tuned - the next Hamburg store will be opening soon.”