Hello, I would like to know why the Senior Card 2023 is only valid on three (Tue-Thu) instead of five (Tue-Sat) days. The previous offer was reduced by 40% of the possible shopping days, which is quite drastic.
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Dragonball
Bullshit, you can only redeem it one day anyway...before Corona it was only on Tuesdays...be glad that Migros didn't cancel the offer...
It's bullshit how 200 cocoa beans have to jump up as advocates for Migros with every critical post without having understood the content. Firstly, it doesn't affect me because I'm too young. So at most I benefit from the fact that there is now less crowding on Mondays and Fridays. In this respect, I even like the suggestion from someone above to only give the senior 10% on a certain day from 8-9 a.m., then at least I know when I don't have to go to the store and I hope everyone has fun standing on each other's feet. Secondly, nobody wrote about redeeming several times. That's the joke: what's the point of Migros restricting the days when you can only redeem it once anyway? It doesn't matter when senior citizens get their 10%, why does it have to be on certain days? I would like to understand the meaning behind this, perhaps Migros will explain it to us, if there is one. "It used to be like this" is not one of them.
Federwolke
It's bullshit how 200 cocoa beans have to jump up as advocates for Migros with every critical post without having understood the content. Firstly, it doesn't affect me because I'm too young. So at most I benefit from the fact that there is now less crowding on Mondays and Fridays. In this respect, I even like the suggestion from someone above to only give the senior 10% on a certain day from 8-9 a.m., then at least I know when I don't have to go to the store and I hope everyone has fun standing on each other's feet. Secondly, nobody wrote about redeeming several times. That's the joke: what's the point of Migros restricting the days when you can only redeem it once anyway? It doesn't matter when senior citizens get their 10%, why does it have to be on certain days? I would like to understand the meaning behind this, perhaps Migros will explain it to us, if there is one. "It used to be like this" is not one of them.
Nevertheless, the senior card has been available on Tuesdays for years, because of Corona the redemption days have been extended and have now been reduced again to 3 days anyway... what is there to discuss? Aldi and Lidl also have their promotions on Mondays and Wednesdays/Thursdays... we would also have to discuss here how they came up with a Thursday...
Dragonball
Nevertheless, the senior card has been available on Tuesdays for years, because of Corona the redemption days have been extended and have now been reduced again to 3 days anyway... what is there to discuss? Aldi and Lidl also have their promotions on Mondays and Wednesdays/Thursdays... we would also have to discuss here how they came up with a Thursday...
Apart from that, I would also be interested to know why these senior days are not allowed on Monday, the day with the lowest sales of the week. I can understand it on Friday, when the weekend sales start with all those who don't work on Fridays.
M-Infoline
Hello uka, Migros Aare's popular senior citizens' days have been held on a specific day each month since their introduction and until the coronavirus pandemic. Due to the coronavirus measures, it was decided in 2020 that the one-off discount of 10 percent could be redeemed within a week in order to avoid excessive frequency on a single day.
Now that all measures have been lifted, Migros Aare has decided to return to the "normal situation". However, as the offer of being able to use the discount flexibly has proved very popular with senior citizens, the redemption option has been extended from one day to three days. Kind regards, Susi
Thank you for your reply, which answers my original question and shows the reasons.
Nachtspalter
Apart from that, I would also be interested to know why these senior days are not allowed on Monday, the day with the lowest sales of the week. I can understand it on Friday, when the weekend sales start with all those who don't work on Fridays.
I don't see the problem... why Mondays of all days? My Migros is busy enough on Mondays
Dragonball
I don't see the problem... why Mondays of all days? My Migros is busy enough on Mondays
Yes, I know: you never see the problem. It has generally been the case for decades that Saturday is the day with the highest sales, while Monday is the day with the lowest sales. Even if you think that's not the case in your Migros store.
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Nachtspalter
Apart from that, I would also be interested to know why these senior days are not allowed on Monday, the day with the lowest sales of the week. I can understand it on Friday, when the weekend sales start with all those who don't work on Fridays.
@Nachtspalter : From Migros' point of view, you can very well determine terms such as "high or low sales" and I don't doubt this. But from the customer's point of view, it's more the feeling of "lots of people, or it takes longer to shop than usual." *** Regarding the Saturday with the highest turnover: this is certainly true - also visually, because the number can double with married couples - and then there are the small children they take with them. Nevertheless, I have noticed a rapid throughput at the checkouts and Subito machines, partly because there are more staff *** As a customer, I don't have the impression that this is the case on Monday, when sales are lowest, for several reasons: -- shopping routes blocked by Migros' restocking trolleys due to changing the weekly offer, etc. -- many items are available at a different location due to the changes to the special offer on Tuesday, i.e. more backtracking with shopping carts.
-- On the way to the checkout, I have to literally squeeze through a standing crowd of people before reaching my destination: racks and tables with the 1/4 price promotions ... - At the checkout itself, it feels like there are fewer staff because they have probably also moved to other areas (as above), also noticeable at Subito when goods are checked and no one is there ... - But the most complicated customer spectrum (= "the coinless shoppers") is also at the checkouts. So you go to Migros, buy e.g. for CHF 27.85 and put down e.g. a 100 and 2*2CHF, 1*1CHF, 4*50Rp, 1*20Rp, 3*10Rp and 7*5Rp and ask the cashier for 4*20 CHF in bills as change... but notices that you still have 2 5Rp notes and wants to exchange them for the 10Rp... Oh yes, and you've also discovered 2 of these annoying 50Räpplers, which are the same size as the 5s, in your wallet - so you exchange them for the 1 CHF piece..... and this whole ceremony takes what feels like 10 minutes....
