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“Japanese walks” are much more effective than your daily hour-long walk

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For years we have heard the mantra of 10,000 steps a day as the magic number to stay in shape and keep chronic diseases at bay. However, science has been pointing elsewhere for some time now, such as the need to do strength training, and when it comes to walking, it no longer takes into account how many steps are taken, but rather how are they made. And this is where the “Japanese walk” comes into play. A new system. For friends, ‘Japanese walk’ and for the more technical, known as ‘Interval Walking Training’. A walking system that has been developed by different Japanese researchers and is based on intervals and also on how positive it can be to integrate with the environment that surrounds us. How to do it. The formula to test it is quite simple, since you simply have to alternate 3 minutes of fast walking at 70% of our maximum aerobic capacity with 3 minutes of slow walking at 40% capacity. Although three minutes seems very little, the point here is that we are going to repeat this same thing a total of ten times, until we reach at least 30 total minutes of exercise, changing as we go. And the recommended frequency to obtain results is 4 days per week. There is science behind it. Although it is a technique that is gaining quite a bit of strength in recent months, the reality is that science has been analyzing the impact it has on our health for many years. In this way, in 2024, a study concluded that this method improves glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes through greater glucose effectiveness, and not only due to insulin sensitivity. In 2025, a review also noted that this type of interval exercise prolongs healthy life, preventing chronic diseases, dementia and bone loss, which is especially beneficial in people with low initial levels of bone mineral density. His secret. For us to really see these benefits, the most important thing behind it is adherence. Here technology plays a fundamental role, such as mobile applications that make it easier for the population to follow this routine without depending on in-person supervision by third parties. Something that is ideal especially for older people. Images | pressfoto In Xataka | We have been debating for years whether it is better to go to the gym in the morning or in the afternoon. Physiology finally has the answer

The daily menu has been in an existential crisis for some time. Now Mercadona threatens to take it ahead

