I bought 3 loaves of bread in Wil SG and they were all seriously underweight. This was the case some time ago, then it got better, and now the breads and rolls always weigh far too little. But we pay the full price............
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Guest
Hi, I discovered "Kernbeisserbrötli" in Aldi, simply brilliant.
Guest
Hi, I discovered "Kernbeisserbrötli" in Aldi, simply brilliant.
I've known it for a long time. But it has nothing to do with my contribution...
It's not just the case in Wil, it's also the case here in Zurich (I tested various large/small Migros branches on several days). That's why I rarely buy bread/rolls from Migros (Lidl, Denner, Aldi, Coop always manage to make the bread and rolls weigh a bit more). I don't want to accuse Migros of anything, but I have the suspicion that there seems to be a system in place, true to the motto "less content, same price" = hidden price increase...
Bodenseeknusperli
So you weigh the bread when I get home from shopping, just to check? Okee....
In the shop.....yes
Bodenseeknusperli
So you weigh the bread when I get home from shopping, just to check? Okee....
If I fancy a particular bread/roll from Migros, I buy it and weigh it at home; in the store it's always too much trouble for me to take the bread to the scales in the vegetable/fruit section to weigh it before I buy it; I always weigh the small rolls at home, in the store I simply try to estimate the largest/heaviest roll from the quantity of rolls by eye and then buy it, checking at home.
I first noticed with the small rolls that the weights were rarely correct; I then started weighing them at home out of curiosity, because I wanted to know whether this was just a coincidence or whether this was regularly the case; and after a few tests I then started buying the rolls in different stores out of curiosity and weighing them at home. At some point, out of curiosity, I also weighed the large loaves with the scales at home. What I was able to determine (I didn't make a study out of it, but only weighed them out of curiosity when I bought loaves/rolls, so it's not really representative because the quantity I bought wasn't that huge either): 80-90% of the weight of the loaves is correct, 5-10% of the weight of the rolls is correct. The rate also varies (for me at least) if you buy the bread/rolls in the morning or in the evening: In the morning or fresh from the Migros bakery, the figures are more likely to be correct than in the evening (this is probably because the bread/rolls lose water/dry out from standing for so long and then become lighter). As I said, these are just my findings with non-representative data. Others (Lidl, Aldi, Coop, Denner) do not have such weight fluctuations, their bread/rolls weigh almost 100% as indicated on the packaging or slightly more, even in the evening.
I don't want to put Migros on the spot or insinuate anything, but for me it is simply striking that bread/rolls very often weigh less than indicated, and as a customer I am simply not prepared to pay this "hidden" price increase (there are enough others that I have to pay because a product is not yet/not yet available from the competition), especially not if I get bread/rolls (the same or different) from the competition at the advertised weight/price.
smartcoyote
If I fancy a particular bread/roll from Migros, I buy it and weigh it at home; in the store it's always too much trouble for me to take the bread to the scales in the vegetable/fruit section to weigh it before I buy it; I always weigh the small rolls at home, in the store I simply try to estimate the largest/heaviest roll from the quantity of rolls by eye and then buy it, checking at home.
I first noticed with the small rolls that the weights were rarely correct; I then started weighing them at home out of curiosity, because I wanted to know whether this was just a coincidence or whether this was regularly the case; and after a few tests I then started buying the rolls in different stores out of curiosity and weighing them at home. At some point, out of curiosity, I also weighed the large loaves with the scales at home. What I was able to determine (I didn't make a study out of it, but only weighed them out of curiosity when I bought loaves/rolls, so it's not really representative because the quantity I bought wasn't that huge either): 80-90% of the weight of the loaves is correct, 5-10% of the weight of the rolls is correct. The rate also varies (for me at least) if you buy the bread/rolls in the morning or in the evening: In the morning or fresh from the Migros bakery, the figures are more likely to be correct than in the evening (this is probably because the bread/rolls lose water/dry out from standing for so long and then become lighter). As I said, these are just my findings with non-representative data. Others (Lidl, Aldi, Coop, Denner) do not have such weight fluctuations, their bread/rolls weigh almost 100% as indicated on the packaging or slightly more, even in the evening.
I don't want to put Migros on the spot or insinuate anything, but for me it is simply striking that bread/rolls very often weigh less than indicated, and as a customer I am simply not prepared to pay this "hidden" price increase (there are enough others that I have to pay because a product is not yet/not yet available from the competition), especially not if I get bread/rolls (the same or different) from the competition at the advertised weight/price.
Hello smartcoyote, thank you very much for the message. We are grateful for such honest feedback! We would like to follow up on your experience. Could you please let us know which types of bread rolls you noticed these discrepancies with? Could you also let us know exactly how much these weight differences were? Kind regards, Matteo
smartcoyote
If I fancy a particular bread/roll from Migros, I buy it and weigh it at home; in the store it's always too much trouble for me to take the bread to the scales in the vegetable/fruit section to weigh it before I buy it; I always weigh the small rolls at home, in the store I simply try to estimate the largest/heaviest roll from the quantity of rolls by eye and then buy it, checking at home.
