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Migros offers voting chocolate ahead of planned 2027 restructuring
Migros plans to combine its 10 cooperatives into one group in mid-2027.
The Swiss retailer says the change would have little effect on customers, and regional councils would help preserve local products.
To amend its rules, at least one quarter of members in each of the 10 cooperatives must vote.
In a 2022 vote on whether Migros could sell alcohol, more than 75% voted no, but turnout was below 25% in four cooperatives, including those in Ticino and Geneva.
Migros says members who vote in the restructuring ballot will receive voting chocolate.
It has not decided whether to offer other incentives.
If too few members take part, Migros plans to repeat the vote and try to persuade members in low-turnout regions to participate.
Migros plans to ask members to approve a restructuring in mid-2027, and says voters will receive chocolate.
The plan would combine its 10 individual cooperatives into one group cooperative.
Approval requires at least one in four members to vote in each of the 10 cooperatives.
Migros says customers will see little change and that regional products will remain available.
In 2022, more than 75% of members voted against allowing Migros to sell alcohol, but turnout was below 25% in four cooperatives.
- Who
- Migros and its cooperative members.
- What
- Migros plans to offer voting chocolate as an incentive for members to vote on restructuring its 10 cooperatives into one group cooperative.
- When
- The vote is planned for mid-2027. The article was published on November 7, 2026.
- Where
- In Migros’s 10 cooperatives in Switzerland.
- Why
- The restructuring requires a vote in which at least one in four members participate in each cooperative. Migros is offering chocolate to encourage turnout.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Migros members voted against allowing the retailer to sell alcohol, with more than 75% voting no.
Inside Paradeplatz reported that Migros would give voting chocolate to members who take part in the planned vote.
Migros plans to hold a vote on combining its 10 individual cooperatives into one group cooperative.
- Individual cooperatives
- 10
- Required participation
- At least 25% in each cooperative
- Planned vote
- Mid-2027
- Alcohol vote
- More than 75% voted no in June 2022
- Voting incentive
- Chocolate for members who vote
What people are saying
Whether there will be further incentives beyond this has not yet been decided.