He zasca Carlos Ríos and his “Realfooding” for one of his products: “The one from Mercadona is better”

The product in question is Gazpacho. According to this user on social networks, a liter of the Realfooding brand, owned by Carlos Ríos, costs about 3 euros in the supermarket. “For having the seal,” he points out. The ingredients, as he states, “are fine”: it is composed of fresh tomato, water, fresh pepper, fresh cucumber, olive oil, sherry vinegar, garlic, sea salt and olive oil. 81% of the total are vegetables while 4.7% is olive oil.

The problem is that, as he points out, Carlos Ríos's gazpacho loses out when compared to Mercadona's. “It costs 1.3 euros per liter and contains 96% fresh vegetables and 2.2% extra virgin olive oil,” he points out, before warning his followers: “They're hitting you, they're hitting you hard.”

How much does a Mercadona worker earn?

The Steering Committee of Mercadonaa physical supermarket and online sales company, has agreed, in coherence with the company's Total Quality Model, to raise the salary of its entire staff by 6.5% to guarantee the purchasing power of more than 93,300 people in Spain.

This measure is adopted within a complex scenario like the one we are experiencing and in which all the people who are part of Mercadona are “essential” to adapt with agility and determination, because they are the customers' best asset; The more they satisfy 'The Boss', as the company internally calls the customer, the more Mercadona advances, the entity reported in a statement.

Starting in January of this year, the minimum entry wage Mercadona During the first year it will be 1,425 gross euros per month, that is, €87 more per month than in 2021.

Mercadona has been promoting an HR policy for years, a pioneer in the sector, which is committed to conciliation, training and the personal and professional development of all its staff. With this salary increase, it reinforces its commitment to stable and quality employment that the company has been carrying out for more than 25 years, when it decided to begin the process of converting the entire workforce into permanent positions.