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Name MIGROS has 2 origins : 1)Mid and gros as mentioned ...but also 2) "migrare" (Latin for traveling rambling not stationary) - travelling shops) as the company started with trucks (to sell selected goods like sugar pasta rice and coconut-fat only .. and had registered stops of 10..15 min in Zurich 1925)
Reference: Book "Das Phenomen MIGROS" page 45 by Duttweiler Stiftung, Ex Libris Verlag .. are bodies of the Migro Corporation .. so first hand - please update article
Are you sure they don't sell alcohol? I believe I saw an entire alcohol section in a Migros the other day. I'll try and confirm this tomorrow. 83.76.246.203
It might appear hypocritical to boast that they don't sell alcohol for "ethical reasons" today, but this is a legacy from the beginning and foundation of this chain. In fact the reason not to sell alcohol was that people used to tend to spend/loose all their income on alcohol. Hence, at that times alcohol was a serious issue where poverty did reign. So today, Migros profits in a symbolic manner from not selling alcohol as that retailer has given up return of investment for a social reason (actually helping people to get out of poverty). Nowadays, the symbolic meaning is more about the social contribution that retailer has made (and is still doing with various cultural funds). — Preceding
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Name MIGROS has 2 origins : 1)Mid and gros as mentioned ...but also 2) "migrare" (Latin for traveling rambling not stationary) - travelling shops) as the company started with trucks (to sell selected goods like sugar pasta rice and coconut-fat only .. and had registered stops of 10..15 min in Zurich 1925)
Reference: Book "Das Phenomen MIGROS" page 45 by Duttweiler Stiftung, Ex Libris Verlag .. are bodies of the Migro Corporation .. so first hand - please update article
Are you sure they don't sell alcohol? I believe I saw an entire alcohol section in a Migros the other day. I'll try and confirm this tomorrow. 83.76.246.203
It might appear hypocritical to boast that they don't sell alcohol for "ethical reasons" today, but this is a legacy from the beginning and foundation of this chain. In fact the reason not to sell alcohol was that people used to tend to spend/loose all their income on alcohol. Hence, at that times alcohol was a serious issue where poverty did reign. So today, Migros profits in a symbolic manner from not selling alcohol as that retailer has given up return of investment for a social reason (actually helping people to get out of poverty). Nowadays, the symbolic meaning is more about the social contribution that retailer has made (and is still doing with various cultural funds). — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
46.126.196.77 (
talk)
19:16, 12 May 2014 (UTC)