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“This is more practical and faster. You eat for 6 euros and I don’t spend 45 minutes. I haven’t eaten off the menu since summer.” The phrase It is from David, 35 years old, technical director of a gym in Madrid. The World He interviewed him recently while having lunch at a Mercadona in the capital. His comment may seem like a simple anecdote, but it summarizes a phenomenon that in the coming years threatens to transform the healthcare sector. retailhospitality and even our eating habits: the struggle between the ‘menus of the day’ of bars and supermarket dishes. For now the figures are clear. Why are you going to the supermarket? A few years ago (not that many) that question would sound like a truism. You go to the supermarket to buy fruit, meat, preserves, milk… whatever you need to fill the pantry. At most you leave there with toiletries or perhaps home decorations, if we’re talking about stores. hypermarket type. However, more and more people go to the supermarket with another purpose: to eat. Literally. Go to a Mercadona, Carrefour or Alcampo (to name just three chains with a presence in Spain) and buy ready-to-eat dishes. Some stores even offer tables, chairs and microwaves. “Merchants” they call them. If you look splendid you can even buy a cup of freshly ground coffee. And do they work? Yes. A few days ago a reporter from The World visited a Mercadona in the center of Madrid, and found that, in addition to people shopping, there was a dining room full of customers eating dishes prepared in the supermarket itself. Three caregivers were having lunch together. At another table a woman was eating a hamburger while looking at her cell phone. Tables. Unknown. Dishes. Exactly the same as in a bar. And it is not something that happens only in Madrid. Not even in Mercadona. In another neighborhood, a retiree waits in line at a Carrefour to buy a rice and hake salad in green sauce. It is the menu of the day from the store, although his idea is actually to take it home. What does the data say? That the above are more than simple scenes of customs. It is proof that something is changing in the sector. retaila change that connects with our eating habits and threatens to hit traditional hospitality completely. According to data from the consulting firm Circana, the distribution sector already accounts for almost the fourth part (23%) of spending on food outside the home. And it is not the only indicator that points in that direction. Another recent NIQ report estimates that the prepared food sector in supermarkets, a broad category that includes everything from refrigerated dishes to other ready-to-eat dishes, recorded year-on-year growth in 2025. 11%well above the 5.8% at which the food distribution as a whole grows. In net terms, this translates into a turnover of billions of euros. In general, Asefapre, the association of manufacturers of prepared dishes, estimates that in 2025 per capita consumption amounted to 18 kg per person, 5% more than in 2024. Its most popular products are refrigerated pizzas, frozen potatoes and pasta-based dishes, so it does not exactly coincide with the foods offered in sections such as ‘Ready to eat’ from Mercadona, but it still gives a valuable clue about consumer trends in Spain. Which chains stand out? In Spain, brands with higher weight In distribution by value quota they are Mercadona, Carrefour and Lidl. The ‘photo’ is not very different when we talk about spending on food. At least that is what the data from Worldpanel by Numerator (Kantar) suggests, which recently disclosed a report which shows that the Valencian chain accounts for a value share in food and beverage consumption of 19.7%. Carrefour reaches 6% and Lidl 5.1%. The study leaves another interesting reading: with its share of almost 20%, Mercadona far exceeds the sum of bars, cafes and terraces (with a 11.2% share of total value) and independent restaurants, which remain at 8.6%. That Roig’s chain occupies such a prominent place is no coincidence. Beyond the gap that has been made in the sector retail thanks to the white labelthe group has been betting on its line for years ‘Ready to eat’in which it offers already cooked dishes that can often be enjoyed without having to leave the store. Today the section is implemented in 1,469 stores distributed throughout Spain and Portugal. Only throughout 2025 did the model expand to 210 new premises. What about the menu of the day? As Víctor, the young man from Madrid with whom we started this report, implies, this new offer of ready-to-eat dishes (many of them based on “traditional recipes”) represents direct competition for bars that offer daily menus. That’s interesting in itself. However, there is another reason why it is worth paying attention to this struggle between ‘merchants’ and bars: catch the traditional hospitality ‘menu’ in the middle of the crisis. Its format is largely based on affordability, but the escalation of costs in recent years (and which may yet be yet to come) makes it turn out every time more difficult keep them at attractive prices. At least if hoteliers want to maintain their margins. Have daily menus become more expensive? Yes. The data from the employers’ association show that every day in Spain they continue to serve millions of menusbut that does not mean that they are getting rid of price escalation. Between 2016 and 2024 They became more expensive on average by 19.5% (they went from 11.7 to 14 euros), but even with that increase the increase accumulated by the general CPI is not equal. A quick Google search arrives to find recent news that warns that in the last decade this increase in prices it’s already over 21%complicating the possibility of finding menus by less than 15 euros. What does that mean? That things get complicated for hoteliers, forced to maintain a profitability margin that guarantees their businesses and compete … Read more

Spain has been ignoring dozens of products that it sells daily in its supermarkets for decades. But that just ended

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You may have read or heard it somewhere: “goodbye to turkey ham and stuffed olives.” And what a joke, can you imagine a world without anchovy-flavored olives? Having to live only on ham or chicken breast? Luckily, you don’t have to imagine it. They don’t disappear. What the Royal Decree does has unleashed All this controversy is something a little more complicated: putting in order the enormous food mess that has been growing for decades in Spanish pantries. What food mess? On February 27 Royal Decree 142/2026 was published that seeks to modify (or repeal) more than a dozen food quality provisions. It seems somewhat minor, but some of which (such as the cookie regulations) are more than 40 years old. The interesting thing, however, is that this new legislation removes from legal limbo numerous products that have not been ‘thought of’ at a regulatory level for many years. In that sense, the decree affects dozens of daily consumer products, but it does not affect them in the sense that ‘they are going to change’: it affects them in the sense that now the rules are going to be clearer. The case of turkey ham and stuffed olives are paradigmatic: the former now has a clear definition and the latter will have the obligation to specify the characteristics of the filling. But what is interesting is not what is important. The important thing, clearly, is the inclusion of gluten-free bread in the bread quality standard. Not only is it a historic demand of the celiac community, but it closes a very tough debate at a regulatory and fiscal level. Until now, at a technical level, the standard did not contemplate that bread made with gluten-free flour could be called bread. This ‘nonsense’ made celiacs They will pay more VAT than they would pay on normal breadbut it’s already over. Something similar happened with horchata without added sugar, the clarification of cider, the types of sangria or the acidity of vinegars. What does disappear. The bologna mortadellawhich until now was a category and which will now have to be called something else to avoid confusion with the designation of origin of the true Bologna mortadella. The central issue is that the agri-food industry has changed a lot. And as usual, the legislation has been dragging its feet, generating piecemeal regulations and creating completely inexplicable holes. So yes, we have taken a step forward. And without having to give up even the turkey ham and stuffed olives. Image | Xavi Cabrera In Xataka | This is how ultra-processed foods have been invading our diet: the evolution of three decades in a single graph

