If you detect an extra item in your receipt could be that the supermarket cashier did it on purpose to get that item free later. A friend that works as logistic advicer for supermarkets told me an old trick. As the barcodes were implemented in the supermarkets, they consist on a simple sticker. Well, the way to get a free plasma-TV was to remove the sticker from a cheap article (let’s say, a food can, for example) and put it over the right code in the TV box. Then, place on the queue of the cashier. The surveillance cameras only check that the cashier inserts a code. Later that day, they sum up the money of the cash to check it. The cashier had mistakedly introduced some extra items for other customers, so the final sum fits.

@vs – I hope you can find her again, she sounds like a great neighbour.

Thanks. I tried the Mercadona one and it didn’t work. I suppose my question should have been: Are there any good supermarket websites that deliver, that actually work properly.

I will check out the others now.

Thanks.

For already made cocidos and stews, I always go for “Delicatessen La Ermita”. It is a bit upmarket, and pricey compared to ALbo or Litoral, and more difficult to find.

I think “La Ermita” is somewhat of a small family company, and it really has a home-made feel to its food.

I specially love the “Cocido Montañés” and the “Garbanzos con Espinacas y Bacalao”, wich both come in glass pots rather than in tin cans.

Through its web site, I’ve learnt that “La Ermita” also owns two hotel-restaurants, both in rural Cantabria, in old stone-made country houses from the 19th century. I’ve never been to them.

Here’s their website :
http://www.delicatessenlaermita.com