Once you're away for the summer, a lot of things change, even at Migros. We were shocked to discover yesterday that the yogurt range has been completely turned upside down and the budget range has had to make way for it, which is a real shame! First there was no more large raspberry yogurt, now the small 6-packs have disappeared, as have the vanilla yogurts. It's funny that other companies are increasing their low-cost products and creating new ones - Migros is doing exactly the opposite - for us as a large family, these are exactly the products we need! And we're certainly not the only ones. And: it happens to us again and again...
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Once you're away for the summer, a lot of things change, even at Migros. We were shocked to discover yesterday that the yogurt range has been completely turned upside down and the budget range has had to make way for it, which is a real shame! First there was no more large raspberry yogurt, now the small 6-packs have disappeared, as have the vanilla yogurts. It's funny that other companies are increasing their low-cost products and creating new ones - Migros is doing exactly the opposite - for us as a large family, these are exactly the products we need! And we're certainly not the only ones. And: it happens to us again and again...
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@Migros Budget salt sticks again, please. The others on the shelf don't taste good and are even more expensive. So zero replacement. I don't think they were bought too little either!?
It's beginning to seem to me as if Migros is being maligned. As if someone is planning to make them bad and then buy them up cheaply?
Because a lot of really good things are disappearing. And unfortunately just too much, too quickly and what is offered new or as an alternative is simply not a good replacement!!! I am increasingly disappointed.
The Stängeli were our highlight! The kids love them just as much as the adults.
@Familyschaffner I've noticed that too... Especially since Migros has communicated that its profit has decreased, while Coop was able to report a larger profit... I suspect that Migros is looking for ways to prevent a further slump in profits; and as long as the majority of consumers don't abandon them, Migros can tinker with its product range and take the best (sales-increasing) route for itself. A little tip: if Migros no longer has what you need, just look for it at the competition ;-) In the past, we were all Migros kids in the family and huge fans of Migros products; however, for some years now, we have had to realize that the competition (especially Lidl and Aldi) has higher quality products in its range, and at lower prices (we have to watch our budget, and that shows up again and again at the end of the month). Apart from that, what I really regret and find very unfortunate: Migros has simply thrown many Migros products out of its range (e.g. Pelican Paella) that were either better than the competition or that the competition doesn't even have in its range.
@Cinderella1925 Yes, we also liked the MBudget salt sticks. When we couldn't find them at Migros anymore, we had a look at the competition and tried Lidl's own brand. Since then, we've only bought Lidl salt sticks, which are clearly the best for us.
@Traberli At the wholesalers, products are very rarely out of stock; if a product disappears from the range, it is because the product has been deliberately removed from the range (for whatever reason). From my experience as a consumer, I can say the following: at Migros, many (sometimes very popular) products have recently been and continue to be removed from the range and either not replaced at all or then replaced with (sometimes more expensive branded) products that I don't like/that I don't like; at Coop, there were supply shortages of branded products some time ago because Coop had a dispute with e.g. Mars etc. because of lower prices (the Coop had a dispute with e.g. Mars etc. because of lower prices). because of lower prices (which I, as a consumer, didn't see anywhere when the products were available again); I haven't noticed that Coop's own brand has been thrown out of the range and not replaced, although I have to say that I don't shop at Coop that much/often and there have been quite a few new products from Prix Garantie (own brand) in the meantime and there are always new ones; at Lidl and Aldi, (own brand) products disappear from the range from time to time or are no longer available for a while. are no longer available for a while because the product formulation is improved or something similar and they are then relaunched later with this new formulation (or because production is improved or something similar).
I don't think that Migros is being deliberately maligned in order to sell Migros at a low price or anything like that, or that this is the current strategy of the Migros management. A sale is likely to be a somewhat more difficult undertaking anyway, as Migros is organized as a cooperative (a rather cumbersome structure - in contrast to a public limited company). I rather suspect that Migros is desperately trying by all possible means to stop its profit decline, which has been on the decline for several years (as far as I can remember, Migros announced a decline in profits this year, while Coop announced a jump in profits and the launch of several new Prix Garantie products). Only the Migros board members know what the real strategy is, as a mere consumer and customer I can only guess. To be honest, I somehow have the feeling that the Migros board members themselves don't know what they should/want to do at the moment, but are simply muddling along without having much of a strategy... My guess is that Migros is throwing (sometimes very popular and/or cheaper) products out of the range and deliberately no longer replacing them or replacing them with more expensive branded products because the (lazy) consumers are still loyal to Migros because they hope that the products thrown out of the range will come back at some point or something similar (you can also see how lazy consumers are about switching when it comes to cell phone subscriptions, insurance, health insurance, etc., Kassensturz has been saying this for years, and Migros knows this too, of course). As long as consumers are so lazy about switching and continue to remain loyal to Migros like stupid lemmings, Migros' strategy will continue to work and increase its sales and profits... If consumers ran to the competition in droves, Migros would have to rethink this strategy pretty quickly, but Migros relies on the tried and tested, which works everywhere: Consumers are lazy and lazy to change. All I can say is: it's the consumers' own fault, they prefer to moan instead of taking action themselves and drawing consequences...
