Lettuce sauces and mayonnaise are produced in France

Salatsauen und Mayonnaise werden in Frankreich hergestellt

Guest

When you buy a salad dressing in Migros, 90% of the ingredients are foreign. They are produced in France.

"We used to make salad dressings and mayonnaise in Estavayer, at our major milk processor. But these facilities are now technologically outdated. Should we invest or not? After examining various options, we decided to buy an existing sauce factory in Alsace. As ninety percent of the ingredients for a salad dressing already come from abroad, I believe that we can justify the decision to produce the dressing in Alsace in future. Other products that are very closely linked to Switzerland - bread, meat, milk or chocolate - will of course never be outsourced."

http://www.persoenlich.com/marketing/dann-hatten-wir-eine-halbe-milliarde-mehr-in-der-bundeskasse

But I would like to buy a salad dressing made in Switzerland with (organic) ingredients from the region. But this doesn't seem to be possible at Migros?

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rbde565

Your Migros cooperative will probably also have a regional supplier's products in the salad/salad dressing rack - at least in the larger branches. This is certainly the case at GMAare, and there are often some real gems on offer. In contrast to the 08/15 products such as French or Italian...

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Guest

What difference does it make whether the products are made in Alsace or 'in Switzerland'? The Jura, Basel and Alsace are much more similar (and closer) than Basel and Ticino. Producing in Basel and delivering to Ticino would be OK, but not 20 km further north in Alsace just because it's no longer in Switzerland?
As someone who regularly crosses the border several times a day and therefore considers it something rather artificial, I would say: strange attitude.

If you want regional sauces, you have to look around at the individual cooperatives, as I said before. Because if a 'regional' sauce were distributed throughout Switzerland, it would no longer be regional...

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Guest

However, the factory is located further up in Hochburg and is about 150 km away from Basel. A delivery to Lugano would therefore be much longer than if the factory were located in Basel. Depending on which branch in Switzerland is now supplied, this results in an additional distance of 100-300 km on average until the salad dressings etc. are on the shelves than if the factory had remained in Estavayer-le-Lac as before.

Even if only the stores in Basel were supplied now, this would still result in an additional distance of around 20 kilometers. That's the difference: it just bothers me that the sauces now have to be transported an average of around 200 km further than before! We really don't need any more traffic!

That's why it would be nice if the range of salad dressings from "From the region, for the region" could be made a little more attractive: Organic, vegan, regional

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Nicole_Migros

Hello @regio_konsum

Thank you for your interest in regional products! In which region or store do you shop? I'll be happy to ask your cooperative if they sell regional salad dressings. Best regards, Nicole

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