Now a screen comes up on the weighing machine where one has to select what sort of packing one takes (if any). What more annoys me is this constant beep beep after each scan. That could make one deaf and it nerves me!
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I noticed that at the weekend. Couldn’t figure out why there was such a wait for the scales in Coop then realised there was a gaggle of confused people huddled round the screen trying to figure out what they had to press to get their ticket. 
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Just click the heaviest packing material. THat way you save 2 ruppen 
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omtatsat, I truly admire the type of issues that bother you! From the life-threatening change of the Migros restaurant to a canteen, the unacceptable NY Eve German TV program and now the shocking additional step at the weighing machine in Coop…life is so unjust to you, I cannot even imagine! 
I guess it’s my heightened levels of perception. 
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As if anyone cared about the bag’s one or two grams. One more reason to favor Lidl and Aldi.
Thanks for the warning, I will handle the problem smoothly when I shop for the first time this year tomorrow. 
Sounds like an EU law to me (utterly useless) as it won’t make a noticable difference to the family budget (doubt the 2 rappen you expect). But who knows? Some people - how about you, omtatsat? - may do a statistics about it.
I normally take a plastic bag, weigh the first fruit or veggie in it, then weigh all the others separately and chuck them in the same bag. So should I claim for all of them to be in a plastic bag as in the end they are? If they do a theft-check on my way out, it will be a hell of a job for them to control if I did that correctly.
Actually yes, omtatsats thread subjects are rather peculiar most times but on the other hand - as I’m not a 20 Minute reader - he spares me the confusion for example in this case, so fair enough. And I never thought Migros restaurants were actually pleasant. I remembered them from my childhood and never entered one again.
Btw. which shoes die you buy back then and as to the German TV program (how dare you not watch SF1??) you do have a remote control and know how to use it?
I suspect Lidl and Aldi have to follow this law too. You only won’t notice (know if they follow it correctly) because they weigh the things for you at the exit. Where they can claim any weight they like really. 
Actually my first thought was it was a system to punish people for using plastic bags and charge them for that. Wouldn’t that make more sense?
On average, a single-use plastic grocery bag typically weighs between 5-10 grams
I doubt it’s an EU law, as some of the French supermarkets have had this for quite some time, like a year or two. E Leclerc springs to mind, as one (actually three shops within 15km) we use a lot when in Alsace. Whereas the local Intermarché there and the one I use in Châtel do not do this, even though there is usually a choice of plastic or paper bags.
Neither Lidl nor Aldi in France, nor, thinking about it, Super U have such a system in place either.
So actually it has a different price depending what’s in it? If it takes the weight off, it will make a difference whether something expensive or something cheap is in it, no?
Or did they set a price for the packaging - should then show on the ticket - how much is a plastic bag then? Have you already found out?
Wonder if they thought this through proplerly
Not the worst Friday thread I’ve seen actually.
Hmmm, I think you’re right, it’s Swiss.
https://www.metas.ch/metas/de/home/dok/rechtliches/rechtliche-grundlagen/archiv_rechtlichegrundlagen.html
I also like the bit about at what temperature the weights are to be declared (not in respect to this new Migros/Coop scales). Art 3, point 2.
It reminds me of the BĂĽndnerfleisch law
I believe it’s the first step. I expect that after a while they will change plastic bags to biodegradable bags and will charge 5 Rp pro bag.
Of course they all do, this is no Lex Migros/Coop. But as you say, Lidl’s and Aldi’s cashiers do the utterly useless weight deduction for you.
The old rule was that they didn’t have to deduct the bag’s weight as long as it’s less than 2grams. For veggies that cost 5 per kg that amounted to a whopping 1 Rappen, at most.
Yes, this is definitely to punish the evil plastic users for their unforgivable sins. Despite the fact that pretty much every food other than the open-sold stuff is packaged using far more plastic than that, which demonstrates the idiocy behind this obsession with minute details.
Someone’s shooting sparrows with cannons.
No, it simply accounts for the weight of the bag and removes it from the total weight. Only a couple of grams, so I’m not convinced it’s worthwhile. The price for your produce is not affected by what bag you choose to put it in, or indeed if you choose not to use a bag at all.
If the price is not affected by what bag one puts in (or none at all) then whats the point of the whole thing.
You really haven’t got it yet? Did you not read all the other replies?
I don’t really see much point in it personally but it’s not really a big deal. It’s hardly difficult to press on one icon on the touch screen before entering the code number for your items, it’s not going to add much time to your shop.
Since the price is the same, I’ve decided that I will be using the scales as before: just enter the product number and press OK. It will apply the default option: no bag.
I saved 5 Ruppen today on one banana. Selected the heaviest bag!
yeah, would you believe, the system has also reached Migros in the sticks.
Must have been complicated to set them up as they had no capacity left to actually put products on the shelves, there are more and more of these empty shelves each time I shop. In the old days in such cases we used to say “where the heck are we, in Russia?”.
You gotta push the packing first before entering the number. And nope, I was not the only one who didn’t bother reading but just hit the - wrong - button first. The simpler the more complicated.