And how did the Migipedia community like the really splendid-looking Swiss cherries from last week's Migros bulk promotion? I would be very interested to know.... ;-)
And how did the Migipedia community like the really splendid-looking Swiss cherries from last week's Migros bulk promotion? I would be very interested to know.... ;-)
Visually, they actually looked quite good. In terms of taste, however, they were an absolute disappointment. They tasted totally watered down. This was probably due to the rather rainy summer of the last few days. That's why I processed the kilo I had bought into chrisi cakes. That way you could still use them. From this point of view, the special offer price was actually still too high.
Visually, they actually looked quite good. In terms of taste, however, they were an absolute disappointment. They tasted totally watered down. This was probably due to the rather rainy summer of the last few days. That's why I processed the kilo I had bought into chrisi cakes. That way you could still use them. From this point of view, the special offer price was actually still too high.
In my opinion, it can't be the rainy summer, I bought suuuuper aromatic cherries at the market. Unfortunately, the ones from the Migros promotion were really disappointing, just like verchrimich writes. So I was looking forward to cheap AND good cherries too soon :-(
With the redesign of the website, this discussion was practically made to disappear, i.e. listed somewhere on the 60 pages under 'Product ideas' (???), where posts from 2011 appear at the top, followed in an indefinable order by those from 2013, from 2012, then again from 2011 and then from 2014. So much for the sophisticated methodology used here. I did find what I was looking for via Google.
On the topic itself:
Even more than a disappointment, this "action" was a deception in my eyes, which is why I posted the question here. First of all, for your information: According to a publication in Migros Magazine ("Cherries up to 40 percent cheaper"), Migros has responded to the current surplus of cherries with a one-week national sales campaign. The oversupply was due to the good weather during the blossoming period and the rain in July, which encouraged the cherries to grow. So the weather is definitely not an argument, on the contrary.
Well, I had never tasted cherries like the ones I bought from this campaign in my life. The fruit looked really gorgeous and the consistency of the flesh was fine, but the taste - as far as you could tell - was unacceptable. I had bought cherries twice shortly before (once from a local store in the Bern region, once from the canton of Vaud directly from the producer), and both times the fruit tasted wonderful. Price per kg: Migros promotion CHF 7.80, local store CHF 7.95 (!), producer CHF 10.
When a wholesaler advertises a cherry or other fruit promotion, as a consumer I think I can assume that it is dessert fruit and not fruit for cooking or whatever. However, I could not have described these fruits as dessert cherries after the first taste. My strong suspicion is that we were sold cherries that would normally be destined for industrial processing and therefore could not have been sold at a higher price anyway (and were still too expensive, as verchrimich aptly pointed out). A great, great pity!
Guest
Hello sirio60
We are very sorry that you were not satisfied with the quality of the cherries. Of course, it should not happen that the quality is poor. We try to counteract such problems by imposing clear requirements on our suppliers and carrying out targeted checks on incoming goods. The product manager takes a closer look at the inspection processes with the relevant departments.
However, the influence of the weather should not be underestimated in this case and we need to take a closer look. As written in the article in Migros Magazine, the good climatic conditions - especially during the flowering period - have led to record harvests. In other words, the quantities harvested this year were twice as high as in the lean previous year. Since statistics have been collected, never before have so many cherries been harvested as this year.
Nevertheless, the rain was not just a blessing. The wet weather and the lack of sun in recent weeks was a major challenge for producers. The cherries "absorbed" a lot of water and unfortunately lost some of their flavor as a result.
We would like to have more influence on this, but as cherries are a natural product, fluctuations can occur which we and the producers unfortunately have little influence over. I hope you understand this.
Kind regards
Tanja
This story confirms what I have observed over the years: Fruit and sometimes vegetable promotions are mostly used to get rid of surplus and second-rate produce as quickly as possible, especially when it comes to Swiss produce. In this case, the communication was surprisingly honest and I am not surprised by the result. Almost always, when I buy fruit in promotion, it is either perishable (overripe), visually unappealing or tasteless. As I suffer from a stone and pome fruit allergy and can only eat these fruits when cooked (usually in the form of a wähen or compote), I can get over it, but there have often been such bad products that even the promotional price was too high. The Plumcots promotion last week was another case in point. Most of the stones could only be removed from the fruit with a lot of effort, so I wasn't surprised that the resulting cake was quite sour when the fruit was advertised as very sweet in the store :(
My suspicions about tummy ache campaigns with fresh fruit were confirmed once again today: You can forget about the Swiss plum campaign. All green. And by that I mean really green. Apparently, the fruit had to be harvested unripe, as it would otherwise fall off the tree unripe due to the long dry spell and heat of the past few weeks. Such "rejects" can then be sold as a promotion. If you like it, go for it, my digestion already rebels at the sight of it.
