Today at the Gümligen branch, I received confirmation that Migros customers are to be educated to become rubber eaters or, alternatively, food wasters. And this is how it works:

I asked the employee in the baking corner if there was any original spelt bread left in stock (as is so often the case, the bread was no longer to be found on the shelf before midday - when I do get hold of one for once, it's always the last one). She explained to me that this bread was delivered in the morning and was therefore sold out. I asked her to inform the person in charge that more should be ordered, as this bread is very popular, otherwise it wouldn't regularly be sold out so early. The same applies to the organic Sonnenhof bread. She then said that they had been instructed (I don't know by whom) to order fewer loaves and bake more fresh in the store.

In fact, these inflated castles in the air, which are already a tanggel in the evening when bought at lunchtime, are stacked almost to the ceiling. Bread with a shelf life of several days, which would be suitable for single-person households, is disappearing more and more from the range (and is being replaced by HappyBread, the name and the sight of these plastic bags make me shudder). I also tried to explain this to the employee, but she claimed that only a few breads had been removed from the range. However, I was able to name five of my favorite breads off the top of my head that are no longer available, and she was amazed.

After years of discussions here about Migros' bread policy, I have now lost hope that anything will change for the better and am increasingly trying out alternatives. It's a hassle to make detours with a rucksack full of things that need to get home quickly to the freezer or fridge just for a loaf of bread, but it's worth it!