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El aceite del supermercado es bueno.

El aceite del supermercado es bueno.
The oil from the supermarket is good.
From Lesson 68:Meals and Proteins·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about El aceite del supermercado es bueno.

Why does the sentence use del instead of de el?
In Spanish, when the word de (of or from) comes right before the masculine word for the (el), they combine into a single word: del. You will never see de el written separately; it always becomes del.
Why do we use es instead of está here?
We use es (a form of the verb ser) because we are describing a general, permanent quality of the oil from this supermarket. You use ser to talk about what things are like normally, rather than how they are temporarily.
The word aceite ends in -e. How do I know to use el instead of la?
Unlike words that end in -o or -a, nouns that end in -e can be either masculine or feminine. You just have to memorize their gender when you learn them! Aceite happens to be masculine, which is why it uses the masculine article el.
Does bueno describe the oil or the supermarket?
Bueno (good) describes el aceite (the oil). Even though supermercado is closer in the sentence, the core meaning is that the oil is good. Because aceite is masculine and singular, the describing word takes the masculine singular form bueno.

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