Anyone looking to buy olive oil online in Switzerland is facing a market that got considerably smaller in 2026. Two well-known delivery services have disappeared, one delivers wine only, and at two chains the range is visible on the web but not orderable.

This article therefore names only shops whose delivery terms can be read in black and white in October 2026, with their own figures for minimum order value and delivery fee. On top of that comes the part no shop explains on its product page: what ordering from an EU shop costs at the border.

2026 cut the field in half

In May 2026 the district court of Zurich opened bankruptcy proceedings against Farmy AG. The online farm shop ceased trading with immediate effect, the shop went offline and more than a hundred employees lost their jobs. The board cited economic reasons: the restructuring had not produced the turnaround it was aiming for.

Three months later Aldi followed. The discounter ended its Aldi now home delivery service after roughly four years: at the end of August 2026 in Bussigny, Bern, Geneva, Basel and Lucerne, with the end for the Zurich region reported for the end of September. Aldi explained the step as a "return to being a true discounter"; industry observers pointed to the expensive last mile. Aldi Suisse never offered collection in store.

Lidl Switzerland runs an online shop but stocks only non-food there. Denner sells only wine and champagne online and, in its own FAQ, points customers looking for groceries explicitly to the Migros range. Of the big grocery chains that leaves exactly two which bring olive oil to the door nationwide.

The shops that deliver – and what it costs

ShopMinimum order valueDelivery feefree from
Coop.chCHF 99.90CHF 7.90, CHF 4.90 from CHF 160CHF 200
Migros OnlineCHF 99tiered by basket valueCHF 200
GalaxusnoneCHF 4.90CHF 50
Otto'snoneCHF 8.95 flatCHF 120
DelinatnoneCHF 4.80CHF 70

The figures come from the providers' own delivery terms and help pages, as of October 2026. At Coop.ch the tiering is set out most fully in its own delivery terms: minimum order value CHF 99.90, fee CHF 7.90, CHF 4.90 from CHF 160 and nothing from CHF 200. Same-day delivery costs CHF 5 extra, collection at a pick-up location nothing. The matching terms and conditions are dated 13 May 2026.

For Migros Online, the Migros help pages give CHF 99 as the minimum order value, excluding delivery fees, deposits and credits, and state that without a delivery pass the delivery is free from CHF 200, while with a delivery pass no fee applies above CHF 99. On the tiers in between, Blick reported in May 2026 CHF 7.90 from CHF 99, CHF 4.90 from CHF 160 and free delivery from CHF 200 – the same logic as at Coop. Surcharges can apply at peak times and on Saturdays; the basket shows the final amount.

Galaxus stocks groceries, olive oil among them; shipping is free from CHF 50 and costs CHF 4.90 below that. The rule applies to goods from its own warehouse – with marketplace sellers delivery can differ. Otto's charges a flat CHF 8.95 per order, regardless of the number of items, and delivers free from CHF 120. Delinat, an organic mail-order specialist with its own olive oil range, charges CHF 4.80 and delivers carriage-free from CHF 70 by Post or Planzer – so from inside the country, with no customs. Denner delivers wine only: minimum order value CHF 50, standard delivery CHF 9.90, and between CHF 50 and 100 a small-quantity surcharge of at most CHF 5.

Visible online does not mean orderable online

The most common misunderstanding behind the search for "buy olive oil online" concerns the discounters. On aldi-suisse.ch and on sortiment.lidl.ch, olive oils appear with a photo, an origin and a price – those are range pages for the shelf, not shopping baskets. What those bottles are worth we went through one by one in our test of the Lidl range. Our own price survey of 30 September 2026 uses exactly those pages as its source; nothing there can be ordered. The same goes for Manor: the product pages of the Manor organic bottle in the tests redirect to the home page, and Manor sells food only in its stores.

The practical consequence: anyone who wants the cheapest bottles in the country has to go to the shop. Anyone who wants them delivered pays the supermarket price plus a fee – or switches to Galaxus, Otto's and specialist mail order. The current shelf prices at every chain are in our price overview.

What is actually worth buying online

Orderable and well tested is a rare combination. The best-rated oil you can put in a basket on coop.ch is the Kalamata PDO bottle from Iliada: a protected designation of origin from a single Greek region, rated "very good" in the 2025 test by Kassensturz and K-Tipp. For an oil off the supermarket shelf that is the exception, not the rule.

The counterexample shows why a free-delivery threshold can be dangerous. At Otto's the threshold sits at CHF 120, and the cheapest litre bottle in the shop is the Sabo Extra Vergine Mediterranean. In July 2026 Saldo named that very oil among the most contaminated in its test. Anyone who reaches the threshold with six bottles of it has bought six litres of oil they will not enjoy using.

Otto's

Sabo Extra virgin olive oil Mediterranean, 1 l

Tunisia (per Otto's)

CHF 7.951 L · CHF 7.95 per litre

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Doing the maths on free delivery

Delivery thresholds shift buying behaviour – and almost always towards more volume. At CHF 200 for free delivery, olive oil is the ideal filler: long-lasting, expensive per unit, compact. That is exactly where the trap lies. An opened bottle of olive oil loses quality over months, not years; which container size actually pays off is something we worked through in 500 ml, 1 litre or a bulk tin.

