We tend to try out different supermarkets each time we go – no loyalty I’m afraid!
But I was impressed by a couple of things at Caprabo last time we went.
First a bit of history – it is a Spanish owned supermarket chain started in 1959.
The name comes from the first letters of the surnames of the three founders, CArbó, PRAt and BOtet.
Bet you didn’t know that! It now
Thing Number One
One of my pet hates here is that when you arrive at the check out with perhaps 150 euros worth of shopping, all they want to do is rush your through and get the money before you’ve had a chance to sort and pack your stuff. this brings on an attack of passive aggression in me so I take my time and refuse to pay until it is all in the bags. But I notice most other people, including those close to me, practially having a heart attack trying to get it all out of the way before the next persons Vi and Pa comes shooting down the belt.
But yesterday the guy in CA/PRA/BO was very chilled out, he even came out from behind his till to help load some stuff.
This is unheard of here!
Normally you hear nothing of ‘Would you like a hand packing your shopping madam?’
It is more of a ‘ Now we have your money can you please now Piss Off?’
But at least in Caprabo Granollers there is someone who does it differently. I even thanked him for not rushing us.
Thing Number Two
Here it is – a magnifying glass attached to the trolley so you can see the small print.
Isn’t that amazing?
WOW!!! I like the magnifying glass….nice touch. I go shopping in our little local place, and buy a TON…two carts at once, and it’s a delivery so a guy there packs it all up, I stand around after I’ve loaded the stuff up to be counted like a pija princess waiting to pay…then I waltz out of the store and it’s delivered, free! LOVE IT!
I would be furious if the person before me waited until everything was packed away. You owe it to the queue to pay and then collect your stuff and pack it.
Strangely I don’t feel I owe anything to the others in the queue! We are all able to ask them to open another till when there are too many people waiting. Perhaps you need to go to Tescos in Penzance and see how the staff actually WAIT until you have finished (even after paying) before starting to serve the next person. Too much in life is rushed. But what does anyone else think?
a magnifying glass! how wonderful! I’m sometimes reduced to asking a passing shopper with good eyesight to tell me the price of stuff – and as for the ingredients, they’re just a blur…
Ha, I didn’t know that. I shop there, and we don’t get the magnifying glasses here in Barcelona !
Very true Kate
It depends on the Supermarket. Lidll in Penzance rush you through they are cheap and do not employ enough staff on the checkout. You pay more for stuff in Tesco but they are more laid back and open new tills if they are busy.
The old saying is tru “You get what you pay for”
Pauline Hudson
Hi there, I’m hoping you might be able to help me!
Basically I’m addicted to frit ravich Rudas crisps and can’t get them anywhere online, they only appear to be sold in the Catalan area of Spain – do you know of an independent shop that would sell to the UK?
I know it’s a long shot but your my last hope!
Many thanks
Fern :o)