I do love Mercadona. And no, I am not being unfaithful to El Hombre, because Mercadona is a supermarket (I know, I know, here I go again. More about supermarkets and food.)

It is just reasonably priced and really do have almost anything I need. If I am doing a “Big Shop” I will go to several shops to get everything on my list as they are good for different things (at different prices) but Mercadona is my main shopping place.
Lidl: Cottage cheese, Ryebread, Orange Juice, Cheese twirly snacks, German Peanut snacks (soo good, but only eat if you have water nearby as your whole mouth dries out)
HiperCor: Cheddar, butter, Dime, Fancy cookies and sometimes herbs.
Mercadona: All the rest!

But even after visiting 3 supermarkets, there are some things I miss down here:

Lemon grass (Is that one or two words? Anyone? Anyone?)
Fresh Coriander
Filo pastry
Nice Butter
Strong crumbly cheddar, not rubbery (Believe it or not, I had a really good one in Las Alpujarras of all places. Can hardly get more remote than that)
Buttermilk
Fruit yoghurts that don’t taste like they have half a kilo of sugar in them
Organic food (I can get it but have to go to special little shops which play airy fairy music and have posters for Ashtanga* Yoga and sell hemp clothing. Kinda like what it was like at home about 10 years ago)
Fresh cream

Sure there is more and will update accordingly.

* My spell check suggested I wanted to write Santana Yoga?