Watch Two Hours Of A Depanneur’s Operations… In Only 30 Seconds! Fascinating.

As Alain Bouchard, founder of Couche-Tard, likes to say, time is what a convenience store sells first and foremost.

We couldn’t illustrate this better than through the following timelapse video.

Time is the most precious resource of humanity because rich or poor, we have only a finite and limited quantity. And when you subtract what you are forced to spend for the most part (eating, sleeping, etc.), there is really not much left.

So during an active day, these few hours of high productivity work are quite valuable and for many, there can be no question of losing 15 minutes in a supermarket to save $ 2 on a product.

This is where the depanneur comes in: customers know they can get in and out quickly. And why is that?

  • Because they are located in convenient and easily accessible spots (such as here, at the corner of a major intersection) or strategically between home and work;
  • They offer easy parking and most of the time, right in front of the entrance door;
  • The walking distance between your car and the store is minimal;
  • Inside, everything is at your fingertips: no long aisles to walk through;
  • There is a wide variety of essentials: coffee, tobacco, snacks, alcohol, candy, ready-to-eat meals, beverages, lottery and more;
  • Easy to grab, pay and go… fast!

How fast? To watch it firsthand, we installed a camera in front of a popular Couche-Tard store, in Lachine, and photographed between noon and 2 PM, last Wednesday, at a rate of one photo every 7 seconds, or 1 sec = 3 minutes.

What struck us?

Several customers (if not most) make complete transactions (arrival and departure) in less than 5 minutes;

  • They clearly want to park near the door, and if there is no room, they make one;
  • They park forward or backward, to leave faster;
  • Most come by car but many also come on foot;
  • People at work (as on the video, employees of the municipality), take the opportunity to eat on the run;
  • And above all, it is non-stop! … as evidence, notice the entrance door that keeps opening and closing.

On this, good viewing!

 

TWO HOURS OF A DEPANNEUR’S OPERATIONS:
CONVENIENCE AT FULL SPEED! (NO LANGUAGE)

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