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Migros
Co-operative
Founded 1925
Headquarters Zürich, ZH,  Switzerland
Products supermarkets, petrol, electronics, books, homewares, etc... (mainly)
Revenue 20.64 billion CHF (2006)
Operating income
 754 million CHF (2006)
Number of employees
 79 000 (2006)

Migros is a supermarket chain found in Switzerland and other countries.

History

It was started in 1925 by Gottfried Duttweiler. He started in Zürich with a wagon and sold products 40% cheaper than others. At first he sold only coffee, rice, sugar, noodles, coconut oil and soap. Later, he started selling more and in 1926, Duttweiler built his first market, also in Zürich.

Images for kids

  • DSC 0141 Migros

    Migros headquarters in Zurich

  • Museum of Transport Luzern - Ford TT Migros (1926)

    Ford TT of Migros company from 1926

  • Migros supermarket Lugano Switzerland

    A Migros supermarket in Lugano, Switzerland

  • MM-Migros-Metalli Zug

    The front of a Migros store in the Metalli shopping center Zug, Switzerland

  • Swisschocolateinsupermarket

    A chocolate (Frey) aisle in a branch of Migros in Interlaken. The M-Budget chocolate is just visible on the bottom shelf.

  • RTEmagicC BanqueMigros

    French version of the Migros Bank logo

  • Buchs

    The headquarters of Frey, the chocolate manufacturer of Migros, in Buchs

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Migros para niños

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