In Germany, everything is getting more expensive: groceries, gasoline or going to restaurants… In the future, people will have to pay more when they use the toilet at service stations and service areas on most German highways.
Dywedodd asiantaeth newyddion yr Almaen, o Dachwedd 18, bod Sanifair, cawr diwydiant yr Almaen, yn gobeithio cynyddu'r ffi defnyddio tua 400 o gyfleusterau toiled a weithredir ar hyd y wibffordd o 70 cents ewro i 1 ewro.
Ar yr un pryd, mae'r cwmni'n adolygu ei fodel taleb, sy'n adnabyddus i gwsmeriaid. Yn y dyfodol, bydd cwsmeriaid Sanifair yn derbyn taleb o 1 ewro ar ôl talu'r ffi toiled. Gellir dal i ddefnyddio'r daleb i'w didynnu wrth siopa yn yr orsaf wasanaeth wibffordd. Fodd bynnag, dim ond am un daleb y gellir cyfnewid pob eitem. Yn flaenorol, bob tro y gwnaethoch wario 70 Ewro, gallech gael taleb gwerth 50 Ewro, a chaniatawyd i'w ddefnyddio ar y cyd.
Esboniodd y cwmni fod defnyddio cyfleuster Sanifair bron â adennill costau i westeion yn yr orsaf orffwys. Fodd bynnag, o ystyried pris uchel nwyddau yn yr orsaf wasanaeth wibffordd, nid yw holl gwsmeriaid Sanifair yn defnyddio talebau.
Dywedir mai dyma'r tro cyntaf i Sanifair godi'r pris ers iddo lansio'r model taleb yn 2011. Eglurodd y cwmni, er bod costau gweithredu ynni, staff a nwyddau traul wedi codi'n sydyn, gall y mesur hwn gynnal y safonau glendid, gwasanaeth a chysur am amser hir.
Mae Sanifair yn is-gwmni i Tank&Rast Group, sy'n rheoli'r rhan fwyaf o orsafoedd nwy a meysydd gwasanaeth ar briffyrdd yr Almaen.
The All German Automobile Club Association (ADAC) expressed its understanding of Sanifair’s move. “This measure is regrettable for travelers and families, but in view of the general rise in prices, it is understandable to do so,” said a spokesman for the association. Importantly, the price increase is accompanied by further improvement in toilet cleaning and sanitation in service areas. However, the Association expressed dissatisfaction that each commodity can only be exchanged for one voucher.
The German consumer organization (VZBV) and the German Automobile Club (AvD) criticized this. VZBV believes that the rise of vouchers is just a gimmick, and customers will not get actual benefits. A spokesman for AvD said that Sanifair’s parent company, Tank&Rast, was already privileged on the highway, and it was expensive to sell things at gas stations or service areas. Now the company also earns extra profits from people’s necessary needs, which will scare away and drive many people who want to use the toilet mad.
Amser postio: Hydref-21-2022