Loop Infinito, Xataka’s daily podcast, will record live in Seville on March 19: this is how you can come

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The next March 19, Infinite Loop leaves the usual studio. Within the framework of CTx Techthe great technology event that It is celebrated in Seville on the 19th and 20thI will record a special live episode with Antonio Ortizone of the founders of Xataka and current podcast co-host Stochastic Monkeys. It will be at 8:40 p.m. at the ADA Auditorium. The topic: AI without hype. What is real, what is noise and why it is so difficult to distinguish one from the other. If you are going to be in Seville those days – or if the event itself is reason enough to come – we will be there. CTx Tech brings together more than 400 hours of content and 15,000 expected attendees. Tickets are available at ctx-tech.com. Featured image | Transfers

How to schedule a daily summary of your new newsletters sent by artificial intelligence to your email

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Let’s tell you how to create a summary of all the newsletters received in your email electronic using artificial intelligence. For this, we are going to use the service Make to create a workflow or workflow with a three-step automation. The idea is to have an email where we receive the newsletters, and configure an automation that once a day analyzes if you have new ones in your mailbox, sends them to an AI like Gemini to make a summary for you, and to send you an email to a second account with a summary of each newsletter you have. But before we start, I must remind you that when you do this, you will be sharing your email data first with Make, where you will link your account, and then with Gemini to give you a summary. It is something that you should take into account if you are a person who wants to take maximum care of your privacy. And if you don’t want to complicate things so much, remember that we have taught you how to make a timely summary of your newsletters with AI. This will not be programmed as we are going to show you today, but you will only need to link your email directly to an AI and write the prompt corresponding. You have to use two email accounts To create this automation you will need two email accounts. One will receive the newsletters and send an automatic email with the summary of each one to your second account. A practical tip is to have an account only for newsletters. With this, first you will prevent unwanted newsletters from reaching you and so much data from your main account being shared, and on the other hand, when you create this workflow you will not be linking the email that you normally use, only the one for the newsletters. And with this, when you configure the third step or module of our workflow, that is where you will have to put the main email to receive the summaries, while all the connections and content explorations will be where the newsletters arrive. Tag your newsletters You will also have to tag all newsletters that you receive. This way, you will have all the emails under that label, and then when creating the automation it will be easier to point out where the AI ​​has to read. For example in Gmail, go to the manage labels option and create one. Once you have created the label, simply label all the emails that are newsletters. So, sender addresses will be labeledand all the emails that arrive will go directly to the tag that you have created for the newsletters. Get the AI ​​API you want to use For this automation, also we are going to need the API of an AI to be able to use it in our project. In our case, we will follow the guide that we have made for you to get the free Gemini APIand thus use Google AI to process the newsletters and send you the summaries. You simply have to enter the website of aistudio.google.com and sign in with your Google account. When you do, in the left bar click on API keysand then at the top click on Create API key. By doing so, create a new project to link the key to and that’s it. When you have created the API, you will see that it appears in the list of API keys. You just have to click on the left, below where it says Clueand a window with the API will open, starting with “AIza–“. You can do this with any other AI whose API you want to use. Now, create your automation Let’s now move on to creating our automation. As we have been doing several times, we are going to turn to Make, as it is a platform that is easy to use and very versatile. In it we will create automations with Gmail and Gemini modules, and in all of them we will have to log in. We are going to skip these steps in the guide, but to log in with Gemini you will need to enter the API that we obtained in the previous step, and with Gmail you will have to log in and give the platform permission to read all your emails and be able to write them in your name. First the Gmail module The first thing we are going to do is create a new scenario in Make, and add module Watch emails from Gmail inside him. This module is used to make the automation read emails, and can be launched when you receive a new one. Now we go to the panel to configure this module. In him, in Folder you can put All mailso that it reads all the emails, but just below it says that it does not include spam and garbage. So make sure the newsletters don’t go there. In Label you have to choose the label Newsletters that we have created before in Gmail. As a criterion you can put them all, or those you have not read yet, and below mark the processed emails as read. Finally, you can set a limit on the number of emails to process. Save it like this, and in the next step choose if you want to process the emails from now on, all of them, or from a date. Now a Gemini module to do the summary We now go to the second step, that of create a Gemini module right after Gmail. Click on the + to the right of the Gmail module, among the options look for Google Gemini, and within its functions choose the option Generate a response. This is used to generate a response from some data you give it, which in this case will be emails labeled as newsletters. Now let’s configure this module. You will first have to … Read more