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@Nachtspalter : From Migros' point of view, you can very well determine terms such as "high or low sales" and I don't doubt this. But from the customer's point of view, it's more the feeling of "lots of people, or it takes longer to shop than usual." *** Regarding the Saturday with the highest turnover: this is certainly true - also visually, because the number can double with married couples - and then there are the small children they take with them. Nevertheless, I have noticed a rapid throughput at the checkouts and Subito machines, partly because there are more staff *** As a customer, I don't have the impression that this is the case on Monday, when sales are lowest, for several reasons: -- shopping routes blocked by Migros' restocking trolleys due to changing the weekly offer, etc. -- many items are available at a different location due to the changes to the special offer on Tuesday, i.e. more backtracking with shopping carts.
-- On the way to the checkout, I have to literally squeeze through a standing crowd of people before reaching my destination: racks and tables with the 1/4 price promotions ... - At the checkout itself, it feels like there are fewer staff because they have probably also moved to other areas (as above), also noticeable at Subito when goods are checked and no one is there ... - But the most complicated customer spectrum (= "the coinless shoppers") is also at the checkouts. So you go to Migros, buy e.g. for CHF 27.85 and put down e.g. a 100 and 2*2CHF, 1*1CHF, 4*50Rp, 1*20Rp, 3*10Rp and 7*5Rp and ask the cashier for 4*20 CHF in bills as change... but notices that you still have 2 5Rp notes and wants to exchange them for the 10Rp... Oh yes, and you've also discovered 2 of these annoying 50Räpplers, which are the same size as the 5s, in your wallet - so you exchange them for the 1 CHF piece..... and this whole ceremony takes what feels like 10 minutes....
Why do you think they started starting the weekly campaigns on Tuesdays instead of Mondays years ago and moved the rearrangement from Saturday to Monday?
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Nachtspalter
Why do you think they started starting the weekly campaigns on Tuesdays instead of Mondays years ago and moved the rearrangement from Saturday to Monday?
@Nachtspalter : You have misunderstood me and rearranging on a Saturday is illogical - weekly promotions officially starting on Tuesday is also standard elsewhere: I am NOT claiming that Monday is NOT the day with the lowest sales, I was only talking about the impression of customer frequency on Monday from the customer's point of view - but only Migros can know whether they generate the corresponding sales....
In addition, the effect of a store (and a restaurant for that matter) is not the same for all people and especially not in all situations: -- commuters between train - shopping - bus like to run through a store with a good offer but few people -- for many other customers (including the pensioners mentioned in the topic) a poorly frequented store (including a restaurant) is rather off-putting... The whole situation always reminds me of the discussions about the order in which goods are presented: why are the delicate fruit and vegetables right at the beginning in a clearly visible place on the shopping route and the robust and heavy mineral water packs hidden at the other end? In itself not logical for self-scanning... but from a sales point of view it is: while the stop in the mineral water section is a matter of a few seconds (= most people know about the product), the stop in the fruit and fresh vegetable section is much longer (selection, quantity, weighing - and sometimes also "chatting place") - in short, the impression of a busy store is created and this encourages many customers to enter the shopping area. In an empty store, these people would "feel rather lost". Perhaps a copycat effect deep inside - ätsch Hamstereffekt : I noticed last year just before the checkout when 2 trolleys with toilet paper rolled up and the person in front of them turned around and went where ? ;-) Not for Uguet !
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@Nachtspalter : You have misunderstood me and rearranging on a Saturday is illogical - weekly promotions officially starting on Tuesday is also standard elsewhere: I am NOT claiming that Monday is NOT the day with the lowest sales, I was only talking about the impression of customer frequency on Monday from the customer's point of view - but only Migros can know whether they generate the corresponding sales....
In addition, the effect of a store (and a restaurant for that matter) is not the same for all people and especially not in all situations: -- commuters between train - shopping - bus like to run through a store with a good offer but few people -- for many other customers (including the pensioners mentioned in the topic) a poorly frequented store (including a restaurant) is rather off-putting... The whole situation always reminds me of the discussions about the order in which goods are presented: why are the delicate fruit and vegetables right at the beginning in a clearly visible place on the shopping route and the robust and heavy mineral water packs hidden at the other end? In itself not logical for self-scanning... but from a sales point of view it is: while the stop in the mineral water section is a matter of a few seconds (= most people know about the product), the stop in the fruit and fresh vegetable section is much longer (selection, quantity, weighing - and sometimes also "chatting place") - in short, the impression of a busy store is created and this encourages many customers to enter the shopping area. In an empty store, these people would "feel rather lost". Perhaps a copycat effect deep inside - ätsch Hamstereffekt : I noticed last year just before the checkout when 2 trolleys with toilet paper rolled up and the person in front of them turned around and went where ? ;-) Not for Uguet !
It used to be more than logical to rearrange on Saturday - because the special offers had to be ready when the store opened on Monday. See Aldi and Lidl, where this is still the case - unfortunately. Vegetables and fruit are at the entrance to the store because they want to create a market atmosphere. I think it's stupid and nonsensical, I preferred it when the cat food was still stacked at the store entrance. That way the customers didn't pile up, but spread out around the store. I love deserted stores. Nobody stands in my way - except the staff - and I can stroll through the store in peace. That's why I usually go shopping at less busy times. A full store is just as unpleasant for me as a city bus at rush hour. So, the herd animal thing: no, I really don't... ...and I don't think many senior citizens do either. They would like to shop in peace. That's why I would like to return to the question of why Migros Aare doesn't also hold its senior citizens' days on Mondays and I hope Migros will provide an answer.