Swedish first: Supermarket without staff

- A first in Sweden: a supermarket without staff. In many Dutch supermarkets, it is now possible to scan your messages, but then your bags and payment ultimately controlled by a store employee. it is now possible in the Swedish city Viken to retrieve your messages without intermediary.

In Viken, you can now pay with your smartphone, which also serves as identification. After registration and downloading an app you can open the door ones of the unattended store and your shopping. The grocery store is open 24 hours a day. At the end of the month, the account is automatically debited from your bank account.

The initiator is the Swedish IT entrepreneur Robert Ilijason, who developed a special app store. 'To use the app you need to register with your Swedish bank ID. That way you can identify and trace the bank or you have a history in terms wanbetalen or debts. '

Ilijason sees his concept as a gap in the market. He has no employees and sole employee inventor may itself take delivery of the products and fill the boxes.
Theft is obviously lurking, but Ilijason has thought of. There are no drugs, cigarettes or alcohol sales to deter theft. 'There hang cameras everywhere, so every corner of the supermarket can be viewed. In addition, I live in the area so there can always be a baseball bat to go racing, 'jokes Ilijason. He also notifies you if someone tries to break in, or if the door is open for longer than 8 seconds.