How to receive a daily email with the summary of your favorite podcast made by artificial intelligence

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Let’s explain to you how to receive summaries of your favorite podcasts by email. These summaries will be made by artificial intelligenceafter you have received the audio file and processed it. This is not something you can do in a specific application, so we will have to configure a workflow of several steps. Specifically, we are going to use the service Makebecause its free version is enough to do it. In addition, we are going to use artificial intelligence Geminisince it is very easy to obtain a free API with which to use AI on this website. At Make.com we will have to log in with the Gemini modules and especially Gmail. It is important to highlight this because in the end you will be giving a third party access to your email, which could compromise your privacy, although this tool is reputable enough to think that it complies and that you should be safe. First you need the RSS of the podcast In order to carry out this automation, the first thing is get the RSS address of the podcast that you want to analyze. It is the page with the code where the title, description and the address of the mp3 file of each chapter appear, which in the end is the most important thing. If you don’t know where to get this address, you can use the Get RSS Feed websitewhich you can get at getrssfeed.com. On this website, you just have to enter the URL to Apple Podcast, iVoox, Spotify or the podcast website, and then it will search there for the RSS address. When it does, click on the button RSS Copy and that’s it, you will have the address copied. It will also be important that Find out what time each chapter is published. At the end of this project, the workflow will have to be scheduled to activate at a certain time each day, and it should be at a time when the chapter has already been published. Configure the Gemini API Key The AI ​​we are going to use for this project is Gemini. And to link and use this AI, you need get a google api. For that, go to the website aistudio.google.com and sign in with your Google account. When you do, in the bar on the left at the bottom click on Get API Key. Now you have to click on the option Create API key that appears at the top of the screen you have created. This will open a window where you have to create the project for which you are going to use it in order to identify it, for example Gmail Gemini. When you create the project, you can now create the API. When you have created the API, you will see that it appears in the list of API keys. You just have to click on the left, below where it says Clueand a window with the API will open, starting with “AIza–“. When you later create the first Gemini modulethen on the login screen you will have to write the Gemini API Key that you generated at the beginning of this tutorial. We are not going to repeat this later because it is something that we will assume has already been done after previous projects such as create a Telegram bot that summarizes your emails. Now we create the workflow Now let’s go to Make.com and create a new scenario or workflow. We start by clicking on the initial + for the first step, for which you have to choose the option Watch RSS feed items. It is used to display the elements of an RSS address. In this first module, what you have to do is write the RSS URL that we have searched for in the previous step, and put it in the URL field. Then, in Maximum number of returned items set 1, so that every time this scenario is run it only pulls the latest post. Once you have this first step configured, I recommend you click on Run eleven to run the project with just this step. Thus, the content will be loaded, and it will appear in the autocompleted suggestions in the following steps. Now let’s go add module HTTP with the action Download a filewhich will be used to extract and download the audio file of the podcast chapter. When you click on URL, a window will appear with autocompletion suggestions, and here you will have to write the address of the mp3 file of the audio. If necessary, you can search for it in the RSS code. In our case, it is in Enclosures > URL. This is a somewhat complex step. A little tip I can give you if you’re not clear is to ask an AI where the audio file is to download, and attach the RSS web address. After the HTTP module, we are going to add a Gemini module. Specifically, we must add module Gemini Upload to filewhich is used to upload a file to artificial intelligence. Here in the field File you have to choose the option HTTP – Download a file. This means that the file that we are going to upload will be the one that we have downloaded with the previous module. Now, After the Gemini module we are going to put another Gemini module. We are going to use the module Generate a response to generate a response. Whom Role put User, and in the Partsin it Item 1 set the message type as text, and choose the option Source to add the source text. and in Item 2 put Filefollowed by audio/mpeg in Mime Typeand in File URI look for the URI. All these elements will have to come from the Upload to file module. Further down, in the field of System Instructionsyou have to open the section Prompts and write a prompt in the field of Prompt 1. This is the prompt with … Read more

