The Merc

Beautifully done and great products.All of Placitas is happy to have our beloved Merc back, under new owners.

Nice people, good service. Great for quick purchases without having to drive to Bernalillo or Albuquerque.

The Merc is the best! Placitas would be lost without it. They care about the community, and are service-oriented. They have water in the back for 50 cents a gallon, which is very convenient for those of us who struggle with our wells. They have all the basics, and considering it's a small convenience store, the prices are reasonable. Don't expect large grocery store prices, on the whole, but you may be surprised. They have fresh bread, good local beer on tap, and yummy homemade food like chili. I wish the produce was more seasonal, but otherwise, a great place to feel welcome and taken care of.

Very nice!Well stocked and friendly employees!! Definitely recommend!It's nice to have this option in a pinch!

Just opened under new management what a first class facility we have missed the Merc in Placitas very thankful they are back better than ever

New owners have done an amazing job with The Merc. A quaint store that has about everything you can imagine. I stopped in for some Ice Cream and a Hallmark card !! If I lived in Placitas, I'd never need to go shopping anywhere else. Beautiful store

Since the ownership changed. The selves are bare , hardly any inventory, no freezer food. Freezer system is out of service. Barely any fresh vegetables. Really a-shame that the place has gone so far down hill in last couple years. They seem to have tobacco and liquor and wine. No ice lately no bread. Few canned goods. Over all it looks like they are trying to close! Was a great little Market and the only one in placitas. Wishing the new owner much more success. We need you here. Please get it together!

I didn't think this place could get any worse, but it has... Miss you Judy and Orville! No salsa, no potato salad, freezers aren't working. Now they close at 5pm. I guess it's on it's last leg... I wonder what their other store looks like?

The owners of this grocery store in Placitas are complete liars. It's now November 2nd. They had a grand reopening on September 30th. The store looks exactly the same or worse than it did then. They are just selling off the remaining inventory. I would bet money that this store will be closed by the end of the year. They knew exactly what they were getting into and then denied it later at a community meeting. They lied at the community meeting and they're still lying about this store being a going concern. It's a big scam. So they're either writing it off as a loss against another store that they own or this is all involved somehow with COVID money that they got because they bought two other businesses in 2020 and they probably got that COVID money and now the COVID money has gone away so these businesses are going to go away. In the meantime they are destroying what's left of these stores. Sure enough, the store closed months ago and is supposed to reopen someday under new ownership. There are a few available food items at the pharmacy next door who started stocking them in reply to some requests because no one has stepped up to reopen The Merc. Those last owners were bad people. Liars.

Very convenient but are often low in stock.. if you don't mind paying a little more so you don't have to trek into town and go to the bigger stores it is fantastic