When do supermarkets close and open during Easter?
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During this Easter in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, distribution chains they will change their schedules for holidays and weekends. To avoid crowds due to the lower number of opening hours, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism have started a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of planning purchases and minimize exits. "We want to complement the general indications of the health authorities with recommendations such as Check the calendar of public holidays set by each Autonomous Community, prioritize purchases in local stores to avoid traveling outside the neighborhood, organize weekly consumption, choose products responsibly or make an effort not to leave home every day, "explains the Secretary of State for Commerce, Xiana Méndez , in a nora sent to the media.
If we consult the labor calendar, we observe that Friday, April 10 (Good Friday) is a common national holiday in all the autonomous communities and that Holy Thursday is celebrated in all regions, except in Catalonia and the Valencian Community. For its part, Easter Monday (April 13) will be a holiday in Catalonia, Valencia, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Navarra, the Basque Country and La Rioja. The decision to open or not will also depend on the commercial legislation established in each territory. Next, we review the general hours that the main distribution chains based in Spain will apply:
Mercadona: The Valencian chain does not open on holidays or Sundays and will continue like this this Healthy Week. It will not be operational in the communities where it is a holiday on Good Thursday and Good Friday, but it will be possible to visit its establishments on Saturday, at regular times in times of coronavirus, that is, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Carrefour: They will also not open in the regions where it is a holiday and if they do, the hours will be from 09:00 to 15:00. The opening on Sunday will depend on the legislation of each autonomous community - in Madrid - it is allowed and they will do it from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Sunday. On Saturday they will open to the public throughout Spain from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
DAY: This chain will open on public holidays (Maundy Thursday, Sunday and Monday) where the regional legislation so provides from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Market and Maxi brands and from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. in La Plaza of Dia and Dia & Go.
Lidl: From the German supermarkets they indicate that they plan to open the Easter holidays in those communities where it is allowed and during reduced hours, that is, from 10.00 to 15.00. As for next Saturday, the hours will be from 9:00 to 20:00. "However, some of our stores may not comply with this general rule for different reasons, so we always recommend consulting our store search engine before heading to any of our establishments," as indicated by the chain.
To field: The opening days will be those authorized by each community, even if they are holidays, and during these, the hypermarkets will close at 20:00 and the supermarkets at 20:30, as indicated by sources in the chain.