More and more Spaniards use AI in their daily work. They also fear losing their jobs because of it.

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Artificial intelligence has ceased to be a technological promise and has become something that more and more Spanish workers already have installed in their daily routine. Not long ago, talking about AI at work sounded like science fiction and, on many occasions, it was even seen like a trap at work. Today, the data tells a very different story and adoption not only growsbut it does so at a speed that surprises even the analysts themselves. A report from the InfoJobs platform highlights that in the last year not only has the percentage of employees who use AI in their work grown, but increasingly understands them better. It is increasingly used at work. According to the IV InfoJobs Artificial Intelligence Report63% of professionals in Spain regularly use AI tools in 2026. This figure represents an increase compared to the 52% recorded in the 2025 report and 50% in 2024. Within this increase in the presence of AI in the workplace, the report highlights that the spontaneous use of AI stands at 51%, 17 points more than in 2025. The data indicates that the difference between the total use of AI and that declared has been reduced from 18 to 12 points. That is, workers not only use AI more, but they also better identify what technology they have in their hands and what they can do with it. They have an AI and they know how to use it. In 2025, 48% of professionals said they did not know or did not know how to use AI tools. In 2026, that percentage has fallen to 28%, a reduction of 20 points in just one year. In this sense, the generation gap becomes more visible. Among those under 35 years of age, the declared use of AI reaches 63%, compared to 47% among those over that age. Mónica Pérez, Director of Communication and Studies at InfoJobs, summarizes it like this: “Artificial intelligence has gone from being an emerging technology to being progressively integrated into normal work processes. Beyond the increase in its use, the data reflects greater identification and awareness of the use of this tool by professionals, which points to an increasingly consolidated adoption in the work environment and a paradigm shift.” ChatGPT leads, machine translation goes down. Among the most used AI tools in Spanish companies, ChatGPT-type chatbots stand out, which have gone from 37% in 2024 to 52% in 2026 and already top the ranking of the most used. The integration of AI in design tools and as a programming assistant does not go unnoticed, with a significant increase in use in the workplace, standing at 17% and 16% respectively. For its part, automatic translation, one of the main uses of AI at work in 2025, it drops from 58% to 51%. The percentage of users who claim not to use any specific tool in their work has been reduced from 7% to 4%. All this fits with what is happening globally that, by eliminating friction at work, employees tend to take on more tasks, generating more fatigue and workload if it is not managed well. Fear of dismissal grows. Having a greater understanding of the potential of AI tools and knowing what they are capable of also increases the uncertainty about your future job. 39% of those interviewed for the InfoJobs report believe that AI will cause some specific layoffsalthough without replacing specialized work, a percentage higher than 30% in 2025. 23% predict more widespread substitution, while the same percentage considers that the workforce is not easily replaceable with AI alone. This perspective varies depending on presentation of your position to AI. Among those who already use AI regularly in their workplace, 46% see the scenario of specific layoffs as likely, compared to 26% of those who do not use it. The AI ​​gap between companies. According to the study ‘Digitization of the Spanish company‘ Prepared by the UGT union with data from the INE, 21.1% of companies with more than 10 workers used AI in 2025, which represents a considerable increase compared to the previous year in which 9.55% was registered. Among large companies with more than 250 employees, the percentage rises to 58.2%, an increase of 13 points year-on-year. The data from the report indicates that Spain exceeds the OECD and EU average in AI integration, with 20.3% of companies regularly using AI. However, Spain is still very far from the implementation of this technology in Denmark (42%), Finland (38%) or Sweden (35%). Despite the general increase in the use of AI, there is data that indicates that this progress is not being transferred to internal talent since the percentage of ICT specialists in companies it has been reduced from 16.44% to 15.67%, a figure that UGT describes as “unexpected and disturbing.” In Xataka | The biggest fear was that AI would take our jobs. The reality is that it is replacing those who are learning to work Image | Unsplash (Anastassia Anufrieva)

