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[bargainsgirl]

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.

[rockygems123]

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@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.

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@bargainsgirl 

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

[skatting44]

@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

[chrystaltree]

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.

[rockygems123]

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@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

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@skatting44 

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

[Neasygirl]

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.

[piperbay]

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. 

[FiddleDeeDee]

@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.

[Jacie]

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

[wagirl]

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---