mercadona prices DO vary inland ! (you'd be surprised!!)

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mercadona prices DO vary inland ! (you'd be surprised!!)

Postby spanish_lad » Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:50 pm

the bread in mercadona. in alhaurin el grande its 90c. in estepa (one hour inland towards seville up the A-92) and its €1.05 !!

15c may not seem much, unless you are on a budget :)

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Postby Mixter » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:04 am

Or, if you only have 90c in your pocket. :wink:

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Postby olive » Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:30 pm

I've just noticed that the Mercadona prices have increased on some of our staple items. e.g. 26 cents to 30 cents, 60 to 65 cents and so on. Who said inflation is low!

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Postby BENIDORM » Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:43 pm

I have been aware for a long time , that supermarkets have different price structures everywhere, not just in Spain..I think that it depends on regional demand and when the supply is delivered from local sources., and if competition is high in an area, they will use some products as 'loss leaders' and sell at low prices.Most people don't notice slight price differences, so the supermarkets can get away with making up losses by marking up prices on other products.

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Postby Campo Kenny » Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:46 pm

This differing price subject has been done a few times now.

What's the concencus, are the stores cheaper inland or on the coast?.

In our experience it's a lot cheaper on the coast.

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Postby katy » Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:06 pm

For curiousity I tapped in 2 postcodes on Mercadona website one here and one inland, both had the same prices. Suppose bread/fish could vary as they will not use the same baker for everywhere. Depends where you shop on the coast too Hipercor, being the most expensive (this is sometimes offset by better quality/freshness etc.). Smaller shops inland are more expensive (like the old corner shops in the UK) and they sell stuff until it can almost walk out of the shop itself! Many say Alcampo is expensive but whenever I have been its full of spanish doing massive shops!

The cheapest place I think for everything, is Fuengirola, lots of competition maybe.

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Postby Miro » Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:36 pm

€1.05 for a loaf of bread? Blimey, on a budget of €500 a month that means only 476 loaves a month in the campo!
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Postby pigs-might-fly » Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:25 pm

Al Campo has the edge for the combination of huge choice and good quality (particularly good meat).

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Postby spanish_lad » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:42 pm

to my surprise i went into mercadona today in alhaurin and instead of just picking up the bread and throwing it in the trolley i actually looked at the price and it was €1.05. how long has it been that much ??

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Postby masterob » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:38 pm

Mercadona have a wide range of breads, which particular type/brand are you referring to?

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Postby costachick » Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:19 pm

Was gonna ask the question as Rob, my loaf costs me 1.75 and thats for the Bimbo Silueta this is the price in Mercadona and Esroski.

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Postby spanish_lad » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:17 pm

mastarob, i mean the 26 slice bimbo "type" bread in the red/clear packet


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