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Migros () is
Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
's largest
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company, its largest
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chain and largest employer. It is also one of the forty largest retailers in the world. It is structured in the form of a
cooperative federation A cooperative federation or secondary cooperative is a cooperative in which all members are, in turn, cooperatives. Historically, cooperative federations have predominantly come in the form of cooperative wholesale societies and cooperative unions ...
(the Federation of Migros Cooperatives), with more than two million members. It co-founded
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's largest retailer, also named Migros, which became independent of Migros Switzerland in 1975. The name comes from the French "mi" for half or mid-way and "gros", which means wholesale. Thus the word connotes prices that are halfway between retail and wholesale. The logo of the company is a large orange ''M''. Migros is often referred to as "the orange giant" (German: ''oranger Riese'', French: ''géant orange'', Italian: ''gigante arancio'').


History

Migros was founded in 1925 in
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as a private enterprise by Gottlieb Duttweiler, who had the idea of selling just six basic foodstuffs at low prices to householders who, in those days, did not have ready access to markets of any kind. "Huile de coco. Un produit des origines", ''Migros magazine'', number 35, 29 August 2016, page 55. At first he sold only
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,
rice Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice)—or, much l ...
,
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,
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,
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and
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from five lorries that went from one village or hamlet to another. The strategy to cut the intermediate trade and their margins led to the broad resistance of his competitors who goaded the producers to boycott him. As a reaction to this threat, Migros started creating its own line of goods beginning with
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,
milk Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of lactating mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfeeding, breastfed human infants) before they are able to digestion, digest solid food. ...
and
chocolate Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa beans that can be a liquid, solid, or paste, either by itself or to flavoring, flavor other foods. Cocoa beans are the processed seeds of the cacao tree (''Theobroma cacao''); unprocesse ...
. Duttweiler and his drivers expanded their inventory and, in 1926, the first market opened its doors in Zurich. His second store, in
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, presaged the future as it was founded as a
cooperative A cooperative (also known as co-operative, coöperative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomy, autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned a ...
. By 1941, the energetic entrepreneur had built a number of markets but, in that year, he basically gave the business to his customers by transforming everything from his privately owned enterprises into regional
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s, headed by the Federation of Migros Cooperatives. As early as 1935, Duttweiler showed his zest for expansion by founding the Hotelplan travel agency. In 1942, the Migros brand was applied to a weekly magazine, ''Wir Brückenbauer'' (now known as '' Migros Magazine''). Other ventures were restaurants in 1952,
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(Migrol) in 1954, language schools (Eurocentres) in 1956, the Migros Bank in 1957 and an insurance company in 1959. In 1948, the economist Elsa Gasser convinced Duttweiler to introduce the self-service approach in Migros stores, paving the way for the development of Switzerland's most successful supermarket chain. On behalf of the Migros Federation, the Zurich-based Reederei Zürich AG ordered at the ''H. C. Stülcken Sohn''
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in
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, Germany, the
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''Adele'' which was launched on 15 July 1952; the ship was christened by Adele Duttweiler, the wife of Gottlieb Duttweiler. In 1954 Migros entered the Turkish market, forming Migros Türk in partnership with the
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City Council. This was sold to the Turkish conglomerate Koç Holding in 1975 and is the largest retailer in Turkey. Between 2008 and 2011, Koç Holding sold most of its shares of Migros Türk to
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. It would not be until 1993 for Migros to open another foreign supermarket, this time in Thoiry, near
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. 1986 saw Migros' first recreation park, Säntispark, in Abtwil. In 1995, Migros introduced its organic
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"Migros Bio" (products which follow the Bio Suisse guidelines). In 2017, it added a specific label for organic products containing at least 90% Swiss ingredients ("Migros Bio Suisse"). In October 2012, Migros expanded in the German market by acquiring the Hessian food store chain Tegut. In the same year, Migros opened the first Swiss store of German organic supermarket chain Alnatura. In 2013, however, the company announced the sale to the REWE retail group of its four Migros-branded stores in Germany, the first of which had established in 1995 in
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, near
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. In 2016, Migros announced that it would phase-out free plastic bags at check-out. Michel Guillaume, "L'économie suisse promet de verdir", ''
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'', Monday 26 September 2016, page 4. Published on-line a
"L'économie suisse promet de verdir malgré le rejet de l'initiative"
on 25 September 2016 (page visited on 26 September 2016).
Migros had tested the measure in the
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since 2013: the measure had reduced the number of plastic bags distributed by ninety percent (and saved 100,000
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per year). Michael West, "Environnement. 'Petits prix pour grands effets'", ''Migros magazine'', number 39, 29 September 2016, page 38-39. Migros was the first to introduce the measure across the country, on 1 November 2016. The company also announced that profits from the remaining sale of plastic bags would be invested in environmental projects. In 2024-2025, Migros sold several companies of the group (bike, do-it-yourself, electronics, furniture and sport shops, travel agencies and cosmetic factories) to focus on four fields within Switzerland (food retail, non-food retail, bank and health).


