Interesting news, a lot of people cutting back on meat it seems. Its been two years since I quit eating meat and I never really looked back. Do you have similar experiences?
Pretty sure its not related to the price and quality of it… Try the cheap chicken in Migros and enjoy your Breast filled with water (the water filling your pan is not part of the meat). Want a good piece of Beef for a solid meat-lover diner ? That will be 35.- a piece.
Really wonder why its happening.
Its just the prices that are too high
More like “people have no money to spend on 60CHF/kg of meat”
I would suspect it is more due to a financial reason. Meat prices are steep here, some people are left with no choice really.
Anyone surprised with that price tag?
The survey “findings” are garbage because the parameters of the survey are terrible. The survey size is too small, the timeframe too short, and no geographic diversity. How this is considered at all scientific by the University is baffling. It is also a complete joke that the “researchers” say their “findings” might not be fully accurate because it was rainy and people couldn’t BBQ…so when raining the Swiss eat less meat. This is useless…
I mainly buy ground beef/turkey, eggs and canned tuna (only buy on discounts, there’s a sale every one or two months) to save money on protein
Most cuts are too expensive and it doesn’t feel worth it. I’d rather make a couple of veggie meals or some sort of stew / ragout for multiple meals than have 1 Entrecôte.
Pork hock is 20/kg at most, not exactly expensive or hard to find. I often bought it at 15-16 because the butcher can’t sell it fast enough. Just because they don’t display those cuts doesn’t mean they don’t have it, just ask for them.
“The study was based on data from the “Swiss Nutrition Atlas”. In 2024, 308 households were surveyed for this purpose. The survey period covered the months of May and June, with May 2024 in particular being very rainy in Switzerland. As the researchers admit in the study, this led to a delay in the barbecue season, which may have influenced consumption habits and therefore the results of the survey.”
… calling this a study is well… no
I suspect that cutting down does not only happen on meat, but also skiing, restaurant visits, vacation trips. Not because we have become more interested in environment or health, but because of the price increases on the one side, while staying on the same salary level at the same time.
Big winner: the international corporations, which on the one side increase the prices for goods sold here to enjoy the shareholders, their influence on import restrictions for the dumb people (300CHF down to 150CHF…), combined with the open borders to hire cheap workforces from the EU, which put a lot of pressure on the job market and lower the salaries, but also only for the dumb people. C-suites on the other side are worth millions/year, because they are hard to find.
And if you don’t agree here, just don’t look at the house market, and how much we already have cut down on buying houses.
French meat (at least beef) or no meat. Swiss chicken is payable
Funny how people can eat out once per week, shop gucci bags and shit (i work at a restourant, near a shopping mall) , but cant afford meat?
If you can’t afford it you don’t eat it.
Crazy expensive and garbage quality.
Honestly I wouldn’t mind paying extra because Switzerland and have premium quality product. But the meat is just atrocious compared to our neighbours, especially Charcuterie. I stopped buying Swiss meat entirely.
Having higher salaries and prices does not justify charging crazy amount of money for very poor quality products.
Food is not the only problem IMO. The way people spend their money in Switzerland is absolutely mind-blowing : everything comes at a premium, most of the time for no reason, and people just accept the situation and gladly pull down their pants.
To stay on the topic of food, the duopoly Coop/Migros is a complete aberration for example, with little to no dispute whatsoever.
Meat is too expensive and the quality is average at best.
HIlarious topic, not a single mention of “mass meat production is actually killing us with the amount of antibiotics they pour into the animal feed to “keep up with production””.
What a joke of a society :]
Keis geld
Lol, get your pork tenderloin in Rheinfelden for 9€ per kg!
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Interesting news, a lot of people cutting back on meat it seems. Its been two years since I quit eating meat and I never really looked back. Do you have similar experiences?
Pretty sure its not related to the price and quality of it… Try the cheap chicken in Migros and enjoy your Breast filled with water (the water filling your pan is not part of the meat). Want a good piece of Beef for a solid meat-lover diner ? That will be 35.- a piece.
Really wonder why its happening.
Its just the prices that are too high
More like “people have no money to spend on 60CHF/kg of meat”
I would suspect it is more due to a financial reason. Meat prices are steep here, some people are left with no choice really.
Anyone surprised with that price tag?
The survey “findings” are garbage because the parameters of the survey are terrible. The survey size is too small, the timeframe too short, and no geographic diversity. How this is considered at all scientific by the University is baffling. It is also a complete joke that the “researchers” say their “findings” might not be fully accurate because it was rainy and people couldn’t BBQ…so when raining the Swiss eat less meat. This is useless…
I mainly buy ground beef/turkey, eggs and canned tuna (only buy on discounts, there’s a sale every one or two months) to save money on protein
Most cuts are too expensive and it doesn’t feel worth it. I’d rather make a couple of veggie meals or some sort of stew / ragout for multiple meals than have 1 Entrecôte.
Pork hock is 20/kg at most, not exactly expensive or hard to find. I often bought it at 15-16 because the butcher can’t sell it fast enough. Just because they don’t display those cuts doesn’t mean they don’t have it, just ask for them.
“The study was based on data from the “Swiss Nutrition Atlas”. In 2024, 308 households were surveyed for this purpose. The survey period covered the months of May and June, with May 2024 in particular being very rainy in Switzerland. As the researchers admit in the study, this led to a delay in the barbecue season, which may have influenced consumption habits and therefore the results of the survey.”
… calling this a study is well… no
I suspect that cutting down does not only happen on meat, but also skiing, restaurant visits, vacation trips. Not because we have become more interested in environment or health, but because of the price increases on the one side, while staying on the same salary level at the same time.
Big winner: the international corporations, which on the one side increase the prices for goods sold here to enjoy the shareholders, their influence on import restrictions for the dumb people (300CHF down to 150CHF…), combined with the open borders to hire cheap workforces from the EU, which put a lot of pressure on the job market and lower the salaries, but also only for the dumb people. C-suites on the other side are worth millions/year, because they are hard to find.
And if you don’t agree here, just don’t look at the house market, and how much we already have cut down on buying houses.
French meat (at least beef) or no meat. Swiss chicken is payable
Funny how people can eat out once per week, shop gucci bags and shit (i work at a restourant, near a shopping mall) , but cant afford meat?
If you can’t afford it you don’t eat it.
Crazy expensive and garbage quality.
Honestly I wouldn’t mind paying extra because Switzerland and have premium quality product. But the meat is just atrocious compared to our neighbours, especially Charcuterie. I stopped buying Swiss meat entirely.
Having higher salaries and prices does not justify charging crazy amount of money for very poor quality products.
Food is not the only problem IMO. The way people spend their money in Switzerland is absolutely mind-blowing : everything comes at a premium, most of the time for no reason, and people just accept the situation and gladly pull down their pants.
To stay on the topic of food, the duopoly Coop/Migros is a complete aberration for example, with little to no dispute whatsoever.
Meat is too expensive and the quality is average at best.
HIlarious topic, not a single mention of “mass meat production is actually killing us with the amount of antibiotics they pour into the animal feed to “keep up with production””.
What a joke of a society :]
Keis geld
Lol, get your pork tenderloin in Rheinfelden for 9€ per kg!
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