This rant is a bit from my side and might be the only one suffering from this. I really like Coop and Migros restaurant for their “pay plate and serve yourself at the buffet” system, I could pile up my plate with veggies and some meat and actually have abundant healthy food (this obviously varies from person to person). Now Migros Restaurant is charging 3.60 per 100g of food… I despise this system. Setting aside some research [ 1 , 2] showing this pushes people to eat heavier and less healthy because your brain gets triggered into choosing the best price for caloric intake, the experience changed completely for me. There wasn’t even a scale to check how much you had on your plate, so you’d at least be prepared for the surprise at checkout. I understand a lot of people misused the plate system, building castles of food on top (myself included, probably). I still think this is a bad move because, first: that’s still a minority, and second, and most importantly: Migros restaurants aren’t really standalone destinations. They anchor people into spending elsewhere, e.g. at Shoppyland, where nobody goes just to get lunch… You go to do groceries, park, spend in other shops, maybe let the kids have some fun and get ice cream at Migros Daily, and so on. Maybe I’m exaggerating a bit, but I’m still gonna die on this hill. With the new prices I’d rather either become a complete Coop Ching or just not spend that amount of money at a huge company, and instead support a local place. submitted by /u/Loko_Pepe
Originally posted by u/Loko_Pepe on r/Switzerland