How does Migros deal with this?

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They block the discussion!

But this topic affects Migros just as much as other food retailers, so I'm trying to start a new discussion on the topic of food waste here...

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"The high level of food waste has far-reaching effects on nature and people. The production of food causes 30 percent of all environmental pollution. Throwing food away unnecessarily puts a strain on scarce resources such as water, soil and fossil fuels. Discarded food causes billions in additional costs in Switzerland and places an unnecessary burden on the household budget. At the same time, increased demand due to losses is making the global supply of food scarcer, while the food security of many people is not guaranteed."

What Migros likes to hide are the high losses that occur during production and processing. Migros specifies the standards according to which food is purchased. This is why Coop, for example, launched the Ünique label back in 2013, which also sells food that does not meet the standard. Ünique lemons are currently on offer at coop@home. Aldi Süd has now also jumped on the bandwagon and is launching organic carrots on the market under the Krumme Dinger label.

I think that Migros also has to take on a large part of the responsibility, as many foods don't even make it to the Migros shelves. Please reconsider whether you can do something about this.

Otherwise I will unfortunately do my shopping elsewhere.

Another thing that has not yet been finally clarified due to the lockdown is the date of sale. Has anything changed in the meantime? Tanja wrote the following at the time:
"Simply printing the best-before date is not permitted by law: for perishable products, both "sell by" and "use by" dates must be printed."

In 2012 you could read the following:

"Not only the industry, but also retailer Migros is going over the books when it comes to expiration dates. "We set up a working group in September to find out where the best-before date or use-by date can be extended without hesitation," says spokeswoman Monika Weibel." [1]

In 2016, it sounded like this:

"Other indications such as "for sale by" are voluntary statements by sellers that say nothing about shelf life. Some retailers such as Volg and Coop do not print this date." [2]

And what has changed at Migros since then? Does the milk still carry a "sell by" date?

[1] http://www.20min.ch/finance/news/story/-Wir-muessen-die-Konsumenten-umerziehen--24181718
[2] https://www.bauernzeitung.ch/news-archiv/2016/mit-einfachen-mitteln-weniger-verschwenden