Online grocery provider -- Supie -- is looking to open high-technology unmanned stores which will be open 24 hours daily

The online alternative supermarket's been running for two years and delivers to Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Rotorua.

The plan is -- for an app to unlock the door of the store when a customer enters, with cameras picking up the items you take and the app charges your card at the end.

Founder Sarah Balle says the stores will be community based.

She says it makes it easy for people who don't live in big towns and have access to supermarkets.