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    LIFE CHAPTER · FOOD & DRINK

    Eat well. Waste less money.

    The meal kits, delivery services and local know-how real people in Spain use to eat better for less.

    #1
    🔥 #1 Community Pick

    Wetaca

    Solves: "I want home-cooked meals every day but I don't have time to cook them."

    Mains from €6.49 per portion. Cheaper than most restaurants, faster than cooking.

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    #2

    Too Good To Go

    Solves: "I'm walking past cafés and bakeries at closing time and I know perfectly well they're about to bin good food."

    Magic Bags typically cost €3-5 per bag. What's inside is worth 2-3x that.

    #3

    CrowdFarming

    Solves: "I want fruit and vegetables that actually taste of something, from a farmer I can name."

    You know exactly who grew it, where, and when. The farm page has photos and farmer profiles.

    #4

    World of Mouth

    Solves: "I want to eat somewhere genuinely good in Barcelona or Madrid but I don't trust review sites that can be gamed."

    Every listing is a personal recommendation from someone who eats professionally. The curation bar is high.

    #5

    Menú del Día

    Solves: "I want to find the menú del día near me right now but I don't know which places have it or what it costs."

    Covers hundreds of Spanish cities. Not just Barcelona and Madrid.

    #6

    Vivino

    Solves: "I'm standing in a Spanish wine aisle and I have no idea what I'm looking at."

    100 million+ users worldwide. The ratings are crowd-sourced at a scale that matters.

    #7

    HappyCow

    Solves: "I'm vegan or vegetarian and I'm in a new city trying to find somewhere to eat that isn't a token salad."

    Barcelona is ranked the 4th most vegan-friendly city in the world on HappyCow's own index. You will not struggle here.

    #8

    TheFork

    Solves: "I want to eat at a good restaurant tonight and I don't want to pay full price."

    Discounts of up to 50% at real restaurants, not the dregs. Filter by cuisine, location, and rating.

    #9

    Soysuper

    Solves: "I want to do my weekly shop at the cheapest option but I can't face checking every supermarket's website separately."

    Covers Mercadona, Carrefour, Alcampo, Dia, El Corte Inglés, and others. Nine chains in one search.

    #10

    Celicidad

    Solves: "I'm coeliac and I need to know which restaurants near me are actually safe, not just "gluten-free options available.""

    2,400+ listings verified for gluten-free safety. Not a general review site with a dietary tag bolted on.

    #11

    Raisin

    Solves: "I want natural wine in Barcelona but I don't know which bars are actually low-intervention versus just claiming to be."

    Built by natural wine people, for natural wine people. Coverage is densest in Barcelona and Madrid.

    #12

    DinDins

    Solves: "I've been in Spain for months and I'd sell my left shoe for a proper curry or Sunday roast."

    150,000+ meals delivered. Not a startup experiment.

    #13

    Take a Chef

    Solves: "I want to host a dinner party or birthday in my flat but I don't want to cook for 12 people."

    40,000+ chefs across 26 countries; Spain is well covered in Barcelona, Madrid, and beyond.

    More hacks coming — you decide what's next

    These are problems the community has flagged. Upvote the ones you want us to research first.

    Solves: "I want home-cooked meals but I never have time to cook"

    Meals

    Solves: "I can't tell which supermarket is actually cheapest for my weekly shop"

    Groceries

    Solves: "I want to eat out well without paying full tourist prices"

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