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Grocery Shopping At Trader Joe's In America Versus One Of Spain's Big Supermarket Chains

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Rocco Pendola
Feb 11, 2024
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If you shop at Trader Joe’s, you know it’s among the least expensive grocery store chains in the United States.

So, while in Barcelona, Spain this past week, I took this actual Trader Joe’s receipt and mock-shopped it at a Mercadona in the heart of the city.

Line by line, here’s how things turned out.

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