Intermarché donates 58 tonnes of food to Food Bank
Supermarket chain Intermarché has donated 58 tonnes of food to the Lisbon and Porto delegations of the Portuguese Food Bank (Banco Alimentar). The goal is to help Portuguese families overcome
Aldi supermarket opens in Altura
A new Aldi supermarket has opened in Altura, Castro Marim on the EN125 national road near ‘O Infante’ restaurant. Castro Marim Mayor Francisco Amaral attended the inauguration ceremony on Wednesday,
Intermarché Portimão reopens after €1 million revamp
Portimão’s Intermarché supermarket reopened on Thursday (June 4) after undergoing a €1 million revamp. The supermarket is now “bigger and better” and boasts several new and improved services, such as
Continente donates surplus food to Algarve institutions
Around €477,000-worth of surplus food from Continente supermarkets was donated to 43 institutions in the Algarve in 2019, including 31 humanitarian organisations and 12 animal associations. The donations were made
New supermarket stocks thousands of Tesco-branded products in Almancil
The Food Co. store opened in Almancil on Tuesday (February 25), bringing around 7,500 British and Tesco-branded products to the Algarve. “We were swarmed as soon as the doors opened,”
Lidl recalls espresso coffee machines due to “risk of electric shocks”
German supermarket chain Lidl is recalling a series of espresso coffee machines of its ‘Silvercrest’ brand which were sold in Portugal during June and July this year. As Lidl explains,
Mercadona opens supermarket in Gondomar
Mercadona, the well-known Spanish food retail group, completed its first stage of supermarket openings in Portugal with the inauguration of a supermarket in Gondomar on Tuesday, July 23. The event
Spanish supermarket group Mercadona moves into Portugal
Mercadona, the well-known Spanish food retail group, is expanding into Portugal and will open stores in the Porto region and in the north of the country. The move from Spain’s
Pingo Doce in doghouse over Algarve’s “false summertime apprenticeships”
Supermarket chain Pingo Doce is in hot water this week over a summertime ‘apprenticeship’ scheme aimed at the young adult children of its Algarve staff. Criticism centres on the scheme
State vows to protect Alisuper workers’ rights
Portugal’s government has vowed to protect the rights of workers of the financially-troubled Alisuper supermarket chain. Over 100 of the chain’s employees are still owed back pay and are living