Uncover secrets of small Tenerife shops...Discover how modern Spain business in retail is...
Countless, tiny and small Tenerife shops are, indeed, different and offer you a shopping adventure with their unusual treasures like this funny specie of several pumpkins seen at shop Tienda Carmen in Los Realejos Toscal, La Longuera, number 13.All big Tenerife shopping outlets in Tenerife resemble, usually, those found in northern Europe and in the United States. Therefore, let's look at 2 typical small Spanish shops in Tenerife today. Notice, how modern Spain business is, even in tiny shops, while giving you a highly personalized service... Also, just now, you will be able to read up on fundamental differences caused by Spanish customer service in big or small shops.
Tenerife Health shops Spain:I once had a friend who was allergic. She bought Dinkle Bread and organically grown lattice at a health shop (Tienda de salúd) on Plaza del Charco Puerto de la Cruz.
Dinkle bread is also sold at one of my local bakeries in Toscal, Los Realejos. There it's not much cheaper. Tenerife shops for health are well stocked with great health product variety and cover a niche with good demand but, are more expensive. Health shops are in all parts of Tenerife. Small Local shops in Tenerife with surprises:However, you might locate Tenerife organic produce of Spain at small Tenerife retail outlets at lower prices, as well. Carmen's shop in Tozcal Los Realejos is such a shop and it caters for Delikatessen which is special food, as well. However, the shop Fruteria Carmen is most famous for its quality Asian products at low prices. They are needed for cooking all sorts of Asiatic food and to enhance Asian cuisine. Carmen charges regular prices for all local produce she sells. She receives it from the many Los Realejos vegetable farms.
How do you know when produce and fruit come from local farmers and might even be organically grown?We may assume that a lattice with imperfections and the odd snail inside has not seen fertilizers and comes from a Tenerife farm. Carmen's shop sells such a lattice, occasionally. Wash it well and be happy to have found an organic produce...
Note that a lattice with snail marks is not sold at big Tenerife supermarkets. Tiny dark red regular tomatoes or any other fruit of inferior size wouldn't pass the grade in big Tenerife retail outlets either. Papas BonitasNote the exception for small produce in Tenerife is the Papa Bonita. The Bonita is the most tasty potato. It's yellow inside and costs sometimes more than Euros 6 per kg. I have seen Papas Bonitas on sale in a small shop behind Iglesia Peńa de Francia Puerto Cruz.
Imperfect Produce and fruit by green business:
You only find imperfect produce and fruit at small shops like Carmen's. Tiny local Tenerife bananas as seen here next to a tea spoon, are considered inferior but, have more delicate, superior taste. Buy them cheap for less than €1.00 a kg at small shops. Tienda Carmen in Longuera Los Realejos 10 minutes from Puerto de la Cruz is such a shop. Imported and local delicasies Delikatessen:Small Tenerife fruterias which sell fruit and vegetables often hide other treasures. Carmen's shop surprises with delicious delikatessen. She has many imported goods from different corners of the earth. Some of them you find also at the big outlet Supermercado 2000 Spar.. Therefore, walk into shops like Carmen's and explore what they hide in the back. Besides, small Tenerife shops may look like merchandise crowded oriental bazar shops, where it's often hard to see unusual things on first sight. I always noticed a beautiful, black, Asian tea pot displayed in a shop window opposite Mercadona at Centro Comercial Piramides Martianez. However, I never knew what was special about this little shop until I met a lady who works there at a recent party. She told me all about this organic tea shop Puerto de Cruz which also sells organic herbs. The tea shop, by the way, is well organized and doesn't look messy. The Tenerife Tea shop Puerto de la CruzThis Spanish business in Tenerife also packs everything in brown bags to help save the environment. This Tea Shop stocks 200 different organic teas from all corners of the earth. See everything this tea shop sells and all its value for money prices, such as for medicinal plants, spices from all over the world, tinctures and essentail oils. It all helps with your healthy diet. Find all its prices listed per weight or other measures at the Puerto Cruz Tea shop... Mind please, how much your health is worth and you will admit, this Spanish tea shop is one of very cheap Tenerife shops indeed... Tenerife shops with special products go by word of mouth and are no secret to insiders and expats who ask around. Let me whisper a secret for British folks on holiday in Tenerife. Learn more about la Paz in page on shop Supermercado 2000 a link you find when scrolling up a little again. More information on La Paz with its many Tenerife shops at Astro Physics.
Photo besides shows a small Tenerife shop for cheap cigarettes and liquors in Puerto Cruz. The shop on first floor sells clothes by La Coste fashion. In fact, there are many shop treasures in Puerto Cruz, Tenerife North and you, certainly, can trace them in South Tenerife as well, although, no town is as rich in unusual shops for everything like Puerto de la Cruz. This oldest resort is also the oldest Tenerife resort for crazy shops as well as small shop galleries. Find retail outlets for shopping Puerto Cruz with photos, addresses and detailed information. People who rent a holiday home in Tenerife stay more time on the island, in general. You need time to learn the differences between all Tenerife retail outlets. Are Tenerife shops cheaper?Small shops on Tenerife Island must be checked to see which are the cheapest. But, you should see how crowed Tienda Carmen is on a Saturday morning, when foreigners come from far to buy there. Don't forget, IGIC or value added tax in Tenerife shops is only 5% whereas it's 6% on mainland Spain. Tenerife's is lower to make up for additional costs of imported goods as Tenerife is a small Island. This is a fact which is, often, forgotten when people compare mainland Spain shop prices to those in its Tenerife province. Tenerife luxury goods like Cigarettes and liquors, for example, are, definitely, cheaper than on mainland Spain and are, often, sold at small Tenerife shops. The reason for this is that they carry a much lower luxury tax. Lift the secrets on good customer service in Tenerife shops Spain and find out which stores are the best. Please, return from Tenerife shops to shopping in Tenerife which is a general guide with many shopping links and learn, also, where and how to shop in the capital and its surroundings. Please note that all prices in this page are prices of year 2009...
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