Migros

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Migros
Company typeCo-operative
Founded1925
HeadquartersZürich, ZH,   Switzerland
Productssupermarkets, petrol, electronics, books, homewares, etc... (mainly)
Revenue20.64 billion CHF (2006)
754 million CHF (2006)
Number of employees
79 000 (2006)
Websitewww.migros.ch

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

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It was started in 1925 by Gottfried 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.

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