Labels on fruit bags are too sticky

Limmatplatz1 · 2023-09-29T18:13:06.418Z

Dear Migros, I know it's not easy for you with your requests regarding price labels on your products... I've just noticed that recently (new scales/label printers?) the price labels on the plastic fruit bags are very difficult to remove. I would like to reuse the plastic bags or recycle them easily. If the price labels cannot be removed or tear holes in the bag when they are removed, then reuse and recycling are not satisfactory solutions. Is it not possible to adjust the adhesive strength of the labels to the thickness of the plastic bag so that the label "lifts" and can still be removed easily? Surely an inventor in product development can tease out the right mix of adhesive strength. Merci vielmal! An old Migros child

Dragonball

Maybe take a post-it with you and stick it on or a notepad? It's not a solution to your problem, but maybe a suggestion greetings

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Yoliboli

I solve this "problem" by sticking the label on the back of my hand up to the checkout and then handing it to the cashier to scan. I always have loose labels like this when I want to buy open vegetables but don't want to take a bag. Maybe that would be a solution for you too?

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Limmatplatz1

Dragonball

Maybe take a post-it with you and stick it on or a notepad? It's not a solution to your problem, but maybe a suggestion greetings

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Thanks for the suggestion! In my opinion, however, the labels should be attached to the product or the bag so that you can continue shopping unencumbered and, yes, check them. Otherwise there will be confusion at the checkout. The adhesive on the labels shouldn't be an insurmountable problem.

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Limmatplatz1

Yoliboli

I solve this "problem" by sticking the label on the back of my hand up to the checkout and then handing it to the cashier to scan. I always have loose labels like this when I want to buy open vegetables but don't want to take a bag. Maybe that would be a solution for you too?

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Thanks for the suggestion. I don't want to stick the labels on my alabaster body either, you don't know what they'll tear off when I take them away (;-)). I'd rather stick the labels on the shopping basket (and then leave them there?). Reliably sticking the labels on something other than the bag requires reliable communication at the checkout, and I don't really want to have to explain too much there. The somewhat inflexible old Migros child

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sirio60

I have the opposite experience. The labels from my two Migros stores (Migros Aare) can be easily removed at home. Not so the ones from Coop. With the latter, I've got into the habit of making the barcode illegible with a black felt-tip pen immediately after emptying and sticking it over later. I always use the bags several times until they tear.

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Limmatplatz1

sirio60

I have the opposite experience. The labels from my two Migros stores (Migros Aare) can be easily removed at home. Not so the ones from Coop. With the latter, I've got into the habit of making the barcode illegible with a black felt-tip pen immediately after emptying and sticking it over later. I always use the bags several times until they tear.

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Good idea about taping over the labels! My experience with labels / bags comes from the Migros Zurich area (Limmattal). Perhaps the problem is also with the very thin bags, which tear quickly. Perhaps the problem has only become acute for me since we have a separate plastic collection and I want to put every plastic bag into the collection bag, without much foreign material of course.

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M-Infoline

Hello Limmatplatz1, thank you for your description and for sharing your request. We looked into this issue in more detail. It may seem as if the labels are only used on the bags in the fruit and vegetable department. However, these labels have to meet a variety of requirements. For example, they must adhere to plastic, paper and veggie bags. They should also stick directly to fruit or vegetables. Other areas of application are items from our warming counters, on cheese products and products from the service counter. We therefore have to find compromises, particularly in terms of adhesive strength. We are in close contact with our suppliers to this end. The issue is close to our hearts and we are trying to find an acceptable solution for everyone involved. Kind regards, Angela

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Limmatplatz1

M-Infoline

Hello Limmatplatz1, thank you for your description and for sharing your request. We looked into this issue in more detail. It may seem as if the labels are only used on the bags in the fruit and vegetable department. However, these labels have to meet a variety of requirements. For example, they must adhere to plastic, paper and veggie bags. They should also stick directly to fruit or vegetables. Other areas of application are items from our warming counters, on cheese products and products from the service counter. We therefore have to find compromises, particularly in terms of adhesive strength. We are in close contact with our suppliers to this end. The issue is close to our hearts and we are trying to find an acceptable solution for everyone involved. Kind regards, Angela

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Thank you, M-Infoline. But oh dear, so the labels should be able to stick everywhere? Then they have to stick very firmly and won't be able to be removed from such a small plastic bag. So then we have a problem, Jenu, I won't bother peeling them off. So I'll put the bag and the label in the plastic collection bag and trust that the recyclers will separate the whole thing with a lot of boiling and rinsing. And if it doesn't want to separate, then you can probably just burn it. (Yes, I'm a little disappointed, because I'm usually an enthusiastic label and sticker remover, whether it's advertising labels on apples, anti-vaccination stickers on street signs or stickers from FCZ fans. It's always a bit about - tidying up perhaps?) The very old Migros child

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Bruschu

Dear Migros child! How about buying yourself a few veggie bags? They may cost a bit at first, but they can be used again and again and I never have a problem removing the label.

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Limmatplatz1

Bruschu

Dear Migros child! How about buying yourself a few veggie bags? They may cost a bit at first, but they can be used again and again and I never have a problem removing the label.

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Yes, that's right, there are veggie bags. Are they also available for non-vegetarians? (;-)) Let's see, I'll have to think about that before I go shopping, maybe I'll put a few in my shopping trolley. It looks like it's mainly me who has to adapt to the label bag thing (:-(()

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Etiketten auf Früchtesäckli kleben zu stark

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