http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/sep/16/berlin-duo-supermarket-no-packaging-food-waste

Berlin duo launch a supermarket with no packaging

Shrink-wrapped shallots and polystyrene-packed peppers are a thing of
the past at Original Unverpackt, a German concept store selling
groceries without the packaging

Leah Borromeo
Guardian Professional, Tuesday 16 September 2014 15.07 BST

It works like this. You bring your own containers and have those
weighed. Berlin-based supermarket Original Unverpackt labels your
containers. You shop. When you get to the till, the weight of your
containers is subtracted and you pay for the net weight of your
groceries. The label is designed to survive a few washings so you can
come back and skip the weighing process for a while.

Founders Sara Wolf and Milena Glimbovski say there?s a rising demand for
products and services that deal with sustainability and that people
demand alternatives to the ?lavish? handling of our resources.

?Here, the customer only takes what they need,? says Wolf and Glimbovski
ahead of the launch of their Berlin-Kreuzberg shop. ?We?d like to offer
an alternative way of shopping - one where we offer everything you need
but you won?t find hundreds of different types of body lotion or olive oil.?

Original Unverpackt isn?t a new idea. Austin, Texas, has In.Gredients
and Catherine Conway founded London-based Unpackaged - first in
Islington in 2007 before it moved to Hackney in 2012. It closed the
following year after the original business model changed to include a
restaurant and a bar. All three are independent shops exploring the
psychology of food and consumption.

http://original-unverpackt.de/

http://original-unverpackt.de/presse/