Threads has surpassed X in daily users on mobile. The paradox is that this has not changed.

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Threads and X play, in essence, the same game. Short messages, public conversations and the ambition to become the place where the things that matter are discussed. On mobile, Threads is already moving very close to X in daily active users on a global scale, to the point that, on specific days, it was ahead. But when you look beyond the numbers, the feeling is different. The conversation that jumps to the media and public debate continues to be born, almost always, in the same place. The most cited photograph comes from Similarweb data and focuses exclusively on mobile use. That’s where Threads has closed the gap significantly. According to this analysis firm, both platforms converge in very close figures of daily active users on a global scale, around 130 million. In the week with data until September 20, 2025, Threads was ahead of X on three of the days analyzed. Even so, the series as a whole does not allow us to speak of consolidated leadership, but rather of a very tight and localized equality in time. Daily active users on iOS and Android. Threads approaches X on mobile phones globally | Source: Similarweb What does this data measure and what is left out. When talking about daily active mobile users, it is advisable to sharpen the focus. Similarweb accounts daily use on iOS and Android, counting each person only once a day, even if they open the app multiple times. Additionally, any user who performs a minimal action, such as opening the app or logging in, is considered “active.” This metric reflects access habits, but does not distinguish between reading, interacting or publishing, nor does it measure what type of accounts concentrate the activity or what content is amplified outside the platform. Daily web traffic on a global scale. X maintains a very large advantage over Threads in browser visits | Source: Similarweb That balance that appears in mobile use is broken as soon as the focus is expanded. When looking at web trafficthe distance between both platforms is once again very marked. Similarweb data shows that It is not a minor detail, because web access is usually more present in professional contexts, newsrooms and news monitoring. Changing metrics also changes the story the data tells. Information consumption follows another map. When the question is not how many people enter each day, but rather where users get information, the scenario changes. The conclusions of the Digital News Report 2025 of the Reuters Institute point out that The difference is not so much size but function within the media ecosystem. Part of that difference has to do with the type of use. A academic study published in 2024 describes X as a “passive sensor” especially useful for detecting opinion leaders, by combining public visibility, active community and clear temporal traceability of messages. This architecture makes it easier for statements, reactions or controversies to be followed in real time and reused in other contexts. For media and analysts, X not only works as a social network, but also as a tool for observing public conversation. A growth pushed from within the ecosystem. The progress of Threads is largely explained by its integration with Instagram and, in general, with the Meta ecosystem. Direct access from an already massive application reduces barriers to entry and makes it easier for many users to try out the platform without additional effort. That push helps explain why mobile usage numbers have grown rapidly. However, this dynamic does not guarantee that users adopt Threads as a central space for public or informative debate, nor that they transfer there the practices that they currently maintain in X. Not even the recurring controversies surrounding Elon Musk have been sufficient to displace X from its role as an informational reference point. Threads advances in usage and visibility, but the center of gravity of the conversation remains where it was. For that to change, it will not be enough to add users or rely on the Meta ecosystem. It would require a deeper transformation of professional, media and political habits that, for now, is not appreciated. Images | Mohamed Nohassi | Kelly Sikkema In Xataka | Neither board games nor karaoke: ‘Word on Beat’ is the new king of the living room and proof that we prefer rhythmic chaos

