Mercadona Confirms New Opening Hours For All Saints’ Day Holiday

Shoppers are advised to scheme up this All Saints’ Day arsenic Mercadona confirms shorter opening hours crossed Spain – pinch respective regions keeping stores closed altogether.

Mercadona has officially announced a typical schedule for Saturday, November 1, erstwhile Spain celebrates All Saints’ Day, a nationalist national holiday. While astir of nan supermarket chain’s stores will stay open, nan retailer will run pinch reduced hours – from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. only.

This intends customers will person conscionable nan greeting to do their shopping, arsenic each Mercadona stores will adjacent successful nan afternoon.

Mercadona adapts to nan nationalist holiday

The company, led by Juan Roig, shared nan update done its charismatic channels and in-store notices displayed adjacent checkout areas and aisles. The change, it explained, is portion of its ongoing argumentation of balancing customer work pinch worker well-being, particularly during awesome nationalist holidays.

While nan shortened schedule applies to astir of Spain, not each regions will open. According to Mercadona, stores successful Galicia, Navarra, and nan Basque Country will stay closed passim nan day, on pinch immoderate supermarkets successful Huesca (Aragón).

For customers unsure astir their section store’s hours, Mercadona recommends utilizing nan supermarket locator instrumentality connected its charismatic website, which provides real-time accusation by region.

Why Mercadona changes its hours connected nationalist holidays

Mercadona traditionally closes connected Sundays and public holidays, isolated from successful typical cases – specified arsenic erstwhile a nationalist vacation falls connected a Saturday aliases during nan engaged summertime tourer season, erstwhile request is higher successful coastal and vacation areas.

This All Saints’ Day accommodation allows nan institution to support work during nan greeting while ensuring unit still bask portion of nan festive weekend.

The retailer’s attack has agelong been praised by some customers and labor for offering a adjacent equilibrium betwixt accessibility and rest, a rule Mercadona has many times highlighted arsenic portion of its firm culture.

Customers encouraged to shop early

With shorter hours expected to create a busier-than-usual greeting rush, Mercadona suggests that shoppers scheme their visits early to debar queues aliases quiet shelves.

The concatenation remains 1 of Spain’s astir trusted supermarkets, serving millions of customers each week. However, nationalist vacation timetables for illustration this 1 punctual shoppers that moreover ample nationalist chains set their gait erstwhile contented and ceremony return centre stage.

So, whether you’re readying a large family luncheon aliases a quiet play astatine home, remember: Mercadona will beryllium unfastened only from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. connected Saturday, November  1 – and wholly closed successful definite regions.

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