Strawberries action recently...

Aktion Erdbeeren kürzlich...

Last week in Migros:
Strawberries promotion, and in the middle of winter? Incredibly cheap, from Spain...
Apart from the fact that these fruits hardly taste good: How does Migros reconcile such nonsensical offers with its "Generation M conscience"? Everyone knows that strawberry production in Spain is anything but sustainable. What's more, no one will be in the mood for Swiss berries in summer... What a shame! :-(
And speaking of sustainability & co: is it true that the GLOBUS subsidiary still sells real fur...? Scandalous when you think of the cruel "production" of such superfluous fashion accessories. Sad. This doesn't fit in at all with the ostensibly social, sustainable and animal-friendly Migros!

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All replies (10)

Kathrin

I absolutely agree with you! I also find it scandalous that asparagus and rhubarb are already available! But the argument is probably "we offer what the customer wants to buy". Oh dear, sigh. :-(

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Guest

"we offer what the customer wants to buy", I really hope so. I'll say it again, if you want to limit yourself to seasonal or local products, please. You don't have to buy imported products. Just as a vegetarian doesn't have to buy meat, but Migros still offers it. Fortunately.

For my part, I'm glad that we now have the technological possibilities to have a "full choice" all year round (and can also buy bananas, pineapples, oranges and other foreign fruit from time to time). Maybe I want to do something with strawberries in winter? Why shouldn't I be allowed to do that just because you don't want me to?

In the end, you end up with demands that Migros should only sell local, seasonal, vegan, ecological, sustainable, organic ... List shortened by 100 entries ... healthy, environmentally friendly, ethical products. Yes, then just go to the health food store or the organic store.

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moz79

People expect more from "their" Migros than from other stores. That's also nice in a way :-) People still think of Gottlieb Duttweiler.

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Guest

That's fine, I do too, but also in the sense that Migros has a wide range of products, including foreign fruit in winter (and also M-Budget products). Everyone can limit themselves. But everyone should be free to choose.

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Guest

Which company are we talking about?

"Actually, we're like Migros in Duttweiler's day: We connect consumers directly with producers and cut out the middleman. As a result, the products are fresher and the quality is significantly better."

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Guest

Hello

Today's Migros no longer has much to do with Duttweiler's ideals; it is too expensive in many areas. My parents lived in the days when the Migros sales bus was a regular sight on the outskirts of town. People shopped there because Migros was much cheaper than the local stores. So that there wasn't so much money left over at the end of the month, my mother also accepted a longer walk. Today, we go to Aldi and Lidl for many items because many of the same products are cheaper there and we also like others more. Nevertheless, there are products that we only buy from Migros because we like them.

Duttweiler, for example, deliberately did not sell alcohol or tobacco products. That was a good and correct attitude, which today's Migros has betrayed with the takeover of Denner without making any fundamental changes to its product range. Migros has thus exchanged its ideals for profit. I'm not surprised that it also earns money from fur, but conceals this fact. Even if I didn't know that Globus was part of Migros. Never mind, there's no Globus near us anyway and I like furs best when they're still crawling around and you can stroke or feed them. To stay warm on cold days, we usually use textiles made from pet bottles or similar packaging. :-)

Winter strawberries are available almost everywhere, and Migros is no exception. I see it more like n_vogel, let them buy the ones they want and not worry about the world. Stupidity won't die out, that can't be changed, but you can set a good example and ignore certain offers. Conscious consumers will not buy winter strawberries.

There are already a lot of foods that have ingredients foisted on us that we want to avoid. The best example of this are the nasty battery farmed eggs, where the hens live their whole lives on a very small grid and never see a meadow or the sun. This is cruel, which is why we buy the free-range eggs we love. Nevertheless, many of the foods we buy contain the bad eggs. Migros cakes and cream slices are the best, to name just one example. But in order to produce the quantity that Migros offers every day, there is no getting around the bad eggs. As a compromise, we often bake ourselves, but not always and not everything.

Greetings from the Migi piglet

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Kathrin

And once again, of course, strawberries in action right on valentine's day - thanks to all the campaign and sales strategists. sorry, mother nature! sniff!

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Guest

Let's speak out clearly: "We're sick of strawberries like this!"
We demand a reduction in the import of unseasonal fruit and vegetables.

Join in!

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Dragonball

If it wasn't bought, then it wouldn't be profitable for Migros either.

I am in favor of the market deciding.

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joeweibel

On the one hand, the customer is looking for it, on the other hand, there are ecological considerations. In terms of light, various things could be produced again in Switzerland as early as January, but the heat that is then produced via crude oil is missing. In the old greenhouses, for example, one kilo of tomatoes required 800 grams of heating oil. So what makes more sense to import or to produce in Switzerland? And how much more can we do without imports? More and more land is disappearing! But in the spirit of our maturity: decide WHAT you feed your body, decide again to place a higher value on food.

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