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These 15 eggs 48+ export M-Bud laying on the ground are sold at Fr 4.25 according to your website, which also offers the same product -whose price has been disputed for 6 months- at Fr 5.95, the only difference appearing to be an import FL (what's that?). So how much is the shelf price for the same number of eggs of the same size? I'd like to understand, and if it's a mistake, I'd like to make it known, and stop baiting the customer with prices (or hidden quantities) that are too often absent or false (your % of shares, always displayed in bold, is not a currency quoted on the Stock Exchange, and its relative value already makes it a perfect sucker). Please explain. I also note that these two articles have the same number and, according to your comment on availability and prices, that you take "no responsibility" for pricing errors. When no one is responsible for anything - paying for errors being another matter - then we're flirting with what's known as fraud.
Hello versinget, thank you for your question. The two products are in fact different items. M-Budget free range eggs are free range eggs from Europe. M-Budget free-range eggs are free-range eggs from Europe. Floor-reared and free-range eggs are clearly distinguished by the way in which the laying hens are reared. Due to the outbreak of avian flu abroad, the availability of free-range eggs has fallen sharply. For their own protection, laying hens are not allowed to graze. These regional restrictions have the effect of limiting the availability of free-range eggs and driving up the market price. This is why we introduced M-Budget free-range eggs in May, enabling us to guarantee the availability of imported eggs, while continuing to offer an attractively priced range. Best regards, your M-Infoline team
Thank you for your superb reply, which made me laugh out loud. Because we all know the considerable investment our first novice aviators had to pay to finally leave the ground and smell the open air, a sign of health. Knowing how to let off steam, to get into the air, comes at a price, and not always the first. Likewise, the state of mind of a fully aerated hen (i.e. not that of the State of Vaud) does not smell the same in terms of money when she lays her eggs. So it's obvious that an egg laid in the open air by a hen from an A380 approaching the ground - given the price of petrol - won't have the same gustatory, visible and sensitive brilliance as one laid directly on the ground, noze and a-jump, especially if it lands next to it with the same circus act to identify it.
So I'm going to archive your sublime reply to illustrate my eco-friendly version of the bullshit. Thanks again, at 77, borderline Tintin for farting outdoors, for saving me, by paying 40% more for my eggs, from dying young and crying. On the ground and halfway up.
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Why do you sell them in plastic packaging and not in canton? More and more packaging is made of plastic, but alternatives already exist.
Thank you for your message. According to the product managers, the packaging concept is currently being revised and other materials such as cardboard are also being considered. As changes like this take some time, please be patient. Best regards, your M-Infoline team
Remember that the plastic packaging is made of "100% recyclable PET", as written on the product's hinge, and is therefore much more environmentally friendly than non-recycled or non-cyclable cardboard packaging. Note also that these packages are apparently designed to fit together once opened, and stack to take up less space. You can also use scissors to separate the 2 parts and place one inside the other.
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Hello M-Infoline. I have received the absolutely identical statement from 10 egg producers in Eastern Switzerland, who also supply Migros with barn eggs via the company EICO (Fenaco Group) in Märstetten, that Migros and Coop will no longer buy barn eggs from 2019, but will only procure free-range eggs. The egg producers have also told me that their existence is threatened, as it is usually not possible to implement the structural measures for free-range farming and the business must therefore be closed down. What does Migros say about this issue?
Hello masselier, thank you for your post. It is true that we will only be stocking free-range eggs until the end of 2020. This is to improve the quality of life of the animals. You can find more information on this at https://generation-m.migros.ch/de/nachhaltigkeitsthemen/eier-aus-freilandhaltung.html. The switch to free-range requires long-term planning that gives producers enough time to adapt their farms to the free-range requirements. Producers are accompanied and supported by the Migros egg platforms. However, the reorientation of the Migros egg range will probably not be able to be completed without reducing the number of barns. This is because, as you rightly point out, not all producers are able to switch from barn to free-range systems, for example if they do not have the land for outdoor runs. In such cases, the egg platforms try to market these eggs through other channels whenever possible. Best regards, your M-Infoline team
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Original production of the egg. And processing place or the producer I would like to know so where.is it still processed
Hi abdullah, you can enter the code on the egg here to see where it was produced: http://www.was-steht-auf-dem-ei.de/index.php?id=9&no_cache=1 TheM-Budget eggs are packaged by L&S (for German-speaking Swiss cooperatives) or Eico (for French-speaking Swiss cooperatives). Best regards, your M-Infoline team
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Thanks M-Infoline :) One more question: It would be great if you could also offer all critical barn egg eaters free-range imported eggs. All your imported eggs are barn eggs.
