FEATURE-Slovenia opens shop for poor as crisis bites

* Slovenians flock to shop open only to the poor
* Customers must show proof of low income
* More branches planned across the country

By Marja Novak
LJUBLJANA, March 18 (Reuters) - Crisis-hit Slovenians are flocking to a new shop selling basic food and beauty products only to those who can prove they are poor.
Slovenia's first shop aimed only at the hard-up shows how fortunes have changed in a country that prospered in the years following independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1991.
Only people who can prove they earn less than 500 euros ($650) a month can shop in the store, which sells basic goods at discounts of as much as 70 percent.
"This shop is a realistic picture of our times, which are sad," said Martin Perme, a 59-year-old security guard and one of the first customers in the shop, which opened this week.

- aby nedošlo k nedorozumeniu, nie je to štátna ale súkromná sieť 5 obchodov
- no na nájomné obchodom prispievajú "local communities" čo budú asi miestne úrady, neviem
- mesačný limit nákupu je 60eur, aby ľudia s tovarom nekšeftovali (nepredávali ďalej drahšie)