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Mercadona breaks all-time record as profits soar past €1 BILLION following expansions in Spain, Portugal and online

SPAIN'S biggest supermarket chain, Mercadona, recorded a record net profit of just over €1 billion last year- up 40% on the 2022 total. Sales grew...

Chocolate biscuits withdrawn from sale in Spain over concerns they might contain metal fragments

CHOCOLATE biscuit lovers have been told to return certain products sold by discount chains Aldi and Lidl after concerns that they might contain metal...

Revealed: These are the most popular supermarkets in Spain, according to sales figures

SUPERMARKETS continued their stranglehold on Spain's grocery and fresh produce purchases in 2023, accounting for 74.9% of sales- up 1.3% on the previous year. A...

WATCH: Supermarket in southern Spain places PHOTOS of olive oil bottles on its shelves amid surging prices and fears...

A USER of the social network TikTok has shared a startling discovery while visiting a supermarket in the southern Spanish city of Sevilla. Instead...

Spain announces supermarket payment cards for vulnerable families so they ‘don’t have to go to food banks’

THE Spanish government announced on Tuesday that it is introducing supermarket payment cards for vulnerable families so that they ‘don’t have to wait in...

Carrefour announces it will stop selling all PepsiCo products in Spain – this is why

FRENCH supermarket giant Carrefour has announced that it is to pull all PepsiCo products from its stores in Spain, France, Italy and Belgium, for...

Which supermarkets are open in Spain today? All you need to know about January 1 opening hours

NEW Year can be a tricky time for shopping in Spain, especially if you're nursing a soar head from last night's celebrations. Below is...

Mercadona to enjoy a record year with more than €30bn in sales predicted

MERCADONA is enjoying rapid growth in Spain, while the rest of the supermarket sector is stagnating- according to figures published by online portal El...

HANDS OFF: Spanish supermarkets putting electronic tags on OLIVE OIL as shoplifting surges

SPANISH supermarkets are putting electronic tags on products such as olive oil in bid to ward off shoplifters as the cost-of-living crisis bites. They have...

HANDS UP: Price of olive oil in Spain more than doubles in two years as supermarkets are accused of...

OLIVE oil prices continue on the rise as a bottle of Spain’s signature product is today 114.8% more expensive than it was in March...

From today, Spain’s popular Mercadona supermarket chain switches its opening times

IN ANOTHER depressing sign that the summer is coming to a close, Spain’s popular Mercadona chain of supermarkets will from today be changing its...

Food in Spain is over 10% more expensive than a year ago despite the country’s low inflation compared to...

FOOD and soft drinks in Spain are 10.8% more expensive than a year ago, according to the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE).  Despite Spain...

ALERT: Five people suffering from food poisoning after eating Spanish tortilla of well-known brand 

FIVE people have suffered from food poisoning after eating a Spanish tortilla from a famous brand.  Palacios, a famous company that makes pre-cooked tortillas, has...

Spanish supermarkets are NOT profiteering at the expense of households in Spain, according to new government report

THE debate on whether supermarkets in Spain are profiteering took a new turn after a government report blamed the problem on factors beyond Spanish...

Mercadona to lower the price of 500 products until the end of the year

Mercadona has decided to slash the prices of 500 daily products from this April until the end of the year.  The Spanish  supermarket giant intends...

Discount supermarket voucher for low-income households set for Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

THE Valencian government and large regional supermarkets have agreed- in principle-to offer a shopping discount voucher to low-income households. Further talks are planned next week...

Feeding the masses: Spain’s food price crisis

FIRST the good news: In Spain, at least, we can still find the food we want to buy. Over in the UK, a shortage...

Supermarkets in Spain in last minute rush to change tills and price labels ahead of lower food taxes

FOOD retailers in Spain have welcomed Tuesday's government decision to cut IVA rates on basic products from January 1, but have warned of frantic...

Quieter check outs as food purchases drop by 9% over a year in Spain

FOOD shoppers in Spain are cutting down on purchases due to the rising cost of produce. Figures from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food...

Criminal gang in Spain charged up to €20,000 for Pakistani nationals to travel from Bosnia

EIGHT people have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for illegally bringing Pakistani nationals into Spain and charging between €12,000 and €20,000 per person...

Lidl supermarkets announces €25 million expansion plans in Spain’s Valencia region

LIDL supermarkets will open eight new stores in the Valencian Community over the next 18 months. The retailer says that adds up to an investment...

Supermarkets in Spain will have to sell cut-price ‘ugly’ fruit and veg to reduce food waste

SUPERMARKETS will be ordered to sell 'out-of-shape' fruit and vegetables to cut down on food waste. The move is part of a new food waste...

Spain’s annual food shopping bill predicted to rise by average of €200 this year

ANNUAL food shopping basket costs are expected to rise by €200 in Spain this year according to the latest Allianz European Food Inflation report. The...

Supermarkets hit by shortage as Spain’s truck driver strike continues

SUPERMARKETS across Spain are reporting shortages of some products as the strike by truck drivers continues. Fresh products such as fruit and vegetables, fish and...

Spanish supermarket giant Mercadona criticises panic-buyers and hoarders following sunflower oil clampdown

MAJOR Spanish supermarket chain Mercadona has appealed to customers to stop panic-buying and hoarding. Reporting a €47 million fall in profits last year, Mercadona president,...

Nationwide survey reveals ‘most-valued’ and cheapest supermarkets in Spain

HIPERCOR owned by department store chain El Corte Ingles has been ranked as Spain's 'most-valued' national supermarket retailer. The verdict comes in a customer survey...

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