The shopping basket has become more expensive in recent years. An OCU report on the basket indicates that prices have increased by 3.5% last year.
Therefore, when buying, choosing the supermarket you buy from can make a substantial difference in the economy. In fact, according to the Organization, savings can reach, on average, 1,273 euros per year.
The city in which you buy also makes a difference. For example, Teruel and Zamora are the cheapest compared to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria or Palma de la Mallorca, which are at the other extreme.
The cheapest supermarkets in Barcelona
In the case of Barcelona, it is the second city -behind Madrid- where There is a greater price difference between the most expensive and the cheapest establishment, reaching 2,738 euros. This is why the OCU warns that there are “large differences between cities that are due to the diversity and extent of the commercial offer rather than to the level of prices.”
Therefore, it is advisable to know which are the cheapest supermarkets in Barcelona to be able to save on the basket. In BarcelonaIn addition, there is the cheapest supermarket in all of Spain: the Alcampo on Avenida de la Diagonal.
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Alcampo – Avenue de la Diagonale, 3
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Alcampo – Avenue de la Platja, s/n (Sant Adrià de Besòs)
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Consume – Avenue d’Icària, 160-170
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Consume – Avenue Roma, 32-34
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Consume – Berruguete, 106 – Nuevo Valle d’Hebron
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Consume – Villarroel, 5
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Alcampo Sup. – Duke of Medinaceli Square, 1
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Supeco – Sant Pere d’Abanto, 4-12
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Charter – Concepción Arenal, 144-146
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Mercadona – Valencia, 531-533
The study also distinguishes the cheapest supermarkets depending on the area of the city in which you live. For example, in the Badalona – Santa Coloma district, the best option is Consum on Avenida Alfonso XIII, 579, in Badalona. In the L’Hospitalet – Baix Llobregat area, it would be the Alcampo in the Finestrelles shopping center, in Esplugues.
The OCU visited 1,070 establishments in 65 cities, including the main online supermarkets. Although the increase is more moderate, the basket records a cumulative average increase of 35.5% food prices over the past three years.
There are four types of basket, including the fresh basket (only fruits, vegetables, meat and fish), the economy basket (the cheapest products of the establishment) and the OCU basket (the combination of the two leading brands of manufacturers and private labels).