wants to be the center of your daily diet

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Mercadona It no longer wants to be the place where you make your purchases. Or not alone at least. What he aspires to now is to become the default place where you eat, where they prepare your food, heat it, devour it and even have your mid-morning or after-dinner coffee. The first step to achieve this was taken already some years with the launch of its section ‘Ready to Eat’ and since then he has not stopped doubling the bet, spreading it to its wide local network. Now he has gone one step further. In addition to cooking you an omelette, a Teriyaki chicken, a sandwich, some stuffed eggplants, a poke salmon or even a Valencian paellaMercadona wants to serve you freshly ground coffee. AND seen the data of the sector makes a lot of sense. To Mercadona to drink coffee That there are people (many) who go to Mercadona in search of coffee is nothing new. In fact some of their articles have become so popular that they have their own followers. What is new is that people do not go to Juan Roig stores looking for packages, bags of grain or capsules for their machines, but to prepare freshly ground coffee and serve it in a glass ready to drink, which is what the company has started to do in Valencia. So confirmed it the company to The Economist in March, when he revealed that he was taking a test in dozens of stores spread throughout the Valencian geography. “In some stores in the province we have incorporated the option that the boss, which is what we call our customers, can take freshly ground coffee. It is a laboratory,” they explained. The idea started in 58 points and four products: black coffee, coffee, with milk and cappuccino. Everything (or almost everything) related to Mercadona generates excitement inside and outside the networks and its coffee service has been no exception. In x, instagram either TikTok It didn’t take long for videos to appear of people showing the new machines in Roig’s stores and even testing the result, as Cafemaxpag did in one piece (with a bittersweet balance) that soon gained thousands of views. You can even see photos that show the same service in Portugal. Expectation is no guarantee of success, but the chain made it clear that I would be attentive to the answer in its stores in the province of Valencia. “We plan to expand this laboratory after the summer and the coffee can be purchased in stores in the Community of Madrid,” advanced in March. Today the service is announced already on their website, where a map confirms that it offers freshly ground coffee in several locations throughout Madrid and the Valencian Community. In Cuenca it has an establishment that also incorporates a machine for consumption. At this point, the question is… Why is Mercadona launched, which in 2024 achieved a net profit of 1,384 millionto the adventure of freshly ground coffee? Three words: ‘Ready to Eat’ Coffee is not an experiment disconnected from Mercadona’s global strategy. On the contrary. The company itself recognize that connects with a much broader initiative, worked on and whose origins can be traced back to at least 2018: ‘Ready to Eat’a branch of the company that aspires to turn Roig’s stores into the food reference for Spanish families. The central idea is what we mentioned at the beginning of this report: that people not only go to the supermarket to buy food to fill the refrigerator at home, but that they leave there with food already prepared. Or even eaten. In summary, the service consists of a section within Mercadona stores in which a series of products are sold. ready-made dishes. And that includes everything from different starters and appetizers to pizzas, burgers, sandwiches and main dishes such as lentils, meatballs, pasta, paella, chicken, sushi assortments or Teriyaki chicken. In 2024 the list was expanded with salmon with vegetables, ribs and seafood salad. Now Mercadona completes it with a freshly ground coffee service. In some stores the idea is not only that the customer finds their food already ready, but that they can taste it right there. Without leaving the premises. “You can heat any dish in one of our microwaves, grab cutlery and, in some of our stores, you can consume right there,” explains the company. The model is not exclusive from Mercadona. Other chains, such as Alcampo, The English Court either Carrefour (to name just a handful of examples) they have also opted for prepared dishes. Sometimes with spaces to taste them. Because at Mercadona they are convinced that, to a large extent, the future of supermarket chains is not so much about marketing food for customers to prepare at home, but rather offering them already prepared and ready dishes. Instead of chicken, potatoes, oil and salt, you are offered the tray with the roasted thighs directly. Instead of coffee packets, they switch to freshly ground coffee. I explained it clearly Roig himself during the last presentation of results. “I said it and I maintain it: in the middle of the century there will be no kitchens.” All to save you time Beyond the rhetoric Mercadona seems to be betting on that conviction in its stores. In his last annual report The company explains that last year the service was incorporated into one hundred and a half new stores, which brings the total network to 1,260 supermarkets, 1,200 in Spain and the existing 60 in Portugal. Taking into account that the chain has a little more 1,600 establishments In Spain, the level of implementation is more than considerable and already exceeds 70%. The company does not publish detailed financial data for its different business areas, but ensures that the ‘Ready to eat’ section, “has not stopped growing”. In 2024 the entire company invoiced 38,835 millionwhich allowed him increase by 37% its net profit to reach 1,384 million. Mercadona’s bet (like that of chains such as Alcampo or … Read more

