Asparagus in February?

Spargeln im Februar?

I just got the promotions for next week via the Mirgos app. There are actually asparagus in there! In February? Where do they come from? From Mexico.
That's great. And then the wholesalers claim that they do this because customers want them (because they can show the corresponding sales). Promotions are used to encourage customers to buy. For me, this has nothing to do with customer wishes.
I think the fact that wholesalers simply offer everything at all times means that you lose any sense of what is actually in season.
And simply having something "in the range" and "pushing" it with promotions is also a big difference for me. Sorry, Migros, I don't think that's okay at all.

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Guest

Everyone has the choice of buying a product with or without a promotion. I think it's just as good to keep the range as wide as possible as it is to exploit all the technical possibilities that we are fortunate enough to have today. So also the possibility of importing goods at reasonable prices from quite far away.

The problem for me is rather people who want to impose their morals on everyone else. If someone wants to limit themselves to seasonal organic vegetables from Switzerland, doesn't want to eat meat or animal products or something like that - fine, personal choice. But then he/she should leave those alone who don't care, me for example. The main thing is that the stuff tastes good and isn't too expensive.

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Guest

@strokeIlike yourcomment.

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Imperator

@ n_vogel,
I can really agree with your comment?
We are also absolutely in favor of seasonal products! But you can overdo it!
We really don't have much choice in winter! If you only want seasonal vegetables, you have to limit yourself to the various types of cabbage and winter salads. As far as fruit is concerned, apart from apples and pears, there are only tree nuts and hazelnuts left, which are stored fruits and come from Switzerland.
A can of pineapple, for example, is not an option either, pineapples are not Swiss fruit! Although tropical fruits are always in season. In the tropics, the plants bear flowers and fruit at the same time? At some point you just have enough of them!
We say that if you eat asparagus in February, the world will hardly end!
Why not take advantage of today's opportunities?
Besides, nobody is forced to buy a product.

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stroke

@n_vogelund@ImperatorI'm more bothered by the fact that it's an action and is therefore "pushed". Nobody is forced, but they are encouraged. And there are also non-regional vegetables that come from slightly less far away.

And when I read the WWF Living Planet Report http://www.wwf.de/living-planet-reportmacheI personally think about it a bit. It says, for example, that by 2030, i.e. in just under 15 years, we would need two complete planets to cover the resources we consume. So that's not sometime when I'm no longer alive, but in the relatively near future.
And what saddens me more is that we apparently need a collapse before we can rethink things.

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