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PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• sepiroth154@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The USA and UK have 24/7 supermarkets. Maybe also France but I’m unsure.

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  • AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    and UK

    well, we used to, and it was wonderful. But not so much any more. They still exist in some places but they’re much rarer now.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTWD7qULzA4

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    • errer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It’s less common in the USA too. Covid casualty.

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      • PacMan@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Really miss 24hr stores. Was so great for the late night or early morning shifts and when I just did not want to see anyone

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    • sepiroth154@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That’s way more informative than it needed be, thanks!

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  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    And gas stations, if you hate yourself enough.

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• Dyskolos@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  USA, Europe…except Germany. We close the world when sun goes down. Or weekend hits.

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  • P00ptart@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    So like the Minneapolis of europe.

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    • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Oh, i thought it was all around the US of A. Obviously not :)

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      • higgsboson@piefed.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        In the US, it varies quite a bit regionally. I was pretty annoyed when I moved to the South and discovered that very little is open past 11 PM.

        I suppose it depends on the right combination of population density and low minimum wage for it to be viable.

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  • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I can confirm your statement about Germany haha but I’ve never seen a 24hr supermarket in the Netherlands or France either

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    • arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Some of the airports have 24/7 grocery stores

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      • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Airports have grocery stores?

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    • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Couldn’t remember one either, but i also don’t KNOW. So far, from every other european i heard, it’s more common. I might be wrong :)

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  • M137@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    They’re not common in Europe at all.

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  • Aphos@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Also in Germany… It’s called Späti

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• brb@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  24/7 stores are pretty common in Finland, atleast in bigger cities

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  • Haaveilija@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Finland - the promised land of avoiding people :D

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• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Walmart used to be open 24 hours, and I would often hit it in the middle of the night, coming home after a late night work event (common for my business).

  There were still a lot of people, just not customers. Late at night, the aisles fill with stacks of boxes, and there is an army of workers stocking shelves. Those people will all be replaced by robots within a decade, maybe even half that time.

  Anyway, after Covid, they adopted normal hours, and aren’t open all night anymore. There are a few drugstores that are open 24 hours, and convenience stores as well.

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  • arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I don’t think Walmart will be replacing their staff with robots.

    One products and store messes are simply so very un-uniform it’s actually hard to automate.

    Two the government won’t subsidize the robots like they do the workers.

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      They can solve #1 with AI.

      For #2 I bet you anything the executives will make deals with politicians. It will be sold as kind of a “too big to fail” thing. Because they provide a service to the community.

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• Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Finland.

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• sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  WinCo!

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