On Thursday, August 8, Albert closed in Varyád in Karlovy Vary. People still buy basic food there. And the Varyáda shopping center in Karlovy Vary will start its Karavan Roadshow on Friday, August 9, which will follow its customers around the region.
The reason is not only an information campaign regarding the completion of the center, but also a kind of compensation for the closure of the Albert branch. The one in the existing premises ended on Thursday, August 8, and will only open in the new section on September 25. ” We are opening Varyáda MiniPotraviny in order to meet our customers and still be able to buy basic food from us. They can be found according to the easy-to-read navigation of the shopping center, specifically in the place where Bistrotéka Zlámalíková is located, on the corner of the DM drugstore and the jewelry store. They will be open in the same way as the shops of the shopping center, i.e. from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., or until the stocked food supplies for each day are released. People will buy fresh bread here every day, the changing assortment will include a selection of pastries, dairy products, sausages, meat, fruit and vegetables, as well as alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, in short, daily necessities. It is a temporary solution,” informs Martin Malý, director of marketing and communication of investor EPG Group.
The Varyáda Karavan Roadshow starts on Friday with the first stop in Chodov. On Saturday, he will come to see people at the Rolava swimming pool in Karlovy Vary. “The roadshow will be every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It is a Varyáda event together with Premiere Cinemas, which will offer freshly roasted popcorn and present the modern projectors it will use in Varyáda. Albert will then hand out fruit, bistro operators and refreshments hot dogs, coffee, spa wafers, prosecco or juices. People get everything for free. Everyone who comes will be able to spin their luck, every participant will win something. It will be, for example, gift vouchers,” continues the marketing director, adding that the stops will also include a relaxation zone with games for children.what the new shopping center will look like thanks to a model from a Lego set, the dimensions of which are one square meter.
And as director Malý adds, while the weekends will be Roadshows, on Mondays and Tuesdays Varyáda Patrola will walk around Karlovy Vary. A couple consisting of a girl and a boy will be giving out refreshments and gift vouchers worth 100 crowns to people in the city. “The motto of this Patrol is Varyáda gives joy. We tried to design the dates of the stops in the Roadshow according to the major events in the given place. That is why, for example, we go to Cheb on August 17 and 18, when Aviation Days are held here. We will repeatedly be in Lokta, when, for example, Kryštof Kemp is held in the amphitheater on August 28. We will arrive in Sokolov on August 16, because Olympic is performing here on this day, and on September 14 we will show up in Ostrov, when the Prague Selection will play here. On the other hand, we connected the penultimate stop in Horní Slavkov, which is scheduled for September 21, with the local Town Festival,” concludes director Malý.
Work on the expansion of the shopping center began in January this year. The completion and overall transformation is divided into several stages and should last 23 months, so it should be completed before Christmas in 2025. The almost finished rear section will be the first to open. In addition to the relocated Albert, up to ten units with refreshments can be found there.