page_title: Migros
hierarchical_section_title: Migros
caption_attribution_description: Migros Hochhaus am Limmatplatz
context_page_description: Migros is Switzerland's largest retail company, its largest supermarket chain and largest employer. It is also one of the forty largest retailers in the world. It is structured in the form of a cooperative federation, with more than two million members.
  It co-founded Turkey's largest retailer, Migros Türk, which became independent of Migros Switzerland in 1975.
  The name comes from the French "mi" for half or mid-way and "gros", which means wholesale. Thus the word connotes prices that are halfway between retail and wholesale. The logo of the company is a large orange M. Migros is often referred to as "der orange Riese", i.e. "the orange giant", an expression presumably borrowed from Germany, where Deutsche Telekom is often referred to as "der rosa Riese", i.e. "the pink giant"
context_section_description: Migros ([ˈmiɡro]) is Switzerland's largest retail company, its largest supermarket chain and largest employer. It is also one of the forty largest retailers in the world. It is structured in the form of a cooperative federation (the Federation of Migros Cooperatives), with more than two million members.
  It co-founded Turkey's largest retailer, Migros Türk, which became independent of Migros Switzerland in 1975.
  The name comes from the French "mi" for half or mid-way and "gros", which means wholesale. Thus the word connotes prices that are halfway between retail and wholesale. The logo of the company is a large orange M.  Migros is often referred to as "der orange Riese", i.e. "the orange giant" (German: oranger Riese, French: géant orange, Italian: gigante arancio), an expression presumably borrowed from Germany, where Deutsche Telekom is often referred to as "der rosa Riese", i.e. "the pink giant"
caption: Migros headquarters in Zurich
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