Is there a wholesale produce market in Winterthur or Zurich that is open to the public for instance? I'm looking for something cheaper than Migros or Coop so I can buy in larger quantities for the week.

Also, has anyone tried home delivery produce sites like http://www.freshbox.com, http://www.biopac.ch/ and such? Do you get better value with them? I couldn't find this kind of information on their site..

Turkish shops.

There is a great turkish wholeseller shop at Bahnhof Affoltern it is called Barkat, there you really get good quality fruits and vegi for a third of the price.

Turkish shops, srilankan shops and Barkat of schmiedewiedikon are some places where you can have fruits and veggies at lower prices.

I think the answer is try and find a farm shop, we just found one that sells some produce and meat. We've just ordered 12Kg of cow for 28CHF/KG and it's less than 5 minutes from the house!!

Thanks everyone for your responses and ideas!

This probably won't help a great deal for Zurich, but in Swiss romande there is Aligro, www.aligro.ch which started as a restarunt supply company, then opened to the masses (bulk food and supplies). Perhaps look for restraunt supply in the yellow pages for something similar in Zurich.

Could you give me the address ? Freienwil is not far from where I live, maybe I could go there too !
Thanks !

What part of the cow?

assorted mixed parts from filet to geschnetzeltes and Plaetzli (no idea what they are) and some wurst. Details on www.eichmatthof.ch our delivery should be ready in about 3 weeks, will try and remember to post about quality

Last weekend I stopped by the turkish shop nearest to my home. It was in the Winterthur old town, and their prices there was even higher than in Migros or Coop! I was quite surprised, but I guess it makes some sense since they probably have to pay so much for rent in a relatively prime location. But still... I have no idea why people would go there when a small Migros branch is located just two doors down.