Żabka unveils new Eko Smart store format
The Eko shops will combine sustainable solutions with technological developments based on AI to cooperate and communicate with shop assistants.
Żabka Polska presented a new kind of shop – Eko Smart, during the Economic Forum in Karpacz, Poland. The new format combines sustainable solutions with new technological developments and the first of its kind is set to open in Poznań with three more to follow.
This new installation continues and combines the projects that the company has been implementing since 2020, when the first shop powered by 100% green energy was launched in Warsaw. The next step was the opening of Żabka Smart in Poznań in April 2022 - a testing ground for technological solutions facilitating the work of franchisees and their employees.
"Żabka Eko Smart is teeming with innovative technological solutions based on AI, which cooperate and communicate with the shop assistants, and perform certain actions on site. Running this kind of shop is highly intuitive and productive for franchisees," said Adam Manikowski, Vice President & Managing Director of Żabka Polska.
Żabka Eko Smart in Poznań utilises one of the world's first perovskite installations - this technology powers the price labels and have been incorporated into the blinds. The shop is equipped with remote lighting control systems and smart shop control solutions, the coffee machine area is lined with tiles made of coffee grounds and husks and the closed refrigerators insulated with hemp wool mats and glycol shelf coolers installed in the freezer cabinets.
"Żabka has had an ESG strategy for a few years already. As part of its 4th pillar, Green Planet, we focus mainly on 2 areas: decarbonisation and circularity. To decarbonise our value chain we are using e.g. green energy, green transport and innovative shop solutions cutting emissions. Equally important is working towards achieving a circular economy," added Anna Grabowska, VP of the Management Board for Consumer Strategies at Żabka Polska.