Philosophy

Gottlieb Duttweiler was concerned about the health of his customers and decided that Migros would not sell any
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s nor any
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. It is still the case today; although Denner, owned by the Migros group, does sell alcoholic beverages and cigarettes. Here is a summary of some characteristics of Migros and its "responsible" philosophy guided by Gottlieb and Adele Duttweiler's "fifteen theses": * Does not sell any
alcoholic beverage Drinks containing alcohol (drug), alcohol are typically divided into three classes—beers, wines, and Distilled beverage, spirits—with alcohol content typically between 3% and 50%. Drinks with less than 0.5% are sometimes considered Non-al ...
s nor any
tobacco Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus '' Nicotiana'' of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the ...
; (It does so on its online shop, however); * Does not pay any
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s; * If the
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(EBIT) reaches 5% of the market value of the company, the supermarkets have to lower their prices; * Organised as a
cooperative A cooperative (also known as co-operative, coöperative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomy, autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned a ...
(federation of regional cooperatives), with more than two million shareholders; * Every adult living in Switzerland can become a member (receive a share for free) and vote at the general assembly; * Uses 1% of its
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to social and cultural projects. Migros was also a prominent supporter of
women's suffrage in Switzerland Women in Switzerland gained the right to vote in federal elections after 1971 Swiss women's suffrage referendum, a referendum in February 1971. The first federal vote in which women were able to participate was the 1971 Swiss federal election, ...
, it financed a considerable amount of the yes campaigns in the different cantons and also the two national referendums in 1959 and 1971. It counted with an in-house women suffrage committee and for the yes campaign of the successful national referendum in 1971, Migros gave out paper bags printed with advertising for the yes campaign. In its weekly company magazine, which counted with a circulation of about 600'000 magazines, it published articles supporting women's suffrage ahead of the referendum for several weeks. Adèle and Gottlieb Duttweiler's "fifteen theses" (1950), without being legally binding, are an ethical heritage of Migros. They contain values and guidance such as a goal of "serving the community", "The general principle that we profess is to place people at the center of the economy" and "The general interest will be placed higher than the interests of the Migros cooperatives". The company attracted controversy, however, when in 1977 it fired its most outspoken internal critic, Hans A. Pestalozzi, who was then working for the
Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute The Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (GDI) is an independent think-tank and the oldest organisation of its kind in Switzerland. It is located in Rüschlikon, near Zurich. The GDI is located on the edge of the Park im Grüene. Established on 1 Sept ...
, a
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whose goal was to investigate the shortcomings of
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in modern society. In 2021, Migros began considering alcohol sales in its supermarkets. A June 2022 vote was held and the sale of alcohol was rejected by each of the ten regional cooperatives by an overwhelming majority of their members.


Migros today

To this day, Migros keeps the cooperative society as its form of organisation. A large part of the Swiss population are members of the Migros cooperative – around 2 million of Switzerland's total population of 8.4 million, thus making Migros a supermarket chain that is owned by its customers. More than 90% of the assortment of goods is produced by ninety subsidiaries of Migros. It has obligated itself to spend one percent of its annual turnover for financing cultural projects in a broad sense; the sub-organisation taking care of this is called ''Migros Kulturprozent'' ("cultural percent"). The supermarkets are categorized in the three size classes of M, MM and MMM. The firm's
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is the M-cumulus card (a play on the word accumulate and a type of cloud formation).


M-Budget and Migros Sélection

In 1996, influenced by the budget ranges in supermarket chains in Australia, Migros made their budget range called ''M-Budget'' with seventy products aimed at those with low incomes and large families. Now it has grown to 330 products including
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s,
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s,
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s,
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, jeans, shoes and lighters. M-Budget products have a standardized packaging color scheme, consisting of a grass green background with the Migros logo in small white text repeated over it. Many of these products are produced in limited quantities rather than as an integral, permanent part of the Migros line. Whether they become permanent depends on their success. This, combined with the considerable brand recognition that Migros enjoys, conveys a certain amount of desirability to the rarer products. As a result, M-Budget items will sometimes be considered collectibles, as it is not always sure that they will ever be produced again. To promote the range in the early 2000s Migros developed ''M-Budget Party'' tickets costing 9.90 CHF including free non-alcoholic drinks (
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,
lemonade Lemonade is a sweetened lemon-flavored drink. There are many varieties of lemonade found throughout the world. In some parts of the world, lemonade refers to an un-carbonated, traditionally, homemade drink, using lemon juice, water, and a sw ...
and
orange juice Orange juice is a liquid extract of the orange (fruit), orange tree fruit, produced by squeezing or reaming oranges. It comes in several different varieties, including blood orange, navel oranges, valencia orange, clementine, and tangerine. As ...
) and snacks (
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, chocolate and cakes). In 2005, together with Swisscom, Migros launched M-Budget Mobile, a pay-as-you-go MVNO mobile virtual network operator. Also in 2005, Migros introduced a premium line called ''Migros sélection'', featuring for the most part food products typically associated with higher budgets and prepared in different fashions than is available through general stock. Sélection products also have their distinctive packaging, with pearl white and gold color schemes. In April 2006, Migros announced the M-Budget credit card, an initiative between the Federation of Migros Cooperatives, GE Money Bank and MasterCard, originally with an annual fee of CHF 4.40, which was very low compared to credit card annual fees of CHF 100 for a MigrosBank MasterCard Argent credit card. The card was ready by the autumn 2006. After
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, the biggest competitor of Migros, announced a credit card without any annual fee, Migros scrapped its annual fee. In 2014 the company again followed its main competitor
Coop Coop or Co-op most often refer to: * Chicken coop or other animal enclosure * Cooperative or co-operative ("co-op"), an association co-operating for mutual social, economic or cultural benefit ** Consumer cooperative ** Food cooperative ** Housin ...
and started implementing self-service checkout.


