Americans Explore Supermarket in Switzerland! How expensive are groceries in the Swiss Alps?
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- Опубликовано: 12 июл 2022
- 23 SWISS FRANC FOR CHICKEN?? This is just one example we show in this video of how groceries in Switzerland come at a high price! Watch as we explore the different food sections at the Migros in Interlaken. Not only do you get an idea of how much food costs, but you get to see some common foods. Here in Switzerland, almost everything comes with a high cost… from food to activities, you typically spend more here than most other countries. After having visited Switzerland for the first time in 2017, we knew things were expensive, but we didn't pay too much attention at the time. Now that we are visiting again, we wanted to do a supermarket tour to see what foods are available & how much they cost. We hope you enjoy!
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Coming from a swiss person, one thing you gotta keep in mind: restaurants, cafe's and small stores that are loctaed in tourist places like Interlaken, Lauterbrunnen, etc, are generally more expensive than in less tourity places. Especially those small grocery stores are always more pricey than lager grocery stores like Migros. Also pro tip: Don't buy water if it's not absolutely nessecairy. Almost all fountains in Switzerland have water that you can drink unless it explicitly says it's not. You can fill up your water bottles there and it won't cost you a thing.
As a german who immigrated to Switzerland 25 years ago I need to say this: You can't compare prices of products between the countries. The whole systems moneywise are different. People in Switzerland earn more, pay less taxes but also pay more for rent, health insurance and groceries. For example the average income of a nurse in Germany would be 38'000 Euro/annually, in Switzerland it's 70'200 CHF/annually. But this only means we earn more in Switzerland and pay more for our stuff. Farming doesn't get as much subsidies as in Germany, therefore you pay the real price.
Insightful video! One thing I would add regarding the high prices:
It‘s funny to see you report on shopping in my local Migros 😅 A thing I noticed is, you bought stuff that is not local or seasonal, which also makes things pricier. Bananas, grapes, Avocados etc. are always more expensive than apples, pears or other seasonal fruit and veg. Also you usually only get grade A stuff which makes it more expensive. You can go cheaper if you eat local, seasonal and make your own (e.g. hummus) fun video though!
Being Swiss (and lived in Switzerland for 53 yrs), living in Florida now for 7 yrs - unfortunately, the prices here in FL are NOT lower than in Switzerland. Especially fruits and vegetables 😞 (apples per lb (430 g) 2.99-3.99 (that would be around 7 to 8 CHF per kilo, which nobody pays in Switzerland). A small bag of grapes is at least 6 dollars. That's way more expensive than in Switzerland. A big cup of yogurt 900 g is at least 6 dollars here. A pound of apricots (not even good ones) is at least 4 dollars (that would be about 9 CHF for a kilo).
Switzerland truly heaven on Earth but the prices shocked me when l went few years ago.. but the beauty of the country made it all worth while!
That's why the Swiss customers who border Germany come shopping to our supermarkets .... financially worthwhile inclusive the cost of gas for travelling.
Prices are high in Switzerland. But I think the average quality is high, too.
The black "handle" is a holder for your self-scanning device. You scan your products as you select them off the shelves and then just pay at the end without waiting in line.
The rules for living stock farming and importing/selling meat generally are way more strict in Switzerland which shows in the high prices. Meanwhile in German the "meat lobby" is very aggressive hence the very low prices there.
Along the Swiss-German border most of the German villages have gigantic shopping centers (in Relation to the village size) because many of the customers are living in Switzerland and buying often in Germany.
These berries are gooseberries (Stachelbeeren in German).
One thing you didn’t notice because it’s separate in your country the USA. Migros has no alcohol products and no smoking materials at all because it was made for family’s. We even voted against it some weeks ago. They asked everyone who has an migros membership card to vote 🗳. 😁
When I drove thru Europe, especially around northern Italy, I would notice tiny little cafes with just a handful of people sitting outside, under a flourescent lightbulb. They looked like 'locals', and I trusted the food to be good. It was better than good, and, it was cheap. Just basic, spaghetti and a salad, but perfection in flavor and how it was made. Like 'your Mama' would have. ....as opposed to dining in the more 'touristy' sections, which, although beautiful, are also quite pricy!
You dont usually see Fleischkäse in Germany? Maybe you call it Leberkäse or Leberkäsesemmel or sth but I cant imagine you dont see it that much in southern Germany, its a classic snack here :D
This helped me realise how I filter the products I buy. For every product, there are the pricier and the cheaper ones. Gourmet vs. Budget in Migros. Or sélection vs. Prix garantie in coop. And you can always find out what is in the season by the checking if it comes from Switzerland or not. There's usually a little Swiss flag next to the name.
Actually Migros is one of our cheaper supermarkets. I saw you took the bananas with the code 1, usually there is one more option of bananas which is cheaper. The crackers were from the Select brand, which is migros "fancy" brand that is more expensive and personally i like to buy it just when we have people over. MBudget is the budget friendliest products of migros. Also fun fact...dont know if you noticed but migros does not sell any alcohol. It was a huge discussion in recent months whether they should change that, but we all decided that we want to keep it that way.
The berries you spotted in the beginning are gooseberries (Stachelbeeren in German - which means thornberries). They have a sweet to sour taste and are fairly common in Germany as well.
I have lived in Interlaken and the surrounding villages my whole live, love that you enjoyed your trip! As for the prices in the restaurants there are many which are not really worth the money but some are. Also here you will find some tourist traps. The Laterne is definitely one of the places I enjoy myself going to as it serves authentic and well made food, but I would not afford it daily for the evenings. For lunch time you will find set menus in many restaurants which are a lot cheaper (like 16 CHF for soup, main course and salad!) than if you order randomly from the menu (à la carte, as we say). Nowadays you will find complete menus online, sometimes just as a PDF file like they have their printed menu. There you will often also find the daily menu. This way you can circumvent some expensive surprises.
The holders on the shopping cart are for the selfscanners. You need to register first, then you can use the selfscan, which is pretty nice.