Coop

Unilocal noted that I have been here 139 times and asked what keeps me coming back? I live two blocks away.

Das Sihlcity ist quasi mein Dorfladen und der Coop ist sein Herzstück. Vor allem praktisch sind die langen Öffnungszeiten, auch am Samstag.
Die Auswahl ist gross und ich schätze den Self-​Checkout.

This place is huge, I think they call it a mega store or something like that. Located on the 2^nd floor of the mall, it has pretty much everything you could possibly need.
The first time I was trying to buy hard liquor for a party, I walked around the store a bunch of times and couldn’t find it – the wine section only sold wines! Then I realized that the liquor was outside in the front, at a kiosk-​looking thingie.
It also took me a while to figure out how to use the Coop passabene. If you sign up for the free Coop Supercard membership, you can pick up a green bar code scanner, scan all your purchases as you put them in your cart, and then get into a special line to check out without having to put all your groceries on the conveyor belt. Just hand the scanner to the checker, and BAM, you’re done! (Well, you also have to pay.) It’s fun to scan and quick to check out.
They also have full-​size plastic bags for free at the checkout, unlike the dinky little flimsy ones at Migros. Very important in a country that makes you bring your own grocery bags or pay CHF 0.30 per paper bag. ;)