# Mexico Supermarket Prices - Chedraui + Soriana (`ambiotec/mexico-supermarket-prices`) Actor

Search grocery products on Chedraui and Soriana (Mexico) and get name, brand, EAN, current price, list price, discount, availability, image and URL for price monitoring and comparison.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ambiotec/mexico-supermarket-prices.md
- **Developed by:** [JUAN JOSE romero benitez](https://apify.com/ambiotec) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 product saveds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Mexico Supermarket Prices – Chedraui + Soriana

Search any grocery product on **Chedraui** and **Soriana**, two of the largest supermarket chains in Mexico, and get **current price, list price, discount, availability, EAN barcode, brand, image and URL** in one clean dataset. Built for price monitoring, basket comparisons, inflation tracking and e-commerce research in Mexico.

No browser, no login, no API key. Pay only for the products you receive.

### What you get

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `store` | `chedraui` or `soriana` |
| `query` | the search term that produced the product |
| `productId`, `sku` | store identifiers |
| `name` | `Leche UHT Lala Deslactosada 1 Litro 6 Piezas` |
| `brand` | `Lala` (Chedraui; Soriana does not expose it in search) |
| `ean` | `7501020565997` (Chedraui) |
| `price` | current selling price in MXN |
| `listPrice` | price before discount |
| `discountPct` | `28.7` or `null` |
| `available` | `true`/`false` |
| `unit` | `1 un`, `1 kg` (Chedraui) |
| `category` | `Supermercado > Lacteos y huevo > Leche` |
| `promotions` | `["Aplica cupón", "Puntos dobles..."]` (Soriana) |
| `url`, `image`, `currency`, `scrapedAt` | |

### How to use it

1. Enter one or more **Search terms** — generic (`leche`, `huevo`, `arroz`) or specific (`Coca Cola 2.5 L`, `aceite Nutrioli 1 litro`).
2. Pick the **Supermarkets**.
3. Set **Maximum products per search term and store** (results come in the store's relevance order, so the first ones are the best matches).
4. Run, then download JSON / CSV / Excel or read the dataset from the API. Schedule it daily or weekly to build a price history.

### Example input

```json
{
  "queries": ["leche", "huevo", "aceite 1 litro"],
  "stores": ["chedraui", "soriana"],
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 50
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "store": "chedraui",
  "query": "leche",
  "productId": "3894420",
  "name": "Leche Condensada La Lechera 2 Piezas 956 g",
  "brand": "La Lechera",
  "ean": "7506475128346",
  "price": 49.9,
  "listPrice": 70.0,
  "discountPct": 28.7,
  "currency": "MXN",
  "available": true,
  "unit": "1 un",
  "category": "Supermercado > Lacteos y huevo > Leche",
  "url": "https://www.chedraui.com.mx/leche-condensada-la-lechera-2-piezas-956-g-3894420/p",
  "image": "https://chedrauimx.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/77567080/7506475128346_00.jpg",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-26T01:41:10+00:00"
}
```

### Use cases

- **Price monitoring** for brands and distributors: see when a retailer discounts your product or a competitor's.
- **Basket / inflation tracking**: the same list of products every week, exported to a spreadsheet.
- **Shoppers and deal sites**: find the cheapest store for a list of items.
- **Market research and AI agents**: structured catalog data with barcodes for matching across retailers.

### Pricing and performance

Pay-per-event: one `result` event per product saved; the residential proxy Soriana requires is included in the price. Chedraui returns 50 products per request and Soriana 24, so 1,000 products take well under a minute.

### Limitations

- Prices are the national online prices shown without a store selected; local in-store prices can differ.
- Soriana's search does not expose brand or EAN; match products by name or by the product page URL.
- Walmart México, Bodega Aurrera and HEB protect their sites with anti-bot systems and are not included.
- This Actor reads public pages. Respect each retailer's terms and local law when using the data.

### Need La Comer, Costco México or another retailer?

Open an issue in the Actor's **Issues** tab describing the site and fields you need.

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Products to search for, one per line, e.g. `leche`, `huevo`, `aceite 1 litro`, `Coca Cola 2.5`.

## `stores` (type: `array`):

Which chains to search.

## `maxItemsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Results are returned in the store's own relevance order, so the first ones are the best matches.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap for the whole run. Leave empty to use terms × stores × per-term limit.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Soriana blocks datacenter IPs (Cloudflare), so the default is Apify residential proxy located in Mexico. Chedraui works with any proxy.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "leche",
    "huevo"
  ],
  "stores": [
    "chedraui",
    "soriana"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 50,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "MX"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ambiotec/mexico-supermarket-prices").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ambiotec/mexico-supermarket-prices").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call ambiotec/mexico-supermarket-prices --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ambiotec/mexico-supermarket-prices"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/UMGfakUSH92lPzMcs/builds/eYCzB9bwe91pUI2DN/openapi.json