HE to the field Coia remains Spain’s cheapest supermarketNot a remarkable recognition considering current prices of food products and the first necessity.
In the ranking prepared by OCU by analyzing the prices of more than 155,000 products in 1,108 businesses in 65 provinces, Vigo’s super shares leadership with the Murcia store of the same chain. In fact, together with the French company Family Cash, it is generally among the cheapest supermarkets in the country.
In this way, Alcampo is the cheapest option for shopping in 23 provinces, followed by Mercadona in 21 provinces, followed by Family Cash and Tifer, which are the cheapest options in 6 provinces.
They meet again on the other side of the scale In Madrid, two Sánchez Romero establishments, located on Arturo Soria Street and Castelló, are the most expensive..
In an environment marked by inflation, products included in the comparison basket increased by 14.1%, representing the second largest increase in the 35 years of this study. “Consumers experienced a 30.8 percent increase in costs in two years “This is very important and it hasn’t happened for a long time,” OCU spokesman Enrique García said during the presentation of the study.
Thus, the national average saving is €1,056 per year, 6.2% more than in 2022, as families spend more due to the increase in prices by going to the cheapest supermarkets.
La Rioja, Galicia and Murcia are the cheapest autonomous communities to shop in Spain, while the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands are, on average, more expensive places to shop.
local chains
The cheapest local chains are Dani Supermarkets in Granada and Jaén and Más Ahorro (Córdoba), while the most expensive are Sánchez Romero, Coaliment, El Economato and Amazon.