Hoi EEnergy Thank you for your question. M-Budget eggs are segmented in the entry-level price range. If free-range eggs were imported from abroad and offered under M-Budget, this would no longer match the price and the sales price of M-Budget eggs would have to be set much higher. This in turn would not benefit customers who are dependent on low prices. We would like to mention that even barn farms that supply Migros (whether domestic or foreign) must adhere to the strictest guidelines and are also regularly audited. Images that occasionally appear in the media do not apply to the producers of Migros eggs. We hope we have helped you and wish you a happy spring. Best wishes from the M-Infoline team
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Aldi has reduced the eggs to 2.20, so the eggs should be 3.30
Hello EEnergy Thank you for your contribution regarding the prices of our competitors. Our specialists have also noticed the price adjustment. We will therefore be adjusting the price of M-Budget eggs 15 pieces of 48+ from 3.60 francs to 3.30 francs from next week. We hope that our answer clarifies things for you and wish you a sunny weekend. Kind regards from the M-Infoline team
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I think this product should be taken out of the range IMMEDIATELY. It really is unworthy of Migros. Migros adorns itself with "sustainability", "environmental protection", "animal welfare", etc. - how can you then stock such a product???? It's all about profit and efficiency and has nothing to do with dignity. Please remove it from the range. You don't need this! And an additional question: What happens to the laying hens after Easter (I only buy eggs from the region at Migros)? And yes - I've just seen the Kassensturz. I've lost my appetite for Easter eggs. And also for organic electricity ...
Hello Marianne Burgener
We understand your uncertainty and would like to comment as follows:
Migros only sells imported eggs that meet at least the status "barn reared, KAT-compliant". The regulations abroad for barn and free-range farming are on a par with Swiss standards, in some cases they even go beyond Swiss standards.
The KAT label guarantees seamless monitoring of compliance with production specifications and the flow of goods.
In Switzerland, it can be ascertained that Migros organic chickens are slaughtered to standard and further processed as food. In conventional laying hen farming, the Aviforum has given a figure of 80% of laying hens that can be used as food, the remaining number is currently not sold in this channel.
In neighboring countries, the quota is roughly similar, in some countries even higher, as certain foods are suitable for recycling old hens. In Germany, for example, we know the dish "Hühnerfrikasse" (chicken fricassee), where sales of used hens are absolutely guaranteed.
To solve the sales problem of used hens, every consumer would have to consume one soup chicken per year. These soup chickens are also available in our frozen food section.
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Dear Migros team.
Thank you for the detailed reply!!! If it's as you say, that's ok. And one more thing: I'm having chicken soup at my next invitation! I still have to find a suitable recipe - and hopefully it will be a success and "missionize" my guests for the soup chicken thing... Then that will be good :-)
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You might find a suitable recipe here: http://goo.gl/vfVyK. Good luck and "en Guete", Daniel, Migipedia team
Hello Daniel_Migros
First of all, thank you for the detailed answers. The one about keeping chickens and then the tip about the recipe. This is really applied customer service and perfect customer loyalty, what you are doing here! Super. So I'll have a look at the recipes - the invitation is in two weeks, so there's still plenty of time to prepare .... Thank you + best regards.
It's that easy to soothe your conscience... ;-) But if you take the time to do some research (Google will do for a start), you will quickly come to the conclusion that eggs never live up to principles such as "sustainability", "environmental protection" or "animal welfare". Of course, Migros still sells eggs as long as we demand them. It's up to you to decide whether you want eggs, how often, whether they are imported, conventional or Swiss organic...
