The Guild of Restoration has denounced 30 supermarkets in Barcelona for "intruding". In fact, it calls them mercaurants and assures that they do not comply with the regulations. They are all establishments of the company Mercadona that have spaces with tables and chairs – up to 30 seats and with microwaves – where customers can consume the cooked dishes they have just bought. "This contravenes the municipal ordinance on food trade which expressly prohibits the area between the access doors and the checkout counters from being used for any type of commercial or service activity", states the director of the Guild, Roger Pallarols, who calls them "low-cost restaurants". In parallel, the entity has once again sued 50 bakeries with tasting areas and has criticized the City Council for what they consider "irresponsible neglect".

Half of the restaurant workers in Barcelona do not speak Catalan (47.6%), and one in four bar and restaurant staff don't even understand it. Only 65% ​​of establishments use Catalan in their signage. The 2024 survey of restaurant sector activity by the Barcelona City Council, released this September, revealed dismal data on Catalan usage. Faced with this reality, the Barcelona Restaurant Guild, in conjunction with the ERC party, has put forward three immediate measures. Firstly, it has published a guide, which is already being sent to its 9,000 member establishments, informing them of the language regulations, which require customers to be able to express themselves and be served in Catalan, and of the resources available to implement them. Catalan, well served It can be consulted in Catalan, Spanish, English, Chinese, and Urdu. Furthermore, they offer businesses a free translation service for all their communications—signage, invoices, letters, allergen information, websites—into Catalan, in order to comply with another requirement of the Consumer Code. Finally, ERC is making its community centers available so that restaurant workers can take classes adapted to their practical needs. They will begin with a pilot program in the Eixample district in early 2026, in agreement with Plataforma per la Llengua and Òmnium.