This is a regular supermarket chain that offers more vegan options here than at other locations, including multiple brands of soymilk and nut milks and soy yogurt. Carries numerous BioLand products that are widely found at other stores, including cookies, snacks, flax, cereals, organic coffee, and the delicious, expensive, but vegan Britt brand chocolate treats, such as chocolate covered coffee beans, macadamia nuts, and passion fruit jelly. Open Mon-Sat 6:30am-9:00pm, Sun 9:00am-6:00pm.
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Avenida 3, Calle 3, San Jose, Costa Rica
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Added by Sarah P on 30 Dec 2010
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12 Reviews
First Review by Sarah P
traumfee
Points +312
Has a FEW options - Edit
regular super market with some vegan products, some labeled, some more hidden.
Read moreExpensive as some people said
Pros: Central location, friendly staff
Cons: Could label better, Bit pricy, Not that much variety
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Angela_
Points +241
Tons of vegan goodies - Edit
Has just about anything you could want, at usually reasonable prices. Friendly staff.
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VelillaDeOswestry
Points +3558
Vegan options - Edit
There are a few vegan items that you won't find in another normal supermarkets in San Jose. Normal prices too
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Seatown_vegan
Points +8096
Tons of Vegan selection - Edit
They tons of vegan selection. Ice cream, burgers, chicken, cheese. I would definitely come here if you’re looking for vegan mock meats.
Read morePros: Vegan options
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Nanna
Points +978
Vegan healthy food and junk food! - Edit
One of the good things about Costa Rica is that you can find fresh fruit and vegetables everywhere! When it comes to vegan products, it is a bit more difficult. That being said, Automercado is awesome! Besides vegan burgers, tofu and quinoa, there is also a wide range of vegan ice cream and cookies.
Read morePros: Tons of options!
Cons: Pricey
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RosePetal
Points +448
Good range of speciality products - Edit
An upmarket supermarket stocking a range of speciality vegan products, including: cheeses, hummus, soy yoghurts, Daiya frozen pizza, Gardein, icecream.
Read moreNot cheap, as you would expect.
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GreggMcCulloch
Points +50
highly recommended - Edit
Nice variety plant based food
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Dancingbarefoot
Points +651
great place for vegan options - Edit
Tons of vegan options. We found lots of plant milk options, granola bars etc. Best of all they have Gardein in the frozen section! We were quite surprised to find it.
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veganstastebetter
Points +205
average grocery store - Edit
I shopped here years ago when visiting San Jose because of its central location. It is close to the hostels and hotels I have stayed at. The prices have gone up since then but the selection has too. I never found vegan options here in the past but this time I found several. They are all already listed. I found things were a bit expensive compared to other stores.
Read morePros: location, selection
Guest
Longina
Points +541
Best chain store - Edit
I shop at the Automercado in Los Yoses when at home and at the one in Multiplaza Escazú when at work. Automercado is the best local large chain of supermarkets for shopping of vegan and vegetarian goods. There is a decent selection of soy and nut milks. The have a Boca burgers and breakfast links as well as some Morning Star products like veggie bacon, mock chicken nuggets, breakfast links, burgers and veggie soy crumbles. There are local soy deli products from SoyaLight and soy yogurts. Occasionally they'll bring vegan cheese. As mentioned by others, Automercado carries the entire Bioland line of TVP, granola, cereals, rice cakes, etc. They are now also carrying gluten-free items for those with gluten allergies.
Read morePros: large selection, very nice stores, friendly staff
Cons: variety of some items is limited
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ShawnIsBetter
Points +36
The best grocery store in San Jose area - Edit
I lived in San Pedro, which is part of the greater San Jose area for about four months. Auto Mercado was definitely my store of choice for most things. They have many things that are not available anywhere else. eg. soymilk, tofu, imitation meats, I even found vegan ice cream there once. They also have a much better selection of non specialty foods than most other grocery stores in the area. I always went to the one in Los Yoses. Just take a taxi and tell the driver Auto Mercado Los yoses. They don't use addresses there. Oh, and for sure look for Bioland products. It's costa ricas best natural foods brand.
Read morePros: wide selection, many specialty foods
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Sarah P
Points +8720
good option in center of San Jose - Edit
I shopped at this Auto Mercado yesterday and found many more options than at other stores, including organic almond milk and several choices of soymilk. There is a coffee cafe on the upper level that does not offer drinks with soymilk. I found 3 flavors of soy yogurt in the yogurt section. The BioLand selection of products is as extensive as any large market or macrobiotic store I have been in. I found bagged organic coffee here, as well as every kind of those delicious Britt chocolates. The prices were less than at many other stores I had been in.
Read moreWalk north from the post office on Avenida 3 for several blocks and this Auto Mercado is on the opposite side of the street, on a corner. There is another Auto Mercado a block up on an adjacent corner, but I did not go in that one.
Pros: wide selection of mylks, soy yogurt, better prices than others
Cons: not a 100% vegan store
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