Guest
Hello Feathercloud
Thank you for your feedback. I'm sorry you weren't satisfied with our offer. Can you tell me which store you bought the plums from? Then I'll be happy to pass on your feedback directly to the local managers.
Kind regards
Tanja
Hello Tanja
The branches can't help it if the head office only delivers green stuff. I made another attempt today at another branch (my catchment area is the east of Bern including Gümligen): 75% of the produce on offer is green, the rest is just larger than normal table grapes. I refrained from rummaging through the boxes to find any that I could use.
In my opinion, it can't be the rainy summer, I bought suuuuper aromatic cherries at the market. Unfortunately, the ones from the Migros promotion were really disappointing, just like verchrimich writes. So I was looking forward to cheap AND good cherries too soon :-(
With the redesign of the website, this discussion was practically made to disappear, i.e. listed somewhere on the 60 pages under 'Product ideas' (???), where posts from 2011 appear at the top, followed in an indefinable order by those from 2013, from 2012, then again from 2011 and then from 2014. So much for the sophisticated methodology used here. I did find what I was looking for via Google.
On the topic itself:
Even more than a disappointment, this "action" was a deception in my eyes, which is why I posted the question here. First of all, for your information: According to a publication in Migros Magazine ("Cherries up to 40 percent cheaper"), Migros has responded to the current surplus of cherries with a one-week national sales campaign. The oversupply was due to the good weather during the blossoming period and the rain in July, which encouraged the cherries to grow. So the weather is definitely not an argument, on the contrary.
Well, I had never tasted cherries like the ones I bought from this campaign in my life. The fruit looked really gorgeous and the consistency of the flesh was fine, but the taste - as far as you could tell - was unacceptable. I had bought cherries twice shortly before (once from a local store in the Bern region, once from the canton of Vaud directly from the producer), and both times the fruit tasted wonderful. Price per kg: Migros promotion CHF 7.80, local store CHF 7.95 (!), producer CHF 10.
When a wholesaler advertises a cherry or other fruit promotion, as a consumer I think I can assume that it is dessert fruit and not fruit for cooking or whatever. However, I could not have described these fruits as dessert cherries after the first taste. My strong suspicion is that we were sold cherries that would normally be destined for industrial processing and therefore could not have been sold at a higher price anyway (and were still too expensive, as verchrimich aptly pointed out). A great, great pity!
Guest
Hello sirio60
We are very sorry that you were not satisfied with the quality of the cherries. Of course, it should not happen that the quality is poor. We try to counteract such problems by imposing clear requirements on our suppliers and carrying out targeted checks on incoming goods. The product manager takes a closer look at the inspection processes with the relevant departments.
However, the influence of the weather should not be underestimated in this case and we need to take a closer look. As written in the article in Migros Magazine, the good climatic conditions - especially during the flowering period - have led to record harvests. In other words, the quantities harvested this year were twice as high as in the lean previous year. Since statistics have been collected, never before have so many cherries been harvested as this year.
Nevertheless, the rain was not just a blessing. The wet weather and the lack of sun in recent weeks was a major challenge for producers. The cherries "absorbed" a lot of water and unfortunately lost some of their flavor as a result.
We would like to have more influence on this, but as cherries are a natural product, fluctuations can occur which we and the producers unfortunately have little influence over. I hope you understand this.
Kind regards
Tanja
This story confirms what I have observed over the years: Fruit and sometimes vegetable promotions are mostly used to get rid of surplus and second-rate produce as quickly as possible, especially when it comes to Swiss produce. In this case, the communication was surprisingly honest and I am not surprised by the result. Almost always, when I buy fruit in promotion, it is either perishable (overripe), visually unappealing or tasteless. As I suffer from a stone and pome fruit allergy and can only eat these fruits when cooked (usually in the form of a wähen or compote), I can get over it, but there have often been such bad products that even the promotional price was too high. The Plumcots promotion last week was another case in point. Most of the stones could only be removed from the fruit with a lot of effort, so I wasn't surprised that the resulting cake was quite sour when the fruit was advertised as very sweet in the store :(
My suspicions about tummy ache campaigns with fresh fruit were confirmed once again today: You can forget about the Swiss plum campaign. All green. And by that I mean really green. Apparently, the fruit had to be harvested unripe, as it would otherwise fall off the tree unripe due to the long dry spell and heat of the past few weeks. Such "rejects" can then be sold as a promotion. If you like it, go for it, my digestion already rebels at the sight of it.
Guest
Hello Feathercloud
Thank you for your feedback. I'm sorry you weren't satisfied with our offer. Can you tell me which store you bought the plums from? Then I'll be happy to pass on your feedback directly to the local managers.
Kind regards
Tanja
Hello Tanja
The branches can't help it if the head office only delivers green stuff. I made another attempt today at another branch (my catchment area is the east of Bern including Gümligen): 75% of the produce on offer is green, the rest is just larger than normal table grapes. I refrained from rummaging through the boxes to find any that I could use.
