The Federation of Migros Cooperatives is a cooperative association as defined by Art. 921 et seq. OR. Together with the affiliated regional Cooperatives, the companies that belong to them and the foundations, it makes up the Migros Community, or simply Migros.
The Federation of Migros Cooperatives (FMC) coordinates the activities of Migros, determines its strategy and represents the Migros Community to the outside world. As a Migros service provider, it is responsible for covering the needs of the regional Cooperatives through a system of combined purchasing and production, as well as by establishing or acquiring participatory interests and subsidiary companies of all kinds.
At the end of 2023, the Migros corporate bodies approved a structural change and the commencement of operations of Migros Supermarket Ltd as of 1 January 2024.
The organs of the FMC are the Assembly of Delegates, the Board of Directors, the Executive Board and the Board of Control.
The cooperative capital of the FMC amounts to CHF 15 million (Migros Group Financial Report, scope of consolidation, page 97). The shares have a nominal value of CHF 1’000, pay interest of 4 % and are not transferable.
Regional cooperative |
Proportion |
Migros Cooperative Zurich (MCZ) |
32.3 % |
Migros Cooperative Aare (MCAA) |
19.8 % |
Migros Cooperative Eastern Switzerland (MCES) |
11.4 % |
Migros Cooperative Basel (MCBS) |
10.0 % |
Migros Cooperative Geneva (MCGE) |
7.2 % |
Migros Cooperative Vaud (MCVD) |
4.8 % |
Migros Cooperative Lucerne (MCLU) |
4.6 % |
Migros Cooperative Neuchâtel-Fribourg (MCNE-FR) |
4.4 % |
Migros Cooperative Ticino (MCTI) |
3.8 % |
Migros Cooperative Valais (MCVS) |
1.7 % |
In accordance with the statutes, the shares that do not represent participation certificates were underwritten on the basis of the annual retail sales. The number of shares acquired by the Cooperatives is based on the conditions in 1957. As it was no longer necessary to issue new shares to raise finance for the FMC, and because the voting rights are exercised independently of the share distribution, the Board of Directors decided not to change anything and has retained the original distribution from 1957.
Liability for the obligations of the FMC is limited to its assets.
Chairman of the Board of Directors Thomas Aebersold
Managing Director Reto Sopranetti
Employees 8’886 (+0.2 %)
Cooperative members 547’784 (+0.7 %)
Sales (incl. subsidiaries) CHF 3’339 million (+2.4 %)
Chairman of the Board of Directors Miguel Serrano
Managing Director Anita Weckherlin
Employees 2’970 (+0.5 %)
Cooperative members 170’156 (0.0 %)
Sales (incl. subsidiaries) CHF 942 million (–3.4 %)
Chairman of the Board of Directors Frédéric Berney
Managing Director Grégory Décaillet
Employees 2’548 (+2.2 %)
Cooperative members 136’527 (+0.7 %)
Sales (incl. subsidiaries) CHF 1’128 million (+6.2 %)
Chairman of the Board of Directors Felix Meyer
Managing Director Guido Rast
Employees 4’692 (–8.3 %)
Cooperative members 210’291 (+1.0 %)
Sales (incl. subsidiaries) CHF 1’533 million (+3.0 %)
Chairman of the Board of Directors Thierry Grosjean
Managing Director Jean-Marc Bovay
Employees 1’789 (–0.1 %)
Cooperative members 127’514 (–0.2 %)
Sales (incl. subsidiaries) CHF 765 million (+3.1 %)
Chairman of the Board of Directors Nicolò Paganini
Managing Director Martin Lutz
Employees 8’958 (–0.7 %)
Cooperative members 428’471 (+0.2 %)
Sales (incl. subsidiaries) CHF 2’473 million (+2.7 %)
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Monica Duca Widmer
Managing Director Mattia Keller
Employees 1’232 (+0.8 %)
Cooperative members 105’289 (+0.4 %)
Sales (incl. subsidiaries) CHF 448 million (–2.7 %)
Chairman of the Board of Directors Patrice Lambelet
Managing Director Anton Chatelan
Employees 3’233 (+9.8 %)
Cooperative members 165’231 (+1.5 %)
Sales (incl. subsidiaries) CHF 1’142 million (+3.4 %)
Chairman of the Board of Directors Andreas Biner
Managing Director Mario Caldelari
Employees 1’383 (+2.2 %)
Cooperative members 87’709 (+1.3 %)
Sales CHF 491 million (+1.8 %)
Chairman of the Board of Directors Christian Biland
Managing Director Jörg Blunschi
Employees 6’953 (–1.6 %)
Cooperative members 341’454 (+0.3 %)
Sales (incl. subsidiaries) CHF 4’154 million (+2.9 %)