Where do you buy your meat?

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Where do you buy your meat - grocery stores like Coop/Migros or from a local butcher?

I've found that the price is very high for the quality of meat in both Coop/Migros, but I've also heard that butchers often import their meat from other countries so the Swiss standards of being bio,organic, or hormone-free are compromised.

Where do you buy your meat and has anyone tried butchers in the Pfaffikon, Richterswil, or Wadenswil areas?

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I buy most of my meat here , good prices and good quality meat. From a number of countries, but country of origin is clearly shown.

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Aldi, Lidl and Germany.

Anywhere except COOP and Migros

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For the Wollerau/ Richterswil region I recommend

http://www.seedamm-center.ch/de/seed...es-frisch-fisc

They have amazing thing, like corn fed deboned chicken breasts, from France. Of course, you pay the price, but I would rather eat less meat and enjoy higher quality, from time to time.

They also have lovely greens, like watercress, which are less the usual selection. Certainly, a specialty store, with Seedamm Center, which also has a COOP, COOP CITY and MIGROS.

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Aldi and Lidl, occasionally Migros and Denner.

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Migros and Coop at "Happy hour" which is the time they go through the fresh section and reduce stuff they have to sell quickly. You get it 25 or 50% cheaper. Some Shops are quite reliable in when the happy hour is.

Although it's a gamble of course.

I found that Aldi and Lidl have a good price/quality ratio too

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Yep, I picked up some beef skewers in Aldi today at 50% off.

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Kilometzg is pretty good too.

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Perfect, will check it out as soon as I live down there

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Anywhere except Germany, Lidl, and Aldi.

Usually, Denner, Manor, Migros, Coop, or Italy.

Manor can order pretty much anything special I want, otherwise there's a specialist on via Peri that can get whatever they can't.

Tom

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Special tip for Manor, they have their Angus Burgers on sale every month or so, bulking up on those is the way to go

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But is the quality of meat in Migros/coop better than in Lidi?

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The local butcher

Lamb stocked all year will be Australian - but seasonal stuff is Swiss. Veal and Beef is all from the local farmers (Maur area).

Chicken comes from the 2 big chicken farms that sell to the independents only.

Pig - I haven't yet quizzed him on it - but it is exceptional quality.

Prices are good.

Burgers (amazing quality) were 25chf per kg - and come in around 100g each

Sausages and cooked meats are all made themselves. The fuurturfel are spectacularly good.

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We buy mixed meat packages from our local bio farmer at 30CHF/kg.

One package has 10kgs of beef, a mix of different meats: steak, roast beef, minced beef, etc. and all is vacuum sealed in portions for 1 or 2 persons.

We freeze the packages and use as we go along...

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I go to Germany to buy my meat, I reckon all this Bio bull is all a con anyway, so it's not an issue.

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Agree, bio is just a marketing con to justify charging higher prices and its all about a set of predefined rules and compliance. Ther is actually no such thing

Best option buy where the price and the quality suits what you are willling to pay, for us that is lidl, aldi and germany. Coop and Migros are overpriced and no better than where we buy

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I love Bettio - a real treasure trove of goodies - great for fish and game too.

(and the watercress!)

An amazing Whiskey collection too if that's your thing.

Waedenswil Saturday morning market also has a couple of good butchers - both doing local lamb but the stuff they bring in isn't always good value - Quail are 8CHF each at the market but only 8CHF for four at Bettio.

There's a great fish stall too selling fresh Zurisee fish.

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Ditto to this, I live next to Co-Op and get the majority of my meat this way, and almost all of it the good Naturafarm stuff... sometimes you can even pick up lamb leg joints for 24chf per kilo. Freeze it right away and you're good to go.

I've started to eat less meat in general, so zero need for me to travel accross the border to stock up as the savings just aren't worth it.

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Last weekend 400g of marinated spare ribs for just under 2 euro in Aldi de.