Sorry, but at my Migros store there is a place on the frozen shelf for soup chickens, but it's always empty. According to the staff, they can't even be ordered. A tip: go to the nearest Turkish store, you'll have more chances there!
Hello Daboum, thank you for your question. The item is currently on hold. We think that the item will only be available again towards the end of the year. Best regards, votre équipe M-Infoline
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The M-Budget eggs may be low-priced, but they taste disgustingly fishy. Could this be due to the feed used (fish meal)?
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I buy them regularly and I don't find that they taste like fish. On the other hand, it's true that they're not as good as others, but they're so much cheaper.
We have received your feedback on our M-Budget imported eggs and would like to thank you.
There are two reasons why some eggs smell of fish:
1. The poultry itself
In isolated cases, the genetically defective metabolism of certain hen species can result in the laying of fishy-smelling eggs. This is because the enzyme that is supposed to eliminate the phenomenon that causes the fishy smell is missing or insufficient. This can lead to a higher or lower concentration of the fishy-smelling factor in the eggs, depending on the extent of the defect, since trimethylamine (the protein active in fishy-smelling) appears as an intermediate product of the hen's metabolism, even without a fishmeal diet.
We are trying to determine the genetic cause of the problem in our poultry farms, and to take the necessary steps to continue to keep these animals away from our laying hens. At present, only one of our breeders has succeeded in finding the gene responsible. For this reason, the eggs of some laying hens from the above-mentioned farms sometimes still have a fishy smell.
2. Rapeseed as the plant responsible for the fishy smell
After extracting the oil from rapeseed, a protein-rich mass is obtained, which is partly added to the feed of laying hens. If the quantity of this mass exceeds a certain percentage of the poultry's feed ration, the eggs take on a fishy taste. As feed mills are aware of this situation, we assume that the critical value of rapeseed in laying hen feed should be respected.
You should also know that these two factors combined can also cause such a fishy smell, without the amount of rapeseed in the feed being too high.
We hope you find this information useful, and wish you all the best for the rest of the day.
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It's mostly imported eggs... For some time now, I've been looking into Swiss eggs, just so I know what I'm eating!
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No wonder the eggs are thin-shelled when you consider how cruelly the hens are usually kept! How can you complain about this when you don't want to spend anything on the eggs? With such a dreary life for chickens, it's impossible to produce a truly optimal and healthy product!
Simple solution: buy Swiss free-range eggs (ideally organic, of course) instead of foreign eggs from dismal animal factories... And if the few centimes more are too expensive for you, you can also adjust your egg consumption a little.
...right. Barn eggs should be banned from the shelves.
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Welcome to Migipedia. Thank you for your contribution.
Migros wants to give its customers the freedom to decide what kind of eggs they want to buy. This also applies to the origin.
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How exactly does Migros draw its ethical boundaries? Is Migros not complicit when it offers its customers a product that is often not produced in an animal-friendly way and makes money from it?
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Foreign barn eggs have practically the same specifications and conditions as Swiss barn eggs. So there is no question of animal factories. The difference lies mainly in the size of the stables. The space per animal is practically identical. And if you want to know where the egg comes from, you can look it up here: http://www.was-steht-auf-dem-ei.de/. I think it's right that the consumer is given a choice. The price difference between an imported farm-raised egg and a Swiss organic egg is considerable. And not everyone wants to or can afford it.
Hello guest
Thank you for your feedback. As the user after you correctly wrote, the requirements for barn eggs are almost identical in the EU. Migros goes one step further and only imports barn eggs that are above the EU minimum standards. Suppliers must also comply with the KAT criteria.
You can find more information about the Association for Controlled Animal Husbandry (KAT) here: http://www.was-steht-auf-dem-ei.de/home/.
There you can also find out where your purchased egg comes from.
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i would also like a pack of 10 again! for a normal family, 15 eggs at a time is completely unnecessary!!!! Dirt and feathers, on the other hand, don't bother
Dear Migipedia user
We understand your concern, but we are currently unable to reduce the size of the packaging. With M-Budget, we are primarily targeting families who want to buy good products at a reasonable price.
With a pack of 10 eggs, we would no longer be able to maintain this low price. We hope you understand our reasoning.
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