Companies

;Retail * Migros supermarkets * Migrolino:
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s (mostly connected to the petrol stations) * Denner (bought 70% stake in 2007, became a wholly-owned subsidiary in 2009) * Digitec Galaxus: consumer electronics and telecommunication shops, household, DIY, garden and sports equipment, and online shop * LeShop.ch: online supermarket (cooperation started in 2004, bought 80% stake in 2006) * Do it+Garden: do-it-yourself stores and
garden centre A garden centre (American English spelling; U.S. nursery or garden center) is a retail business that primarily sells plants and related products for Home gardening, domestic gardening. Gardening centers usually revolve around outdoor home imp ...
s ;Finance * Migros Bank: bank * Change Migros: currency exchange ;Health * Medbase * Bestsmile: Swiss dental startup, teeth straightening, dental consultation, acquired by Migros in March 2022 ;Other * Migros Klubschule (Migros Club Schools):
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centres * Eurocentres: language schools * Ex Libris: bookshops * FitnessPark: fitness centres * Glattzentrum: shopping mall near Zurich * Golfpark: public golf courses * Florissimail: postal flower service * Migrol: petrol stations *
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: railway owned by Migros


M-Industry

A large part of the products sold in the Migros supermarkets are produced by its own companies (M-Industry), mostly in Switzerland.M-Industry
(page visited on 22 December 2017).
In 2017, M-Industry comprised 32 companies, 25 of which were in Switzerland, and produce more than 20,000 products for the Migros supermarkets. M-Industry companies include: M-Industry products are exported to fifty countries, including China (under the name Orange Garten, , in partnership with Tmail).


Globus group (formerly owned by Migros)

Globus Group became part of Migros in 1997, but was sold to Signa Holding and Central Group in 2020. * Interio: furniture stores, sold separately to Austrian XXXLutz Group in 2019 before being discontinued for good in 2020. * Globus: premium
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s * Globus Herren: menswear stores * : office supplies (not the British Office Worlds, owned by Staples) * Globi: a cartoon character who is mascot of the Globus Group, often referred to as Switzerland's
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.


Former

These brands were part of the Migros group in the past but have been closed or sold: * m-electronics: electronics stores. Closed in 2024, with just over half of the locations taken over by MediaMarkt. * SportXX: sports shops. Sold to Oschner Sport in 2025. * Hotelplan: tour operator, sold in 2024 * Micasa: furniture stores, sold in 2024 * Obi:
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stores, sold in 2024 * Melectronics, sold in 2024 * Bike World, sold in 2024 * Mibelle: cosmetic products, sold in 2025


Competitors

Migros's main competitor,
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(Switzerland's second-largest supermarket chain), also has a cooperative structure like Migros, but with a more centralized organization. Smaller competitors include the Manor department-store chain, and more recently German hard discounter
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. A further competitor,
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, established its first Swiss supermarkets in March 2009. In January 2007 Migros acquired 70 per cent Denner's shares, effectively merging the largest and third-largest food retail chains in Switzerland. According to both companies, the move took place in order for the Denner chain to better compete with increasing foreign competition.''Switzerland's largest retailer, Migros, has purchased a majority stake in the country's third largest food chain, Denner.'' from Swissinfo
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See also

*
List of supermarket chains in Switzerland This is a list of supermarket chains in Switzerland. See also * List of supermarket chains Bibliography * Marc Benoun, ''Le commerce de détail suisse '', collection « Le savoir suisse », Presses polytechniques et universitaires roman ...
* Park im Grüene


Notes and references


External links


Migros Switzerland website (in German, French & Italian)Migros Germany website (in German)Migros Sélection website (in German, French & Italian)Sorgim's website
* {{Authority control Swiss companies established in 1925 Retail companies established in 1925 Consumers' cooperatives in Switzerland Retail companies of Switzerland Supermarkets of Switzerland