"Because a lot of really good things are disappearing. And unfortunately simply too much, too quickly and what is offered as new or alternative is simply not a good replacement! I am more and more disappointed." => A little tip: Go to the competition (Lidl, Aldi, Coop Prix Garantie etc.) and try their products. We now only buy the salt sticks from Lidl (own brand), in our opinion they are clearly the best, even better than MBudget (and better than the other alternatives in Migros and/or Coop etc. anyway)! We used to be huge Migros fans and Migros children (when Lidl and Aldi didn't exist yet), but for several years now we have become Aldi and Lidl fans and children; as sorry as I am for Migros, they not only have much cheaper products, but some of their products are even better in quality than those from Migros (especially meat, fruit, vegetables). As a consumer, I can well imagine why Migros has seen a drop in profits; I see it every week when I go shopping... (it's not for nothing that I've posted several times here in the community about the lousy quality of the berries/fruit at Migros (I thought for a very long time about whether I should post anything at all, it takes a lot for me to be so disappointed/annoyed that I take to the keyboard), but unfortunately nothing seems to be moving at all in this respect... Migros has been selling raspberries in duo packs again today, and what did I see in Migros Glatt again today? Packs of raspberries, some of which were already totally moldy, visible to the naked eye! I thankfully gave them up, went to Lidl and bought more expensive raspberries there for the equivalent of about 1 Fr. cheaper - the berries were all perfect, not a single berry was moldy or rotten or otherwise damaged to the naked eye; I'm sorry dear Migros, I always give you a chance, but it's the same every time, no matter which store (I can only talk about the larger stores because everything is already sold out in the smaller stores when I go shopping); it's not that I would boycott Migros, on the contrary, I go there every time in the hope that something has improved, but unfortunately that's not the case)
You speak from my heart. I also buy a lot from Aldi and Lidl. As well as great fruit and vegetables, they also have great cheeses, including low-fat ones! Thanks for the report.
The decline in profits at Migros is easy to explain: Customers are simply running away from Migros. And it's no wonder, after all, it has been throwing good products and own brands out of its range for years and replacing them with branded products that have long been available elsewhere, or with Alnatura and strange brands such as YOU and Oh! that are priced far too high.
I can still understand Alnatura somehow, because of organic/vegetarian/vegan etc.
The replacement with branded products was probably an attempt to get closer to Coop (although Coop has been on this track from the start).
As a consumer, I really don't understand these "You" and "Oh!" brands, maybe I'm just too old for them, they're supposed to be hip and trendy and aimed at younger customers.
@Migros Budget salt sticks again, please. The others on the shelf don't taste good and are even more expensive. So zero replacement. I don't think they were bought too little either!?
It's beginning to seem to me as if Migros is being maligned. As if someone is planning to make them bad and then buy them up cheaply?
Because a lot of really good things are disappearing. And unfortunately just too much, too quickly and what is offered new or as an alternative is simply not a good replacement!!! I am increasingly disappointed.
The Stängeli were our highlight! The kids love them just as much as the adults.
@Familyschaffner I've noticed that too... Especially since Migros has communicated that its profit has decreased, while Coop was able to report a larger profit... I suspect that Migros is looking for ways to prevent a further slump in profits; and as long as the majority of consumers don't abandon them, Migros can tinker with its product range and take the best (sales-increasing) route for itself. A little tip: if Migros no longer has what you need, just look for it at the competition ;-) In the past, we were all Migros kids in the family and huge fans of Migros products; however, for some years now, we have had to realize that the competition (especially Lidl and Aldi) has higher quality products in its range, and at lower prices (we have to watch our budget, and that shows up again and again at the end of the month). Apart from that, what I really regret and find very unfortunate: Migros has simply thrown many Migros products out of its range (e.g. Pelican Paella) that were either better than the competition or that the competition doesn't even have in its range.
@Cinderella1925 Yes, we also liked the MBudget salt sticks. When we couldn't find them at Migros anymore, we had a look at the competition and tried Lidl's own brand. Since then, we've only bought Lidl salt sticks, which are clearly the best for us.
