LifestyleEl Corte Inglés experiences a new concept of open restaurant and supermarket in Madrid

El Corte Inglés experiences a new concept of open restaurant and supermarket in Madrid

Seeking to boost its business, El Corte Inglés has focused on the food section. To do this, you are using as guinea pig your shopping center located in Preciadoswhich seeks to resemble the new formats launched by Mercadona.

El Corte Inglés has just renovated its Preciados establishment, one of the most popular in the capital, giving it a new concept to your supermarketwhich incorporates a special space for prepared dishes and with the opening of a new concept of open restaurant called ‘Las Nubes Market’.

Specifically, the space located in the heart of the Spanish capital is designed to be a test bench for the group to test dishes and proposals. In the event that these experiments begin to bear fruit, little by little they will be exported to different centers throughout Spain.

Thus, as reported Europe PressEl Corte Inglés has undertaken a major renovation of the Preciados supermarket, in which it has included a space for prepared dishes, which, due to its size, has become a wide and the only one with an open kitchenin the largest of the group.

The intention is to produce up to 120 dishes. Continuing with the new consumer habits, many of these recipes will be prepared taking into account seasonal products, where stews, vegetables, seasonal legumes, rice dishes, Asian food, creams and artisan desserts stand out.

Choosing the Preciados shopping center is not trivial. Located in the heart of Madrid, this place passes daily, on average, more than 800 people with an average ticket of 13.5 euros. Although this data doubles at Christmas, its regular customers are office workers during the week, while the public over the weekend is more familiar.

In addition to the renovation of the supermarket, ECI launches a new restaurant concept. Called Las Nubes Market, it is a concept free flow, in which the client can choose between different types of cuisine, from Italian to Asian, passing through typical Madrid dishes, which are prepared at the moment by more than 30 people in front of the diner and with different spaces where they can be tasted.

It is a completely different concept of restaurant than the one that continues to be maintained today in the rest of the centers, which is based on a traditional local style. With Las Nubes Market, they create different spaces within the restaurant, which has a vaulted oven for pizzas, a wok area, a Basque grill and even its own pastry and bakery workshop and where it is committed to raw materials and national products.

In addition, this restaurant has windows with views of the Theater and Royal Palace where you can sit down to enjoy the food. It also has a singular concept, a Speakeasy, a private room with table service for special occasions and events.

However, this restaurant concept is not the first of the group in Spain. The firm has some more located in the center of Plaza Cataluña, in Barcelona, ​​which is also a format free flow with Plaza Gastro Mercat.

In addition, it has another 2 in Alicante and Valencia. With this renovation of the Preciados center, El Corte Inglés wants to reinforce its commitment to the food and restaurant section.

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