Need to close a store because of « human mistakes »
Net store that had already been opened in Glæsibær has been closed for the sixth week. The store’s window says that it is closed due to technical difficulties, but not all the story is told and human mistakes play its part.
Gunnur Líf Gunnarsdóttir, Managing Director of Commercial and Human Resources at Samkaup, says that the store is ready in all respects and that it is all the most spectacular. It was opened for one day at the end of March, but Samkaup had to close the store a day later.
Gunnur Líf Gunnarsdóttir is the Director of the Commerce and Human Resources Division of Samkaup,
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Need a new operating license
« We fell down a lightweight wall to connect two spaces and kept in good faith that we had an operating license, but it was a human mistake for us not to read better about it, » says Gunnur.
By folding down the wall, two retail spaces were associated with the restaurant Saffran and the Icelandic supermarket.
« When the wall was canceled, we needed a new operating license. We opened the store in good faith for one day, but as we realized that we needed a new operating license, we closed the store, » says Gunnur.
Tens of millions of damage
She says that an application for a new operating license has been for several weeks at the City of Reykjavik, but holidays and other things have prevented the matter.
« This is a tens of millions of damage to us and this is extremely sorry. But we are trying to do this as fast as we can but can’t control the city, » says Gunnur. She reiterates, however, that the mistake lies with Samkaup.
Final Audit after
The next meeting of the City of Reykjavik Planning Representative is on Tuesday. After the permit has been granted, a final audit must be made so that residents near Glæsibær have to wait for their own for the store to reopen.
The store is ready in all respects.
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« But we are very excited to open the store for customers, » says Gunnur.
Samkaup operates Nettó, Iceland and Krambúðar, supermarket in the countryside, but according to Gunnar, the aim is to close the company’s Iceland stores.
