December in Spain is characterized by a series of holidays that change the normal rhythm of daily life. Among the days specified in the calendar are the bridge formed by Constitution Day – December 6 – and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception – on the eighth of the same month – which are two national holidays. In addition to the traditional celebrations of Christmas, Christmas Eve, New Year’s and the Three Kings. During these weeks, procurement planning and activities are adapted to forecasts Non-working daysMany services and activities are adjusting their schedules or suspending their activities completely.
The usual thing, every year, is that many major supermarket chains keep their doors closed on these holidays. However, in 2025, Mercadona has decided to update the opening hours of its more than 1,600 stores as of December 6: all of its establishments, except those in the Basque Country, will be open. Open during their regular hoursfrom 09:00 to 21:30.
On Sunday the 7th and Monday the 8th, stores will remain closed. From then until Christmas, business hours will remain Monday through Saturday in between 09:00 and 21:30 hours, and is closed every Sunday.
December 6 is a holiday across the country and corresponds to Constitution Day, which commemorates the approval of the Magna Carta referendum that has been in effect since 1978. The day, classified as a holiday since 1983, usually means most shops and supermarkets are closed. For this year, the regulations allow businesses to open their doors, an option that Mercadona has decided to implement throughout the territory except the Basque Country. Supermarkets They will work on Saturday during regular hoursFrom 9:00 am to 9:30 pm.
The opening on Saturday the 6th contrasts with the complete closure planned for Sunday the 7th and Monday the 8th, the day on which the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated. From Tuesday the 9th until the beginning of the Christmas celebrations in Mercadona stores They will maintain their standard schedule.
With the Christmas and New Year holidays, schedules are adjusted again. On Wednesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 31, the chain’s supermarkets will close early. They will serve in a reduced rangefrom 9:00 am to 7:00 pm; On December 25 (Christmas), January 1 (New Year) and January 6 (Three Kings), all establishments will remain closed.
Accurate information on opening hours is available on the signs installed by Mercadona at the entrances to each establishment and on its official website, where customers can consult… Specific hours for each store. Posting in advance these “special hours” makes it possible to schedule product purchases on days when demand is greatest and makes it easier to avoid unnecessary trips during weeks when flow is particularly high. Therefore, those who plan to make purchases during December and the Christmas period have accurate data to organize their visits to the chain’s supermarkets on the permitted days.