Silpo is the leading supermarket chain in Ukraine. One of the retailer’s newest, most attractive and also largest stores with a sales area of 2,900 sqm is located in the basement of “Gulliver” shopping centre. It sets standards in Kiev’s retail shopping landscape – not only with its high-quality productassortment, but also with state-of-the-art LED lighting technology from BÄRO.

It is open around the clock and it first and foremost attracts a young clientele – which is why perfect light plays a crucial role. For the lighting the planners and the BÄRO consultants opted for the powerful LED spotlights of the EC luminaire series together with beledi XL light structures from BÄRO in the checkout areas.

The lighting concept demonstrates how supermarkets with a modern design no longer need diffuse general lighting nowadays.

The planners used BÄRO's wide range of LED light colours both for sales-promoting product lighting that optimises the products' own colours and also to zone the room. For this they used several different LED spectrums: in the aisles standard light colours dominate with good and excellent colour rendering and colour temperatures of 2700 K, 3000 K and 4000 K – fine-tuned to the character of the product groups.

Special light colours such as SpecialMeat or FreshMeat are used at the serving counters for different meat products and cold cuts, Fish&Seafood for the presentation of products of the same name and Sun for the warm, rich presentation of fruit and vegetables.

The result is a lighting and colour balance that is fine-tuned to the inherent colours of the products in the different zones and product groups – lighting that underpins the high overall standards of the store concept and creates an atmosphere where shopping around the clock is a pleasure.