Comments on: Bustling Commerce and the Art of Shopping in Mexico https://www.mexperience.com/the-art-of-shopping-in-mexico/ Experience More of Mexico Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:55:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Mexperience https://www.mexperience.com/the-art-of-shopping-in-mexico/#comment-27807 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 15:45:07 +0000 https://www.mexperience.com/?p=2172#comment-27807 In reply to B.Buckman.

Thanks B, for sharing this. It’s quite true that the batch-availbility of imported goods remains part of the ‘retail experience’ in Mexico, and we commented on this in a related article, No Hay: https://www.mexperience.com/no-hay/

]]> By: Lance N https://www.mexperience.com/the-art-of-shopping-in-mexico/#comment-27791 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 16:59:57 +0000 https://www.mexperience.com/?p=2172#comment-27791 Just to mention a few others, particularly in the Northeast: H-E-B is a Texas based supermarket chain that has made major inroads into Mexico over the past 20 years. Their Mexican division is HQ’d in Monterey. Also, a couple smaller chains are S-Mart & Super Guarjardo, based out of Cd. Juarez, Chih. and Reynosa, Tamps. respectfully.

P.S. Came across your article after reading news of Mexico’s anti-monopoly commission bringing charges against Walmart de Mexico (Nov. 2020).

]]> By: B.Buckman https://www.mexperience.com/the-art-of-shopping-in-mexico/#comment-959 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 21:37:29 +0000 https://www.mexperience.com/?p=2172#comment-959 I have lived in Mexico for 17 years and have shopped for food at everything from food stalls and tianguis to supermarkets and Costco. I agree with the article regarding the variety of food stuffs and sales, etc.. I would offer this caveat though. If you have been lucky enough to find a store that sells your favorite American brand of something ( in my case it’s Skippy creamy peanut butter) buy a bunch of it. Imported foods often appear and one feels elated that, finally, the thing you love is has come to Mexico. The thing is these items come and go. An imported brand may be available in your store for months, even a year or more, enough time for one to become complacent, assuming you are set for life. One day, after allowing your supply to get down to the last jar, box, package or can you will march down the grocery aisle to the exact spot where your goodie has been for ever so long and you will see something else in its place. Maybe it’s another brand of that thing you crave or, quite possibly , a completely different food item . It’s not only imported brands that disappear it happens with Mexican brands as well. My favorite brandy has become a chore to find and a certain brand of sliced American style cheese has gone missing. So, here’s the deal, if you find it buy it. I mean right then and some extra too because if you procrastinate or assume because the shelf is loaded that the item will be there for you at your leisure you setting yourself up for a disappointment.
PS: Forget asking store personnel what happened to your brand. They will give you a quizzical look and ask if you are sure you bought it at this store and if you persist the standard closer is ‘ No han llegaron’.

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