The honest calculation goes like this: a delivery fee of CHF 7.90 on a single bottle is absurd, on a full weekly shop you barely notice it. Buying olive oil online is therefore rarely a shopping trip of its own but a line in a basket you were going to order anyway. If all you want is oil, you do better with Galaxus from CHF 50 or Delinat from CHF 70.

Ordering from an EU shop: the customs bill

This is where a Swiss guide parts ways with a German one. An oil that costs EUR 12 in Italy looks like a bargain – until the postman rings.

Import tax is due on postal consignments from abroad, but for reasons of administrative economy it is not levied when the tax amount is CHF 5 or less. Food is subject to the reduced VAT rate of 2.6 per cent; according to ch.ch that puts the limit at roughly CHF 193 of package value including shipping. For goods at the standard rate of 8.1 per cent it is only around CHF 62. Olive oil is unusually well placed in this calculation – most private orders stay below the threshold.

It gets expensive once the threshold falls. For August 2026 the Stiftung für Konsumentenschutz gives a Post clearance fee of CHF 13 per parcel from the EU and CHF 16 from other countries, plus three per cent of the goods value. For consignments below the duty-free limit the Post charges no handling fee. A single fee of CHF 13 swallows the price advantage of one bottle entirely.

On top of that comes the mail-order rule: foreign retailers with at least CHF 100,000 in annual turnover from small consignments to Switzerland count as domestic suppliers, have to register with the Federal Tax Administration and charge Swiss VAT themselves; since 2025, on sales through a platform the platform generally owes the tax. With shops like that the final price shown is correct – with small sellers the bill arrives afterwards.

Across the border yourself: 5 litres and CHF 150

Plenty of people weigh a shopping trip to Italy or France against ordering online. Two separate limits apply to that, and they are regularly confused.

First the quantity: for oils, fats and margarine for food purposes, the duty-free allowance table of the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security gives 5 kilograms or 5 litres per person per day; every further kilo or litre costs CHF 2. Second the value: since 1 January 2025 the VAT value-free limit in travellers' traffic has been CHF 150 per person per day instead of the earlier CHF 300. If it is exceeded, VAT is due on the entire value of the goods, not only on the part above it. Duty-free foodstuffs count towards that value.

Important: these allowances apply in travellers' traffic, that is to goods you carry across the border yourself. For parcels the five-franc rule above applies, not the five-litre rule. In both cases the information published by the BAZG is what is binding.

What to check before you click

Online, the most important check is missing: smelling the oil as you open it. What is left is the information on the product page, and three items of it count: a precise origin instead of "blend of olive oils from the EU", dark glass or tin instead of PET, and a harvest year or at least a bottling date. If all three are missing, the price is the only argument left.

Then there is the test record, which is worth particularly much online because it stands in for the smelling: we have gathered the results from Kassensturz, K-Tipp, Saldo and the FRC in our overview of Swiss olive oil tests. And because "extra virgin" on the label regularly fails to deliver what it promises, it is worth a look at how oil is adulterated and who checks – with an online purchase and no tasting, that counts double.

Frequently asked questions

Which Swiss online shops deliver olive oil to your door?

As of October 2026, Coop.ch and Migros Online deliver nationwide among the grocery chains. Added to them are Galaxus with a grocery range, Otto's with its supermarket section and specialist mail-order companies such as Delinat. Denner delivers only wine and champagne online, Lidl stocks only non-food online, and Aldi Suisse discontinued its Aldi now delivery service in 2026.

What does delivery cost at the online supermarket?

Coop.ch gives CHF 7.90 in its own delivery terms from a minimum order value of CHF 99.90, CHF 4.90 from CHF 160 and no fee from CHF 200; same-day delivery costs CHF 5 more, collection at a pick-up location nothing. At Migros Online the minimum order value is CHF 99 and delivery is free without a delivery pass from CHF 200.

Can I order olive oil online at Aldi or Lidl?

No. Aldi Suisse ended the Aldi now home delivery service in 2026 and offers no collection in store; Lidl Switzerland stocks only non-food in its online shop. The olive oil pages on aldi-suisse.ch and sortiment.lidl.ch show the in-store range with a price, but they are not shop pages.

Is it worth ordering olive oil from an EU shop?

Rarely. Up to a tax amount of CHF 5 the import tax is not levied, which for food at 2.6 per cent corresponds to roughly CHF 193 of package value. Above that come the tax plus the Post's clearance fee – according to the Stiftung für Konsumentenschutz in August 2026, CHF 13 per parcel from the EU or CHF 16 from other countries, plus three per cent of the goods value.

How much olive oil may I import duty-free myself?

The BAZG duty-free allowance table gives 5 kilograms or 5 litres per person per day for oils, fats and margarine for food purposes; above that, CHF 2 per kilo or litre. Independently of that, a VAT value-free limit of CHF 150 per person per day has applied since 1 January 2025. If that value is exceeded across all the goods carried, VAT falls due on the entire amount.

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