Swisses and supermarkets...

It is a fact, the wallet of Swiss person is full, what means, very thick! Well, it doens't mean it is full of money and credit cards, but in fact, full of supermarket chain fidelity cards.

Here and in France, probably in other countries around as well, you can sign for a fidelity card from the supermarket you usually shop. They give you the possibility of collecting points that later give you the right to use then for buying other products or even getting a discount in your bill.

When I say discount, it is not a 3-7 fr discount, but it can reach even 20 fr by the end of the month. Not a bad business, don't you think?

MOst of the supermarkets have it: Coop, Migros, Carrefour ( I know, this one is French..., but a lot of Swisses go there). And if you subscribe for a card here, it can be used in the network in the whole country and in its shop whatever it is, with some exceptions.

Another interesting topic for supermarkets here is the label of the products. Remember I already mentioned about how many official languages are used in the country? So, a product here, even if it is imported, has bit of information in how many languages, even if it is a match box? Yes, that's right! Amazing, no? It is really nice to see how integrated the different regions of the country are, even though not all of them speak the same language and sometimes have to communicate with each other in English! (From these, I think the English language is missing since, at least here in Geneva, lots of foreigners don't speak any of the local languages!)



What an amazing country this is!

Soon I will be back from Budapest to write more. By now looks like the entire country is on vacation, the gare (train stations) are quite empty as well as restaurants....meanwhile, pubs and department stores are full of people spending their saved money and tourists!!

See you around in the picnic mat right besides you!