@Traberli At the wholesalers, products are very rarely out of stock; if a product disappears from the range, it is because the product has been deliberately removed from the range (for whatever reason). From my experience as a consumer, I can say the following: at Migros, many (sometimes very popular) products have recently been and continue to be removed from the range and either not replaced at all or then replaced with (sometimes more expensive branded) products that I don't like/that I don't like; at Coop, there were supply shortages of branded products some time ago because Coop had a dispute with e.g. Mars etc. because of lower prices (the Coop had a dispute with e.g. Mars etc. because of lower prices). because of lower prices (which I, as a consumer, didn't see anywhere when the products were available again); I haven't noticed that Coop's own brand has been thrown out of the range and not replaced, although I have to say that I don't shop at Coop that much/often and there have been quite a few new products from Prix Garantie (own brand) in the meantime and there are always new ones; at Lidl and Aldi, (own brand) products disappear from the range from time to time or are no longer available for a while. are no longer available for a while because the product formulation is improved or something similar and they are then relaunched later with this new formulation (or because production is improved or something similar).
I don't think that Migros is being deliberately maligned in order to sell Migros at a low price or anything like that, or that this is the current strategy of the Migros management. A sale is likely to be a somewhat more difficult undertaking anyway, as Migros is organized as a cooperative (a rather cumbersome structure - in contrast to a public limited company). I rather suspect that Migros is desperately trying by all possible means to stop its profit decline, which has been on the decline for several years (as far as I can remember, Migros announced a decline in profits this year, while Coop announced a jump in profits and the launch of several new Prix Garantie products). Only the Migros board members know what the real strategy is, as a mere consumer and customer I can only guess. To be honest, I somehow have the feeling that the Migros board members themselves don't know what they should/want to do at the moment, but are simply muddling along without having much of a strategy... My guess is that Migros is throwing (sometimes very popular and/or cheaper) products out of the range and deliberately no longer replacing them or replacing them with more expensive branded products because the (lazy) consumers are still loyal to Migros because they hope that the products thrown out of the range will come back at some point or something similar (you can also see how lazy consumers are about switching when it comes to cell phone subscriptions, insurance, health insurance, etc., Kassensturz has been saying this for years, and Migros knows this too, of course). As long as consumers are so lazy about switching and continue to remain loyal to Migros like stupid lemmings, Migros' strategy will continue to work and increase its sales and profits... If consumers ran to the competition in droves, Migros would have to rethink this strategy pretty quickly, but Migros relies on the tried and tested, which works everywhere: Consumers are lazy and lazy to change. All I can say is: it's the consumers' own fault, they prefer to moan instead of taking action themselves and drawing consequences...
"Because a lot of really good things are disappearing. And unfortunately simply too much, too quickly and what is offered as new or alternative is simply not a good replacement! I am more and more disappointed." => A little tip: Go to the competition (Lidl, Aldi, Coop Prix Garantie etc.) and try their products. We now only buy the salt sticks from Lidl (own brand), in our opinion they are clearly the best, even better than MBudget (and better than the other alternatives in Migros and/or Coop etc. anyway)! We used to be huge Migros fans and Migros children (when Lidl and Aldi didn't exist yet), but for several years now we have become Aldi and Lidl fans and children; as sorry as I am for Migros, they not only have much cheaper products, but some of their products are even better in quality than those from Migros (especially meat, fruit, vegetables). As a consumer, I can well imagine why Migros has seen a drop in profits; I see it every week when I go shopping... (it's not for nothing that I've posted several times here in the community about the lousy quality of the berries/fruit at Migros (I thought for a very long time about whether I should post anything at all, it takes a lot for me to be so disappointed/annoyed that I take to the keyboard), but unfortunately nothing seems to be moving at all in this respect... Migros has been selling raspberries in duo packs again today, and what did I see in Migros Glatt again today? Packs of raspberries, some of which were already totally moldy, visible to the naked eye! I thankfully gave them up, went to Lidl and bought more expensive raspberries there for the equivalent of about 1 Fr. cheaper - the berries were all perfect, not a single berry was moldy or rotten or otherwise damaged to the naked eye; I'm sorry dear Migros, I always give you a chance, but it's the same every time, no matter which store (I can only talk about the larger stores because everything is already sold out in the smaller stores when I go shopping); it's not that I would boycott Migros, on the contrary, I go there every time in the hope that something has improved, but unfortunately that's not the case)
You speak from my heart. I also buy a lot from Aldi and Lidl. As well as great fruit and vegetables, they also have great cheeses, including low-fat ones! Thanks for the report.
The decline in profits at Migros is easy to explain: Customers are simply running away from Migros. And it's no wonder, after all, it has been throwing good products and own brands out of its range for years and replacing them with branded products that have long been available elsewhere, or with Alnatura and strange brands such as YOU and Oh! that are priced far too high.
I can still understand Alnatura somehow, because of organic/vegetarian/vegan etc.
The replacement with branded products was probably an attempt to get closer to Coop (although Coop has been on this track from the start).
As a consumer, I really don't understand these "You" and "Oh!" brands, maybe I'm just too old for them, they're supposed to be hip and trendy and aimed at younger customers.
