Oranjemund Spar Today!

[Michael Alexander]

@ DUnja, the five camera's in a row point down five different isles, we have 5 covert camera's also in the shop, which has helped us (Adriaan) catch at least 20 staff member sover the last 3 years.....

@ Cherry, Rosemead won quite  few awards over the last few years.... and yes, we do get complimented on the wide range we carry for such a remote store , at the last count we had 16 different mustards and 18 000 different lines....

The photo;'s to not show the whole truth, as the store is actually quite dirty and in dire need of painting, but this will cost in excess of 100 000, just for the inside, and with the unsure future of Oranjemund, one wonders if this would be money well spent, especially after us having to fork out close to half a million for a new generator.....

The building is also falling to pieces and the floor is trashed with tiles coming up left and right...

[Charmain Meier (Heusdens)]

Mike

I am impressed! A much better set up than when I lived in Oranjemund.  Tell me, is there no separate bottle store and market anymore? We also have two Super Spar's here in Pretoria, the one is located in Eldoraigne and the other in Queenswood. Here in Pretoria most of the Spar's sell cooked meals.  Must admit it is cheaper to buy a meal there than preparing for two people. Keep up the good work.

Charmain

[Rhona]

The shop looks awesome - Good work Michele & Mike  ...........one thing though - Do you guys do internet shopping and delivery, cause I could quite happily put in an order right now  grab

[Paula Gottsch (Willson)]

Ok Mike, now tell us who were the big nobs from other Spars that come to visit your shop??

[Carl Wrbka]

Are you guys in Nam planning on upgrading to the new Smart Tag system? I thought it looked cool here at our local SPAR, so I "liberated" one to show you.

[Cherry (Alcock)]

"Liberated"?  Nice euphemism Carl!  

[Carl Wrbka]

  Actually I bribed one of the shelf packers into giving me one. Lets say I made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

[Cherry (Alcock)]

   How do they work though?

[Carl Wrbka]

The tag contains a programmable microcontroller. Each tag is labelled with a description of the item whose price is to be displayed. The shop owner pre-programs his inventory into a hand held programmer together with each item's price. The programmer is then given to the shelf packer who during his rounds just points the programmer at the tag of the item on the shelf and the correct price is sent via an infra red link to the tag and is displayed for all to see.

All in all, its a much smarter and more efficient system than having to re-label the shop inventory every time the prices change.

[Cherry (Alcock)]

Ahh, thank you; now if we could get all shops to make sure every item is labelled whether on the item or the shelf price, I for one will be a happy puppy!

[Carl Wrbka]

The technology has been available for years allready. Its up to the store owner whether he wants to use it or not. These tags are mass produced in China for less than R10 each. A small price to pay if you want to keep ahead of the competition.

[Alfred Boehme]

Here are a few shots of Oranjemund Spar this morning, for those of you who cannot remember it....

Hi Mike looks good but why when I come to spar the fruit and veg displays are so empty "I must be going on the wrong day of the week"

[Michael Alexander]

Alfie, Perishables on a mOnday...... Fruit and veg on Tuesdays and Thursday. fresh meat on Fridays...... and Beer on Monday to Saturdays...... 

[georg ruf jr.]

  

[Alfred Boehme]

Alfie, Perishables on a mOnday...... Fruit and veg on Tuesdays and Thursday. fresh meat on Fridays...... and Beer on Monday to Saturdays...... 

I will be leaving this week end to a farm no electricity, no tv, no radio just lots of beers, spice gold and a nice sweet wine for the cold evenings

I will bring pic's back

Alfred