New Billa Box in favorites: Innovative purchase without staff!

New Billa Box in favorites: Innovative purchase without staff!

In an exciting reopening for the Viennese shopping landscape, the supermarket operator Billa presented his latest branch, the "Billa Box", on the distribution circle. This innovative point of sale is located at Favoritenstraße 220a and convinces with a modern self -service concept that is entirely geared towards the needs of the almost 1000 articles of daily needs. The focus is on fresh goods, dry products and various non-food articles. According to meindezirk.at comprises the sales area about 55 square meters.

What makes the Billa Box so special? Customers can enter the branch without personnel and only have to scan their ATM or credit card in order to receive access. Then select your products and pay at two self -service coffers that enable cashless payment. In the Billa Box, the prices are adapted to conventional Billa branches, so that customers do not have to lose anything in terms of quality.

innovations in retail

The Billa Box is the third of its kind in Austria, after successful openings in Wiener Neudorf and Vösendorf. The concept encounters lively interest, especially among younger generations. A survey by Marketagent shows that 83% of 20 to 29-year-olds want self-service markets in their surroundings. Even 70% of those surveyed would like such markets to be open on Sundays and public holidays, which underlines the demand for more flexible shops. These results were raised in a period of one week in December 2024, based on a representative survey of among 1,000 people between the ages of 14 and 75, such as t3n.de Show.

opening times and accessibility

The Billa Box will be open from Monday to Friday from 6.30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. On Saturdays, customers can shop from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Exceptionally, the branch will not be open on Sundays and public holidays, unless regional regulations apply. However, this opens up discussions about how modern purchasing can be designed even better in order to better meet the needs of customers.

Overall, the new Billa Box not only offers practical shops, but also shows in which direction the retail industry could move over the next few years. Against the background of digitization and the trend towards more self -service, it is exciting to observe how such concepts will continue to gain a foothold in Austria in the future.