The 6 cheapest supermarkets in Spain

Popular supermarkets in Spain 

Spaniards, like us, love shopping in supermarkets (well, who doesn't?). Every family always has a favourite supermarket where they go to shop before the weekend. Of course, this does not apply to those shops that are near the house, where we quickly run after work to buy bread, sugar and milk. Although there is usually nothing wrong with them, it's just that we are used to travelling somewhere for big purchases.

Low-cost supermarkets in Spain

Almost every region of Spain owns its own chain of grocery shops, which are good in their own way, but we'll take a look at the most popular and not expensive supermarkets that can be found throughout Spain.

Mercadona

This national supermarket chain, founded by a businessman from Valencia, is the largest in Spain. Anyone who has ever been to Spain knows that Mercadona always has fresh food, good quality goods, and quite reasonable prices. The cost of products, although not the cheapest, but it is also difficult to call it expensive. Personally, we like Mercadona very much, and some types of goods we buy only here.

Lidl

Lidl in Spain is gaining popularity due to its prices and quality of goods.

The first Lidl shop opened in Germany in 1973. At that time it was a small shop, employing only 3 people. But 20 years later, their network of shops began to spread across Europe. In Spain, Lidl first opened its doors to visitors in 1994. Since then, many residents and visitors of the country prefer to buy certain types of goods here.

And every week they have different promotions and discounts on products, which allows you to buy goods at very favourable prices! You just need to install the app and register, which is quite common around the world these days.

Aldi

Also a German chain of grocery shops at low prices.

Aldi in Spain, like Lidl, is also quite widespread, with over 430 supermarkets across Spain. The two shops are often compared to each other, they have a similar design and a shopping strategy that is based on weekly discounts.

Every week Aldi runs different promotions and price reductions on certain types of goods, very often discounts on seasonal vegetables and products.

Quite a good shop, although from observation it has not yet achieved the same popularity as Lidl, perhaps because Aldi in Spain was introduced later than Lidl - in 2002. But it is growing fast, and it is noticeable.

Dia

Dia in Spain is a very well-known supermarket chain with a long, interesting history of ups and downs.

It was co-founded by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman in 2017, and from 2019, the shops, their design, range and quality of goods began to change for the better.

To tell the truth, I didn't like this shop at all before: when entering, it felt like entering a warehouse, where the goods were not in their place (if at all), and you could only guess about the price.

But now everything is quite different: order is carefully monitored, the availability and freshness of goods is also carefully monitored, and there are constant promotions and discounts on products. And they also try not to stretch the queue, but make sure that it is kept to a minimum. Now we go to Diya with pleasure.

Carrefour

Carrefour - french wholesale and retail chain with shops in 30 countries! In Spain since 1973.

Hypermarket. This word means to us that it is a very large shopping space, it is located on the outskirts of the city and here you can find everything you need: stationery, household appliances, clothes, shoes, perfumes and a wide variety of products at affordable prices.

And that's great! After all, shoppers are different: some like to run from shop to shop looking for the right product, while others don't want to bother and buy everything in one place. In fact, it's really convenient and we often buy many of our everyday products from Carrefour.

You can almost always find great deals here - three items for the price of two.

Carrefour Express is also very common at petrol stations and in cities. The word express speaks for itself - a quick purchase, i.e. in such shops you can find basic necessities, but do not count on anything more. But the opening hours of such shops are more extended, many of them are open on Sundays.

Alcampo

Alcampo can be found in the form of hypermarkets, supermarkets and online shop. Belongs to the French corporation Auchan, whose activities can be found in many countries around the world (in Russia it is known under the brand name Auchan). In Spain since 1981 and is considered one of the cheapest supermarkets here. And in fact, here many types of goods are cheaper than in other shops. Sometimes they have good promotions where everything is 1€. These promotions usually include a variety of tinned goods, biscuits, sauces, pasta, etc.