Stores & Chains

Portraits of the individual chains: range and own brands, loyalty cards and points, online shop and delivery, store formats from the corner shop to the cash and carry. This group explains how a chain works before you decide whether it fits the way you shop.

Chains keep changing their range, their loyalty programme and their delivery terms, and the promotion week does not start on the same day everywhere. Every guide therefore dates its information and names the official source. Seven Swiss chains and all 26 cantons are covered, in four languages.

How to use them: the guide explains the chain, the app puts it into the comparison. Your loyalty cards sit in the wallet as a barcode, and while you shop you can see which chain carries your item for less this week. Free, no account needed. As of September 2026.

All guides in this category (30)

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Aldi Switzerland: Products, Prices and What You Need to Know

Aldi Suisse in 2026: about 244 stores, roughly 1,300 products each, CHF 2.5bn revenue in 2024. What is worth buying, and where Lidl pulled ahead.

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Lidl Switzerland: Products, Prices and Why It's Winning

Lidl came second in the K-Tipp basket of 100 products in August 2025 at CHF 232.83. See all four test results, the 193 stores and the catch.

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Denner Switzerland Review 2026: Prices, Quality and When It’s Actually Worth It

Denner Switzerland at a glance: range, real prices, own brands and where Denner is genuinely worth it, wine, coffee and chocolate. Free weekly offers.

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Migros: Products, Prices and the Big Transformation

Migros came third in the K-Tipp basket of 100 products in August 2025 at CHF 243.54. The full table, what CHF 500 million in cuts changed and the catch.

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Coop: Products, Prices and Why It’s Catching Migros

Coop closed the K-Tipp basket of 100 products at CHF 250.70 in August 2025, 8.6 percent above Aldi. The full table, where promotions flip it and the catch.

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Swiss Supermarkets: All 7 Chains Explained

The 7 Swiss supermarket chains explained: who owns what, price tiers, store counts and which one is cheapest. Neutral, no retailer deals, updated 2026.

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Aligro Switzerland: prices, stores, and how to save at the cash & carry

The complete Aligro Switzerland guide: products, prices, 14 stores, membership rules and 2,000+ weekly deals. Compare offers live with Rappn, free.

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Otto's Switzerland: The Insider Guide to Switzerland's Most Underrated Discount Chain

Otto's is Switzerland's most chaotic discount chain and quietly the cheapest on branded goods. Real prices, Warenposten secrets, what to skip.

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Manor Food vs Globus: Are Switzerland's Premium Grocers Worth the Price? (2026)

Parmigiano 24-month at CHF 4.50 vs CHF 5.50 per 100g: the full 10-item table with the Migros or Coop equivalent, checked in Zurich, May 2026.

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avec and the Swiss Station Kiosks: What You're Really Paying (2026)

avec, k kiosk and Press & Books all belong to Valora, owned by FEMSA since 7 October 2022. What the station premium really is, and when it is worth paying.

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What Happened to Farmy: Switzerland's Online Farm-Direct Pioneer Goes Bankrupt

Farmy declared bankruptcy on 9 May 2026. The full story: what went wrong, who lost what, and where Swiss shoppers can buy farm-direct now.

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International Grocery Stores in Switzerland: Asian, Indian, Middle Eastern & More (2026)

Where to find soy sauce, halal meat, curry leaves, miso, fish sauce, and why Migros's international shelf isn't enough. The Switzerland-wide directory.

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Hofläden & Farm Shops in Switzerland: The Direct-from-Producer Guide (2026)

One Swiss farm in five sells direct off the farm (BFS 2023), many on the honour system. A University of Bern study found 95% of goods correctly paid for.

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Migrolino vs Coop Pronto: Are You Overpaying for Convenience?

Buying milk on platform 3 costs noticeably more than at the Migros across the street. We priced the convenience tax at Migrolino and Coop Pronto.

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Volg, Landi & Spar: The Unsung Giants of Rural Swiss Retail (2026)

Volg has 600 stores. Spar has 350. Landi has 270. The Swiss retail giants nobody talks about, and what they cost vs Migros, Coop, Aldi, Lidl.

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Which Swiss supermarket has the most stores?

Which supermarket has the most stores in Switzerland? A sourced 2026 ranking of Coop, Migros, Denner, Volg, Spar, Aldi and Lidl by branch count.

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Bulk buying in Switzerland: which supermarket suits which need

Where to buy in bulk in Switzerland: a neutral guide to Aligro cash & carry, Otto's and family packs at big chains. The golden rule: check the unit price.

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Can you return groceries to Migros or Coop?

Can you return food to Migros or Coop in Switzerland? Satisfaction guarantee, goodwill, receipts and realistic limits, explained neutrally.

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Migros Ticino 2026: the Oldest Migros Cooperative Explained

Migros Ticino 2026: one of the ten regional cooperatives and the oldest (founded 1933), based in Sant'Antonino, 2025 turnover and store network.

Denner loyalty card: there is none, here is how you still save

Denner has no loyalty card and gives no Cumulus points. How to save anyway: weekly deals from Thursday, the weekend Knaller and free deal alerts.

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Aligro customer card: who can shop at Aligro?

Aligro customer card explained: private shoppers welcome, no entry fee, the card is free, mandatory only in Bern and Pratteln.

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Coop discounts explained: how the full savings stack works

Coop discounts explained: Thursday deals, Supercard points and digital coupons, multi-buy offers, evening markdowns and Prix Garantie.

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Migros Restaurant Prices: What a Meal Actually Costs This Week

What does a Migros Restaurant meal cost? Real prices from the week 32/2026 menu plan, the CHF 9.95 Coop budget menu and coffee, with source and date.

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Supermarkets That Do Not Exist in Switzerland, and What Replaces Them

No Tesco, Walmart, Costco or Carrefour in Switzerland: the Swiss equivalent of each chain, plus this week's live offers from all 7 Swiss chains in Rappn.

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Who owns which supermarket in Switzerland?

Migros owns Denner, farmers own Volg: the sourced ownership map of Swiss grocery, plus this week's promotions from all seven chains, live and side by side.

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Lidl Deals Next Week in Switzerland: Where the Preview Actually Sits

Lidl deals next week: the Demnächst section on lidl.ch listed the rounds through to 14.9. on 5 September 2026. Two waves a week, Monday and Thursday.

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The Ten Migros Cooperatives: What Actually Differs by Region

The ten Migros cooperatives in one table: territory, head office and regional flyer. And why an offer exists here but not one canton away.

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Does Migros Sell Alcohol? The 1928 Ban and What the Migros Group Still Sells

Migros stores stay alcohol-free: the 1928 ban, the 2022 member ballot in all ten cooperatives, and where the group does sell beer, wine and spirits.

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Migros Genève: the Geneva cooperative, its stores and its opening hours

Migros Geneva: 33 stores, territory reaching Nyon, 19:00 closing and two public holidays only this canton has. Current offers free in Rappn.

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Supermarkets in Ticino: which chains are there and which are missing

Which chains operate in Ticino and which do not: 33 Migros supermarkets, four Otto's stores, no Aligro, plus the weekly deal days. Free in Rappn.