Société coopérative Migros Genève
| Société coopérative Migros Genève
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| legal form | cooperative |
| founding | 1945 |
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Carouge , Switzerland
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| Number of employees | 3,186 |
| sales | 969.3 million CHF |
| Branch | Retail trade , gastronomy |
| Website | Migros Genève |
| Status: 2018 | |
The Société Coopérative Migros Genève ( German Migros Geneva Cooperative ) is one of ten cooperatives of Migros , the largest retail company of Switzerland . It is based in Carouge and is a legally independent company within the Federation of Migros Cooperatives (MGB). Migros Geneva was founded in 1945 and is the sixth largest of all Migros cooperatives in terms of sales.
Organization and key figures
The catchment area of the Société coopérative Migros Genève includes the canton of Geneva and part of the Nyon district in the canton of Vaud . It holds a 7.2% share in the MGB's cooperative capital. In 2018, Migros Geneva had 134,407 members (17,179 of them in France ), who are represented by a cooperative council with 51 members, which is newly elected every four years. Eight of the council members are also delegates to the delegates' assembly of the FMC. In 2018, 3,186 employees generated sales of 969.3 million francs . The headquarters of the cooperative is the La Praille distribution center in Carouge .
The cooperative also owns the Migros France SA subsidiary, based in Archamps . She looks after the border areas in the French departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie . In 2018, it achieved sales of 135 million euros there with 643 employees .
Business activity
The Société coopérative Migros Genève includes:
- 33 shopping centers and supermarkets
- 18 specialist stores (3 Do it + Garden, 3 SportXX , 2 Melectronics, 1 Micasa , 7 MPrint shops, 2 Locaski)
- 2 outlet centers
- 2 Voi partner shops
- 13 restaurants (Migros restaurant, M-Take-away, Coffee & Time, catering)
- 10 exchange offices (Change Migros)
- 2 Migros club schools
- 1 cultural mediation office
The subsidiary Migros France SA operates two shopping centers in Étrembières and Thoiry as well as a supermarket and a leisure center in Neydens .
history
Until the ban on branches was lifted , Migros was not present in the Geneva region. On July 12, 1945, the Société coopérative Migros Genève was founded, which joined the Federation of Migros Cooperatives (MGB) on August 25. When she opened her first branch on the Rue du Port in Geneva on October 20 , there was violent tumult among Migros opponents and several dozen police officers had to protect the shop from rioting demonstrators. The opposition recognized that Migros could not be driven out with the use of force and went over to delivery boycotts . Migros in Geneva had to obtain some of its goods from Bern , but gradually managing director Alfred Gehrig , a cousin of Migros founder Gottlieb Duttweiler , managed to gain the trust of the suppliers. He remained at the head of the company until 1976.
In 1957, construction began on the La Praille distribution center in Carouge , the first phase of which went into operation three years later. In 1962 the first supermarket in Geneva opened, which was also the first Migros branch in Switzerland to have a fish department. In 1967 the cooperative carried out a controversial ballot when it put the sale of cigars, cigarettes and tobacco products up for discussion - expressly against the will of the MGB and the Gottlieb and Adele Duttweiler Foundation . The members rejected the proposal with 6954 to 4577 votes. On September 2, 1971, the cooperative opened the Balexert in Vernier , the second Migros shopping center in Switzerland.
In 1990 the cooperative contacted two companies from France in order to find suitable locations across the border. It did this unofficially at first, as it was unclear at the time whether the statutes of the MGB even allowed such a procedure. With a contract change between the MGB and the cooperatives in April 1991, expansion abroad was officially allowed. Migros Geneva then founded the French subsidiary Migros Frane SA . This opened a shopping center in Thoiry on September 1, 1993 . Exactly one year later, another shopping center followed in Étrembières near Annemasse . The supermarket in Neydens, including the Vitram leisure center, has existed since September 9, 2009.
Web links
- Société coopérative Migros Genève (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Société coopérative Migros Genève. Commercial Register of the Canton of Geneva, accessed on November 8, 2019 (French).
- ↑ a b c d e Rapport d'activité 2018. (PDF; 4.5 MB) Société coopérative Migros Genève, 2019, accessed on November 8, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Organization & structure. In: Annual Report 2018. Federation of Migros Cooperatives, 2019, accessed on November 8, 2019 .
- ^ Alfred A. Häsler : The Migros Adventure. The 60 year old idea . Ed .: Federation of Migros Cooperatives. Migros Presse, Zurich 1985, p. 313 .
- ^ Häsler: The Migros Adventure. Pp. 173-175.
- ↑ a b Au fil des ans - Historique des faits. (PDF; 110 kB) Société coopérative Migros Genève, 2014, accessed on November 8, 2019 (French).
- ^ Häsler: The Migros Adventure. P. 336.
- ^ Häsler: The Migros Adventure. P. 339.
- ↑ Historique. Migros France, 2018, accessed on November 8, 2019 (French).
