COOP is the main grocery store in Swizterland and much loved for it's high quality, in season produce and staple favorites in the region. While they don't have the largest selection of food you'd find in the US, I enjoy shopping here because I learn some every time about what is valued in home cooking here - for example, LOTS of cheese selection, no out of season fruits/veggies, flax seed and squash seeds are both staples... larger variety of different honeys and... last but not least yogurt. Switzerland has by far the largest and most delicious selection of yogurts.
Shocker is it's crazy expensive. Chicken is about $5 per breast and many of the air cured meats (also staple) are $70-90/kg. Beef... well that's about $30-40 to feed 2-3 people. I originally thought COOP was a co-op owned by farmers, but it turns out it's a huge company and has it's fingers in several pieces of the Swiss economy. On the good side, they fund a lot of community events as well!
Loved this--and I know you do, too--since it's all about food. This prompted an interesting conversation at dinner as I don't think we really know what our food costs. There are all kinds of subsidies in the US. Most people around the world also eat MUCH less meat than we do--
ReplyDeleteAnyway, keep posting! I love learning something new!