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Swiss Colony products

bargainsgirl — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 13:58:46 GMT

Saw these advertised recently in a few magazines. I ordered once many many years ago and did not realize they were still around. Has anyone gotten items from this company lately? I wonder how the quality is and where the products come from.

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rockygems123 — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 14:16:03 GMT

@bargainsgirl wrote:
Saw these advertised recently in a few magazines. I ordered once many many years ago and did not realize they were still around. Has anyone gotten items from this company lately? I wonder how the quality is and where the products come from.

@bargainsgirl

That's an old nostalgic company name! Unfortunately when I googled the name and reviews they are very low, lots of customer dissatisfaction.

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skatting44 — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 14:27:33 GMT

@rockygems123

Stopped buying Swiss brand abt 18+ yrs ago .

Found another company named Figi's which had delicious products .

Abt 2 yrs ago received a gift of Swiss Colony and I did not care for the cheese or sausage products. Tasted to processed like plastic and stale

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chrystaltree — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 14:28:59 GMT

That's a blast from the past. Years ago I received their catalogs, I bought things from time to time. I'm talking 15 or 20 years ago. The tins of mixed nuts were good. Some things looked big in the pictures but were teeny tiny in real life. I don't know where things are made but that information must be in the product descriptions online.

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rockygems123 — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 14:30:00 GMT

@skatting44 wrote:
@rockygems123

Stopped buying Swiss brand abt 18+ yrs ago .
Found another company named Figi's which had delicious products .

Abt 2 yrs ago received a gift of Swiss Colony and I did not care for the cheese or sausage products. Tasted to processed like plastic and stale

@skatting44

I've seen the name Figi's now I'm intrigued, will go take a look!

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Neasygirl — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 14:47:01 GMT

Their products are good, but the shipping is outrageous, and it's sent through the mail. I stopped ordering from them because of the shipping, plus they add another charge for every address you want it sent to.

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piperbay — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 14:47:43 GMT

For many years I bought their Old World Cookies in the tin which I liked very much.

I took a pass on them the last couple of years because the shipping and handling made them so expensive. The nuts were good from them too.

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FiddleDeeDee — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 15:04:19 GMT

@bargainsgirl A few years back, someone asked this same question (prior to Covid, I know that) and the responses were pretty positive. I used to receive their catalogs and remember family and friends ordering from them YEARS (decades) ago.

I recently looked them up and requested a catalog; they offered me an instant $1000 CC with free shipping....thank you but no thanks, lol. Was going to order and then checked out the reviews.....nope, I'll pass. I'm finding that many of the catalog companies that used to be REALLY great are now......not so great, if not just horrible. Shame.

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Jacie — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 15:08:17 GMT

I stopped buying from them years ago. If I looking for that type of product I use The Wisconsin Cheese Company. Far superior.

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wagirl — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 15:12:41 GMT

What memories Swiss Colony brings back---I ordered every Xmas for years when my kids were little--they just loved those products---mostly because of the cute characters that most of the goodies were decorated with especially the petite fours---I haven't ordered from them for probably 30 years--- made great Xmas sock fillers. My kids would pour over their cataloge just like the toy catalogs---

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judy0330 — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 15:17:31 GMT

My husband's secretary used to send us a cake from them every year. It was delicious. A few years after he retired I ordered one for us. Horrible. That was it for us and Swiss Colony!

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Rockycoast — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 17:55:11 GMT

Bummer to hear they are not as good as they once were. My husband used to order from them at Christmas time many years ago. He loved the sausages and cheese spreads. We received their catalog last week and I got all nostalgic about it. Will have to check out the reviews.

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MezzieStarr — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 18:06:56 GMT

As a child I would look through the catalogs and dream of getting a Chris Mouse every Christmas. 🐭

Never did got one. My mother always made homemade candies and fudge. She wasn't paying those prices for basically a candy bar.

Still get a catalog to this day even though I've never ordered from them.

I am tempted by the pictures. Everything looks so yummy.

I went over to their website and put a Chris Mouse in my cart. On sale for 16.00 (a whole dollar off). They would charge me $12.00 to ship it. 😑

Gonna be another sad Christmas without one...

(Cue Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas)

🤣

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Rockycoast — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 18:18:09 GMT

I wonder if it is the same company. I thought Figi's had gone out of business in 2019.

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MezzieStarr — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 18:23:07 GMT

@Rockycoast Looks like the chocolate/food business is gone.

MARSHFIELD – Longtime Marshfield mail-order gift company Figi's, Inc. is closing, leaving nearly 300 people without jobs. Figi's corporate owner Mason Companies announced Jan. 4 operations will stop by the end of March, with 129 employees were let go. (from 2019 article)

There is a website called Figi's Gallery that looks like a Fingerhut type shop. A little bit of everything.

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Sage04 — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 18:40:43 GMT

@skatting44 wrote:
@rockygems123

Stopped buying Swiss brand abt 18+ yrs ago .
Found another company named Figi's which had delicious products .

Abt 2 yrs ago received a gift of Swiss Colony and I did not care for the cheese or sausage products. Tasted to processed like plastic and stale

@skatting44 the same for me with Swiss Colony and Gigis. I forgot all about them.

Just received two Catalogues from Masoneasy Pay and Masseys stating that I've been approved for $750 each. Haven't order from them for over 20 years.

It's so good to see the Companies from years gone by.

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Rockycoast — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 18:52:33 GMT

Thanks for the update @MezzieStarr . Had not received a catalog from them in a few years. Thought I had read where they had closed.

@MezzieStarr wrote:
@Rockycoast Looks like the chocolate/food business is gone.

MARSHFIELD – Longtime Marshfield mail-order gift company Figi's, Inc. is closing, leaving nearly 300 people without jobs. Figi's corporate owner Mason Companies announced Jan. 4 operations will stop by the end of March, with 129 employees were let go. (from 2019 article)

There is a website called Figi's Gallery that looks like a Fingerhut type shop. A little bit of everything.

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mamaslittlepotato — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 19:02:36 GMT

List year as one of my daughter’s
Christmas gifts, I bought her the Petit fours. I had one of hers and it was delicious.

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mamaslittlepotato — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 19:03:01 GMT

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cactusgal — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 18:36:27 GMT