five discounted smartwatches to play sports or wear on a daily basis

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Huawei usually has a good assortment of offers in its official store that range from its mobile phones to some smartwatches. And during these days, the brand has launched some offers on its most recent models and those of some of the previous generations. If you are looking for a good smartwatch that has a good price, in this article we are going to review what the five best offers that the official store has right now. Huawei Watch Fit 4 by 139 eurosa sports-oriented watch with a nylon strap that has a stylish design. Huawei Watch GT 4 by 149 eurosa watch launched in 2023 whose screen is a delight and its battery one of its strong points. Huawei Watch GT 6 by 219 euros when using a coupon, with a premium design and a very complete health, sports and well-being section. Huawei Watch GT 6 Pro by 349 euros by using a coupon, a watch that opts for titanium and offers excellent autonomy. Huawei Watch 5 by 379 eurosa watch with a very good screen and very precise health measurements. Huawei Watch Fit 4 He Huawei Watch Fit 4 It is one of the smartwatches with the best quality-price ratio of the brand, especially now that it is on sale for 139 euros. Includes a nylon strap of very good quality – I personally prefer it to the silicone ones – and has a good 1.82-inch AMOLED screen that offers a maximum brightness of 2,000 nits. Additionally, it comes with a good assortment of sports modes and a very practical rotating crown. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Huawei Watch GT 4 If we want a smartwatch similar in price, but with a more elegant design, the official store has the Huawei Watch GT4 by 149 eurosalthough right now MediaMarkt has it a little cheaper, since it is on sale for 129 euros. It is a watch launched in 2023 which stands out mainly for its screen, which is a delight. It is also worth mentioning that its design is impeccable and that it includes a very generous battery, offering a autonomy of about 12 days. Huawei Watch GT 4 (46mm) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Huawei Watch GT 6 If we refer to the current generation of the brand, despite the fact that it was launched very recently, the Huawei Watch GT6 46 mm is now on sale for 219 euros when selecting the 30 euro coupon in Huawei’s own store. You can also purchase the 41mm configuration for 199 euros using the 50 euro coupon. The Huawei Watch GT6 is a smart watch that we really liked and that has an obvious premium and elegant design. It has outstanding autonomy up to 21 days (46 mm) or 14 days (41 mm) and includes a very complete section on health, sports and well-being. Huawei Watch GT 6 (46mm) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Huawei Watch GT 6 Pro One step above we find the older brother of the previous watch, the Huawei Watch GT6 Proa smartwatch that is now on sale in the official store for 349 euros when selecting the 30 euro coupon. It has a markedly more square design than the GT6 and a titanium construction. It also has an excellent screen and its battery offers a theoretical autonomy of up to 21 days. Huawei Watch GT 6 Pro (46mm) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Huawei Watch 5 Finally, the official store also has an offer on Huawei Watch 5: by 379 eurosbesides Includes FreeBuds 6i headphones and strap. It is a watch that stands out mainly for its X-TAP technology, which through its sensors offers an improvement in monitoring precision. In addition, it also has a very elegant design, its construction is made of titanium and it includes more than 100 sports activities. Huawei Watch 5 + Huawei FreeBuds 6i + strap The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Eva R. de LuisHuawei In Xataka | The best smartwatches (2025): their analyzes and videos are here In Xataka | Best smartwatch in quality price. Which one to buy and 10 recommended smart watches

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