The first ‘FamilyMart Corner’ stores where beverages, snacks and convenience foods are sold from automatic vending machines have been opened by FamilyMart Thailand.
Central Food Retail, which operates FamilyMart Thailand and the Tops supermarket chain, created the FamilyMart Corner, the first concept of its type in the nation, to provide increased convenience to consumers on the go.
“Convenience stores must always adapt,” says Stephane Coum, CEO of Central Food Retail Group. “In every crisis lie endless opportunities. The Covid-19 outbreak has prompted us to adapt ourselves and changed the way we work.”
Coum says the container-style convenience stores can be built quickly and take up limited space, enabling them to be opened rapidly in areas where consumers in lockdown need to access food and beverages quickly and close to their homes.
“We focus on locations in front of shopping malls, condominiums, universities, communities, and factories,” says Coum. “The design of the containers is attractive, with graffiti and street art to attract people and invite them to come buy our products.”
The first FamilyMart Corners opened at Robinson Lifestyle Srisaman and Saraburi on 10 April and the next is scheduled for Robinson Bangrak on 22 April.
