Tag: Mercadona
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...
TOP FIZZERS as Spain’s best bargain supermarket cavas are revealed for seasonal quaffing
IF you are doing some last minute shopping this Christmas Eve, then shoving in a few bottles of good quality cava into your trolley...
Spain allows rationing at supermarkets to stop stockpiling amid Ukraine war shortages
SPAIN has given temporary authorisation to supermarkets to limit the sale of certain products amid shortages caused by the war in Ukraine and compounded...
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...
Supermarket sweep: How prices compare on a weekly shop in Spain?
Sizing up the best choice for our weekly shop is a tedious exercise that never seems to pass its sell-by-date. But there’s more to it than purely shaving the odd cent off the bill, writes Heather Galloway.
Mercadona supermarkets in Spain to pay staff an inflation-matching wage increase
THE Mercadona supermarket chain is set to give its entire workforce a 5% pay rise on January 1.
Spain's biggest private company is the first...
Mercadona gets €2.5 million fine for installing facial-recognition cameras in their supermarkets in Spain
MERCADONA has been fined €2.5 million by Spain's data protection agency over a 'facial recognition' system trial.
The aim was to spot supermarket customers that...
Spain’s Mercadona supermarkets announce 17% profit rise despite spending €200 million on COVID safety measures
SUPERMARKET chain Mercadona has announced profits of €727 million for 2020, a 17% rise on the previous year.
The Valencian-based national retailer unveiled the figure...
Expert predicts new Aldi-Lidl price war in fresh challenge to Mercadona’s place as Spain’s leading supermarket
A fresh supermarket price war between Aldi and Lidl has been predicted by one of Spain's major retail market research analysts.
Florencio Garcia from Kantar...
CEREAL THIEF: Top supermarket chain gets restraining order against prolific shoplifter on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A MAN who travelled around the Costa Blanca stealing items from Mercadona has been barred from the supermarket giant.
An Elche judge backed Mercadona's request...
Food alert for Salmonella in batch of paprika sold in Mercadona supermarkets throughout Spain
MERCADONA has recalled a batch of paprika from the brand Vera Hacendado after detecting the presence of Salmonella.
The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and...
COVID-19: Mercadona launches four-day week for staff in bid to reduce their contact with customers while Spain’s coronavirus crisis...
MERCADONA has launched a four-day week as an ‘exceptional measure’ to protect staff from coronavirus.
In echoes of Jeremy Corbyn’s 2019 general election campaign, staff...
Mercadona sees profits drop 95% in March during Spain’s COVID-19 crisis
MERCADONA has recorded losses of nearly 95% in March, it claims are due the coronavirus crisis.
The supermarket giant insists the slump is due to...
Spain’s Mercadona reinforces food donations to help combat critical situation triggered by COVID-19
Mercadona collaborates with over 210 soup kitchens and 60 food banks and other social entities throughout Spain and Portugal.
Mercadona to introduce further safety measures as coronavirus pandemic progresses
This comes as the coronavirus pandemic progresses and the number of those infected continues to rise
MUST READ: Mercadona announces strict shopping rules and security measures amid coronavirus ‘panic buying’ in Spain
MERCADONA has announced that it will be bringing in new security protocols to cope with a rise in panic buying over the coronavirus pandemic.
It...
WATCH: Panic buyers clear Costa Blanca supermarket minutes after opening as coronavirus lockdown grips Spain
Waiting for Supermarket to open in Javea, Costa Blanca at 9am, already some shelves were empty including pasta, toilet rolls and wipes. Ambulance awaits...
REVEALED: The 29 Mercadona perfumes and colognes which smell like your designer favourites for €10 or less
WE all like to smell good but sometimes the designer perfumes and colognes we love just cost too much.
Well, we're not alone, it seems,...
British supermarket Tesco to open MORE stores in Spain
The Herefordshire-based supermarket chain is being dubbed the ‘British Mercadona’ by retail insiders
Billionaire building biggest arena in the COUNTRY near Spain’s Costa Blanca in hope to attract stars like Beyonce, Ed...
VALENCIA is set to receive the largest arena in the country.
The multi-purpose venue will sit on 21,500sqm of land with a capacity of 18,600...
Alcampo eclipses Mercadona as Spain’s cheapest supermarket
Sanchez Romero stores are the most expensive places to do a weekly shop.
Mercadona shocks Spain by axing popular ice creams but new petition aims to bring them back
MERCADONA has shocked Spain by discontinuing some of its most popular ice creams, but a new petition aims to bring them back.
The Mochi range...
IN VIDEOS: Driver dead after torrential rain floods Spain, as cars submerged and ’emergency plan’ launched
Dramatic footage shows streets turned into rivers as cars are fully submerged by rising waters
CULT OF MERCADONA: After a string of expat robberies we shine a light on the murky side to a...
While the company professes certain essential values for its staff to grow on a ‘personal and professional’ level, there are numerous reports suggesting otherwise...
British expat claims tyres were slashed by malicious beggar in Mercadona car park on Spain’s Costa del Sol
The woman claims the man slashed her tyres in the Alhaurin el Grande supermarket after she refused to pay him €1 for the use of a trolley
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