Vkusville opened two new establishments in a test format in St. Petersburg – “gastrodarki”. They are a hybrid of a dark store with services for offline shoppers. This was reported to RB.RU by the retailer’s press service.

Vkusville began testing a new format of points of sale in St. Petersburg
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The “Gastrodarki” are located on Lenina Street, building 5 and on Onezhskaya Street, building 5. The outlets offer hot food, coffee, pastries, as well as fish and meat products. In total, the assortment includes more than 6 thousand items.

“Gastrodarks” function as normal dark shops from where they deliver products. At the same time, customers have access to self-pickup – this feature is not available in classic dark stores, Vkusville emphasized.

The “gastroparks” have seating areas. The area of ​​the points is on average 800 to 900 square meters. m, of which 250 are occupied by cafes and shop windows. One of the “gastrodarks” has a special chamber with refrigerated products: an employee replenishes it on one side, and the buyer collects the food on the other.

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If the point-of-sale tests are successful, Vkusville will expand the format, the retailer’s press service clarified to RB.RU.

In October 2023, the company opened a greistor, a familiar store for customers, but combined with an area for picking up online orders, Vkusville said.

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Bogdan Muzychenko

Source: RB

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