Abstract: A store for providing different kinds of articles consists of storage places (2) for one type of article each, of quantity detection devices (6) for the articles as are assigned to the storage places (2) and of an evaluator (12) for measurement results which can be related to the saved data of the respective type of article, which evaluator is connected with the storage places (2) via a transmission link (11) for transmitting the measurement results of the quantity detection devices (6).