Promote Spanish products

[tobyo]

oh my, I am loving this thread!! I'll be up for hours perusing all these links

I too have taken advantage of sales at El Corte Ingles. we were in Madrid this past March and it was quite cold the first two days so I headed right to the women's clothing floor (sportswear perhaps? not sure) found some sweaters I liked, had a very nice clerk help me (and she complimented me on my Spanish, you can hard beat that, heh) and I purchased two of the same sweater but 2 different colors. wore one the next day and the other on my way home. also the same brand as the two shirts I got there on sale the previous May(Zendora I think). ah, I am rambling. all this to say I got some good deals with sales at El Corte Ingles in Madrid

okay, back to my reading. thanks for all the fun links!!

[tobyo]

and oh yea, I also got some pimenton at El Corte Ingles. It was a specific one that I had read about but I'm not remembering the name of it at the moment and I'm too comfy to get up and look. like this stuff but a different brand:

LaTienda.com - Smoked Pimentón Paprika from La Vera, Spain

[Sonrisa]

Originally Posted by Pesky Wesky

I didn't know Palson were Spanish. We'll have to have a look next time we buy.

We've bought a lot of Fagor products. Not too fancy, good guarantee, good price and the company's based in Mondragon, Gipuzkoa.
fagor.com - FAGOR ELECTRODOMESTICOS- EFICIENCIA ENERGETICA - LA GAMA MAS AMPLIA
On the web they give info about any sales they have going on.

I am almost sure Palson is spanish (catalan, actually, last time I checked that was still spain, but who knows...). They certainly market themselves as being Spanish over here in Egypt....their slongan is something along the lines of "The Spanish brand you can trust", or something like that.

[Pesky Wesky]

Originally Posted by tobyo

and oh yea, I also got some pimenton at El Corte Ingles. It was a specific one that I had read about but I'm not remembering the name of it at the moment and I'm too comfy to get up and look. like this stuff but a different brand:

LaTienda.com - Smoked Pimentón Paprika from La Vera, Spain

Yes, Pimenton is smth else that is a traditional Spanish product.

Next time you're in Madrid you should go to the Carbonell oil shop (Calle Mayor 43) They have oil tasting sessions and a very nice gift shop. I bought a tin "piggy" bank (0,50cents!!)

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and some olive wood coasters.
I don't think their oil is the best in Spain, but it's good enough. We went to an oil tasting session in some other organisation and it was fun. I'm sure they'd do it well in the Carbonell shop.
Here's the Carbonell site
Deoleo
(Unfortunately I'm seeing that Carbonell is a member of SOS which is a member of Louit which is probably a member of Kraft...)

[Pesky Wesky]

I'm on a roll here...

I didn't realise, until I came to live here, that Spain produces rice - very good rice at that. Look here for an example besides the SOS rice that you get in every supermarket

http://www.arrossaires.com/en

The most used rice on the east coast of Spain
Bomba rice, originally from the Ebro Delta, is a clear reference in Mediterranean cuisine and it is the most well-known rice on the east coast of Spain. It is essential in any cuisine, never overcooks and remains loose when cooked. Its great absorption capacity and its texture make this rice a chef’s favourite as it maintains its firmness for longer than any other round-grain rice.
Cooking time is 15 minutes for rice cooked in broth and 18 minutes for dry rice.

[Alcalaina]

Originally Posted by Pesky Wesky

I'm on a roll here...

I didn't realise, until I came to live here, that Spain produces rice - very good rice at that. Look here for an example besides the SOS rice that you get in every supermarket

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It's funny isn't it, lots of people are surprised that rice is grown in Spain even though its most widely known dish is paella!

It is grown mainly in Valencia but we have paddy fields down here in the southwest too, on a drained lagoon called La Janda.

This company makes shoes, bags etc out of organic Spanish products like cork, cotton and naturally treated leather. They even have "vegetarian shoes"!
ZAPATOS ECOLÓGICOS

[Brangus]

All manner of kitchen knives, flatware, scissors, corkscrews and more, made in Albacete....
:: ARCOS S.A. , FÁBRICA DE CUCHILLERÍA::::

Here's one of the online shops that sells Arcos products:
Tienda gourmet ? productos ? aceite de oliva ? jamon iberico | Sensaciongourmet.com

[Pesky Wesky]

La Chinata
This is a company that has olive oil products. My female inlaws are all hooked on the cosmetics which are fairly priced and attractively packaged - you have time to order for Christmas!

Cosmética - La Chinata -

Pitillos Shoes - Grupo Pitillos - Zapatos - Comodidad, Calidad y Estilo. - Grupo Pitillos

[Pesky Wesky]

Originally Posted by Pesky Wesky

I didn't know Palson were Spanish. We'll have to have a look next time we buy.

We've bought a lot of Fagor products. Not too fancy, good guarantee, good price and the company's based in Mondragon, Gipuzkoa.
fagor.com - FAGOR ELECTRODOMESTICOS- EFICIENCIA ENERGETICA - LA GAMA MAS AMPLIA
On the web they give info about any sales they have going on.

More info about The Mondragon Corporation in this article from the 12th March 2012. It appears to be a healthy organisation still, even in these times of recession.

...The story of the co-operative which bears Mondragon's name, originally a small manufacturer started in the bleak Franco period of the mid-1950s, continues to cast a powerful spell: the Mondragon Corporation today is an international cooperative business empire, employing over 85,000 people and operating across the globe, but still claiming to be run in strict accordance with co-operative principles.

...Mondragon has grown to be the tenth largest business in Spain and it certainly dominates the Basque economy, historically one of the industrial powerhouses in the Spanish state. Having begun with the manufacture of domestic appliances, it continues to have a strong presence in the white goods industry (mainly under the brand name Fagor). It also has major interests in other areas of manufacture as diverse as bicycle production and lift manufacture (the latter including its UK Quality Lifts subsidiary, based in Wiltshire). It counts as its competitors firms such as Hitachi, Mitsubishi, GE and LG. Mondragon also has major interests in retailing, in finance (where it operates a savings bank and an insurer) and in education, where it operates schools, technical colleges and a cooperative university. There are also 14 research and development centres...

...Mondragon has also explored some interesting models of stakeholder co-operative governance, an area where its ideas may prove to be valuable elsewhere in the world. Its retailer Eroski, for example, is jointly run by representatives of consumer members and employee members. Its schools and universities give formal governance roles not only to staff and students, but also to a wider group of stakeholders, including other co-ops and local authorities.

Full article here
https://socialenterprise.guardian.co...pain-mondragon