I first noticed with the small rolls that the weights were rarely correct; I then started weighing them at home out of curiosity, because I wanted to know whether this was just a coincidence or whether this was regularly the case; and after a few tests I then started buying the rolls in different stores out of curiosity and weighing them at home. At some point, out of curiosity, I also weighed the large loaves with the scales at home. What I was able to determine (I didn't make a study out of it, but only weighed them out of curiosity when I bought loaves/rolls, so it's not really representative because the quantity I bought wasn't that huge either): 80-90% of the weight of the loaves is correct, 5-10% of the weight of the rolls is correct. The rate also varies (for me at least) if you buy the bread/rolls in the morning or in the evening: In the morning or fresh from the Migros bakery, the figures are more likely to be correct than in the evening (this is probably because the bread/rolls lose water/dry out from standing for so long and then become lighter). As I said, these are just my findings with non-representative data. Others (Lidl, Aldi, Coop, Denner) do not have such weight fluctuations, their bread/rolls weigh almost 100% as indicated on the packaging or slightly more, even in the evening.
I don't want to put Migros on the spot or insinuate anything, but for me it is simply striking that bread/rolls very often weigh less than indicated, and as a customer I am simply not prepared to pay this "hidden" price increase (there are enough others that I have to pay because a product is not yet/not yet available from the competition), especially not if I get bread/rolls (the same or different) from the competition at the advertised weight/price.
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M-Infoline
Hello smartcoyote, thank you very much for the message. We are grateful for such honest feedback! We would like to follow up on your experience. Could you please let us know which types of bread rolls you noticed these discrepancies with? Could you also let us know exactly how much these weight differences were? Kind regards, Matteo
For me in Wil it was the Wurzelbrötli, the dark stone oven rolls, spelt rolls, wholemeal bread Budget, Pane Passione... Actually, all bread is usually too "underweight". At Aldi and Lidl, however, the weight is consistently higher.
M-Infoline
Hello smartcoyote, thank you very much for the message. We are grateful for such honest feedback! We would like to follow up on your experience. Could you please let us know which types of bread rolls you noticed these discrepancies with? Could you also let us know exactly how much these weight differences were? Kind regards, Matteo
Dear Matteo I will collect my data and then post all the buns that are affected here. best regards
M-Infoline
Hello smartcoyote, thank you very much for the message. We are grateful for such honest feedback! We would like to follow up on your experience. Could you please let us know which types of bread rolls you noticed these discrepancies with? Could you also let us know exactly how much these weight differences were? Kind regards, Matteo
Dear Matteo Enclosed is the information you requested (as I said, the weights refer only to the rolls I bought and vary depending on where/when I bought them; I have therefore given an average weight below; they were weighed at home and not in the store; I would also like to make it clear that these rolls were definitely the same weight as stated on the website/in the store, and in rare cases were even slightly heavier; the other small breads according to the website are not listed because I either did not buy/weigh them or because, although they were bought more often, they were always the same weight as stated on the website or slightly heavier):
Bio Steinofen Vitalbrötchen 80g (https://produkte.migros.ch/bio-steinofen-vitalbroetchen-111700805500) => weigh on average between approx. 68-76g Bio Mini Twister hell 100g (https://produkte.migros.ch/bio-mini-twister-hell) => weigh on average between approx. 92-97g Bio Kartoffelbrötchen 110g (https://produkte.migros.ch/bio-kartoffelbroetchen-111712805500) => weigh on average between approx. 100-108g Croissant pur Beurre 70g (https://produkte.migros.ch/croissant-pur-beurre) => weigh on average between approx. 55-67g Organic Buttergipfel 45g (https://produkte.migros.ch/bio-buttergipfel-111714905500) => weigh on average between approx. 36-42g Stone Oven Roll IP Suisse 75g (https://produkte.migros.ch/steinofenbroetchen-ip-suisse) => weigh on average between approx. 69-73g Organic Stone Oven Spitzbrötchen 80g (https://produkte.migros.ch/bio-steinofen-spitzbroetchen-111726505500) => weigh on average between approx. 71-78g Big Laugenbuttergipfel 90g (https://produkte.migros.ch/big-laugenbuttergipfel-111738005500) => weigh on average approx. 85-88g Bio Quadrati mit Sonnenblumenkernen 120g (https://produkte.migros.ch/bio-quadrati-mit-sonnenblumenkernen) => weigh on average approx. 110-118g Butterweggli IP Suisse 65g (https://produkte.migros.ch/butterweggli-ip-suisse-111783005500) => weigh on average approx. 57-63g Butterweggli gross 90g (no details on website, available e.g. in the Brunaupark ZH branch) => weigh on average approx. 80-88g
