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Vegetables from the region - Price comparison

Gemüse aus der Region - Preisvergleich

I shop at Alnatura in Migros City in Zurich. Taking courgettes as an example, I noticed that in winter they are sold from Italy for around CHF 8 - if they then come from Switzerland they are still around CHF 7 and if they are from the region (Stefan Müller, Steinmaur), then they only cost around CHF 5.
If the farmer in the region is paid the same as other producers in Switzerland or abroad - then I think that's OK and the vegetables are simply cheaper due to the transportation route. But if the lower price is an indication that the farmer from the region receives less for the vegetables, then I don't think that's right!
How is this regulated?

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All replies (3)

Guest

Hello DomiDeLuxe

I apologize that you had to wait for an answer from us. Our product range managers at the Migros Cooperative Zurich have told me the following:

Actually, the costs are exactly the opposite: as Swiss operating costs are significantly higher than those abroad, the purchase prices (based on Bio Suisse guide prices) are significantly higher in the domestic phase. Accordingly, the selling prices are also higher.

In addition, organic production usually requires significantly more manual labor and results in lower yields than conventional production, which also has an influence on pricing.

At the moment we sell organic courgettes at Alnatura for CHF 7.90 (from Müller Steinmaur). At the beginning of the summer, we once sold organic courgettes in promotion for CHF 5.80 (from Müller Steinmaur). The prices of courgettes can vary greatly because the yields of this crop are very irregular.

I hope you can understand this.

Kind regards

Tanja

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Migrosnaut

Hello Tanja_Migros

Thank you for your feedback. Then there is still room for improvement in the labeling of the goods. For example, on the courgettes for CHF 7.90, the sign did not say "from Steinmaur" but "Switzerland" - the CHF 5.80 promotion was sometimes labeled like this and then again simply with the normal sign "From Steinmaur". In addition, important terms are also abbreviated - for example, Demeter apples were abbreviated to Dem. on the sign - for me as a customer it is not obvious that this is supposed to mean Demeter and is not part of the variety.

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Frederica

The recommended identification code for Demeter is DD! ?

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