Dear Migipedia team, I've been moaning all fall and winter because the quality of Swiss organic carrots was so poor this year (bland, bitter carrots :-(), supposedly due to the weather. Initially, the media reported that domestic (organic) carrots would probably only last until January, precisely because of the poor Swiss harvest. To be honest, I was pleased about that, because organic carrots from Italy always taste the best anyway. But now it's June and I'm still nibbling on bland, bitter organic carrots... I've only managed to get hold of a bag of organic Italian carrots twice in Migros and now the bad Swiss carrots are on the shelves again. I don't understand it, sustainability or not, can't they be made into juice or something else? In my opinion, the quality is simply too poor for fresh consumption. When can I finally expect the Italian Frührüebli? Thank you very much for your answer. Kind regards, "Twilight"
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Hello Twilight, our policy is to always source a product from the geographically closest destination. Of course, availability and the high quality and product safety we demand must be guaranteed. If a product is in season in Switzerland and there is sufficient local produce available, we source our products from within the country. It is not for nothing that Migros is an important partner of Swiss agriculture. We usually have Swiss carrots until around spring. In late spring and early summer, when stocks are empty, we import new crops from southern origins such as Italy. We also had these in our range. But now the Swiss season has started again with a new harvest. For this reason, we are currently offering carrots from Switzerland again and, even if we wanted to, we can no longer offer imported carrots. As we now have Swiss produce again, we would have to pay a penalty duty on imports, so the carrots would no longer be attractively priced. Kind regards, Mia
Hello Twilight, our policy is to always source a product from the geographically closest destination. Of course, availability and the high quality and product safety we demand must be guaranteed. If a product is in season in Switzerland and there is sufficient local produce available, we source our products from within the country. It is not for nothing that Migros is an important partner of Swiss agriculture. We usually have Swiss carrots until around spring. In late spring and early summer, when stocks are empty, we import new crops from southern origins such as Italy. We also had these in our range. But now the Swiss season has started again with a new harvest. For this reason, we are currently offering carrots from Switzerland again and, even if we wanted to, we can no longer offer imported carrots. As we now have Swiss produce again, we would have to pay a penalty duty on imports, so the carrots would no longer be attractively priced. Kind regards, Mia
No honestly? That's really bad :-(. I used to enjoy the delicious Italian Frührüebli for months on end. And now the Lucerne region has just had them for about two weeks. Great, missed the season. Everyone in our household confirmed that the new Swiss ones taste so bad again. What's going on with the quality? Swiss carrots used to always be delicious... Oh well. I now buy the organic early carrots from Coop and hope to soon find a Swiss organic producer who can grow finer carrots again. Thanks for the answer too. Lg, Twilight