Migros

Migros
Type	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)
Website	www.migros.ch

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

History

It was started in 1925 by Gottlieb 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.

A Migros Ford TT from 1926
A Migros supermarket in Lugano, Switzerland
The front of a Migros store in the Metalli shopping center in Zug, Switzerland, using an older logo
A chocolate (Frey) aisle in a branch of Migros in Interlaken. The M-Budget chocolate is just visible on the bottom shelf.
French version of the Migros Bank logo
The headquarters of Frey, the Migros chocolate manufacturer, in Buchs

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