Union members 'expropriate' supermarket merchandise to deliver to food banks

The scene at Mercadona, Écija
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Mercadona and Carrefour denounce the 'robberies' at their branches · UPDATE below

ANDALUCÍA Members of the Sindicato Andaluz de Trabajadores (SAT, a union) on Monday carried out what one of their leaders has called an 'expropriation' at two supermarkets, Mercadona in Écija, (Prov. of Sevilla) and Carrefour at Arcos de la Frontera, in Cádiz. At Arcos, where the the first 'attack' took place, they loaded some 10 shopping carts with what the same leader called 'basic necessities' such as milk, flour, eggs, oil, rice, beans, etc. They were stopped at the check outs, where by some reports they got into various arguments>>>

Carrefour shopping centre damaged by fire

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LOS BARRIOS (Agencies) One of the shops in the gallery at the Carrefour shopping centre at Palmones, selling materials, was destroyed by a fire yesterday. The firefighters reported that it had been caused by a spark from the next door shop that was under renovation. The fire started shortly before 9am, when the centre was still closed to the public. By the time the fire brigade from the nearby Guadacorte station, workers had already used the extinguishers and the sprinklers had come into play. About one third of the merchandise in the shop was completely burned and practically all of the rest  was damaged by smoke and water. Some of the shops in the same area were also damaged, though less so.

Carrefour to discount VAT for large families

SPAIN/CAMPO DE GIBRALTAR The Carrefour stores in La Línea and Algeciras, in common with the rest of the chain's Spanish network, is discounting IVA (VAT) from shopping made by familias numerosas ('large families', see definition below). The discount applies to the following sections in the store: butcher, fishmonger, fruit & veg, bakery, pre-prepared foods and cheeses. These products, which 53% of the bulk of the shopping list, have VAT of between 4% to 8% applied to them, and they are daily items. The plan, called Superfamilias and paid for by the company, applies to some 4,000 products, of which 82% come from Spanish agriculture. The objective, according to a Carrefour press release, is to help the more than half a million such families throughout the country.PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ITEMS SUCH AS THIS MAY BE SUBJECT TO SUBSCRIPTION IN THE FUTURE but you can make a donation NOW, too! Please click here for more information on how to help us continue. (This item took 78 minutes to receive, research, translate and publish)>>>

Carrefour denounced for false advertising about red tuna

SPAIN (Agencies) The giant French supermarket chain was recently denounced by the Asociación de Pesca, Comercio y Consumo Responsable de Atún Rojo for saying in an advertisement, as part of the Carrefour in Positive campaign, that it doesn't sell red tuna products because it is an endangered species. The association considers that "consumers could be induced to believing that red tuna are in danger of extinction and should not be consumed, thus causing grave financial damage to fishing companies, processors and sellers" of the product. The red tuna is not on the Greenpeace list of endangered species, although there are several campaigns about the method with which the species is fished, and the amount that is taken, despite a severe quota system in place by the EU.

Google search for some Eroski, Carrefour, Renfe and El Corte Inglés pages come up with porn

SPAIN (Agencies) It's called 'google bombing' and it means 'placing certain images or websites at the top of Google search results'. The first of the victims of the latest bout was Eroski in Málaga, which was much commented on Twitter over the weekend and was placed as a 'trending topic' worldwide on Monday. Other victims included Carrefour Murcia, Renfe Coruña and El Corte Inglés Córdoba. Not unusually, the company websites were temporarily replaced by pornographic content. Now let us tell you what happened to us this morning.>