BajaNomad - buying beer in mex

buying beer in mex

willardguy - 3-6-2011 at 08:41 PM

so where is the cheapest place to buy beer across the border? last trip stopped at mexicali costco and bought tecate for 96 pesos per 12 pac cans. seems fair but kind of a hassle going into costco for beer. talking about 8 or ten 12 pacs. anywhere cheaper? thanks

DENNIS - 3-6-2011 at 09:14 PM

That's the least I've heard of. Generally, the large super markets have the best prices.
Actually, you might very well find your best price in the states....believe it or not.

Leo - 3-6-2011 at 09:19 PM

HARD to beat that price.
modelloDRAMAS are the pitch. Here in TS they give you the worst service I have seen anywhere. They don't take your returns even when you bought the case there,
Absolutley trocious.

BornFisher - 3-6-2011 at 09:23 PM

Ralph`s--- Bud for $21 a 30 pack!!! Or 7/11 $13 for an 18 pack! Or Rite Aid, lots of deals on Mex. cerveza!!!

bajaguy - 3-6-2011 at 09:27 PM

Commercial Mexicana; Soriana; CaliMax, Wal-Mart

Yep

Dave - 3-6-2011 at 09:42 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
Actually, you might very well find your best price in the states....believe it or not.

Check the duty free stores before crossing. Best prices I've found.

Of course, American beer 30 pack cans are way cheap.

torch - 3-6-2011 at 09:48 PM

everytime I cross into baja I get secondary and they always ask me how much beer and booze I have. I guess it is that beer crazed look about me. :lol:

Hook - 3-7-2011 at 04:39 AM

The OXXOs and the Extras over here were selling 10 packs of Tecate or Modelo, respectively, for 64 pesos. Cans, of course. Saw this price in Guaymas during the Carnaval parade. Could have been an event special.

Tough to beat the supermarkets down here. I think they use beer as a loss leader.

woody with a view - 3-7-2011 at 06:36 AM

30 packs of TKT are 17.99 at smart and final. i'm getting 3 today. in baja it's a dollar a can, where we go since it's usually before 9am when we are passing through SQ (best selection) or el rosario (last chance). can't by before 10am!

Santiago - 3-7-2011 at 07:35 AM

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Originally posted by woody with a view
can't by before 10am!

WW: I've been caught by that many times and it still surprises me. At what hour do they STOP selling it? Are any of the big supermarkets 24 hours? OXXO's must be?

Trueheart - 3-7-2011 at 08:42 AM

There's a limit on what alcohol you can bring into Baja?

DENNIS - 3-7-2011 at 08:57 AM

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Originally posted by Trueheart
There's a limit on what alcohol you can bring into Baja?

Yes, similar to bringing it into the states. What you're allowed, by the book, makes it impractical to spend too much time on the economics of it all.

Dave - 3-7-2011 at 11:29 AM

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Originally posted by Trueheart
There's a limit on what alcohol you can bring into Baja?

Not if you hide it good.

woody with a view - 3-7-2011 at 01:15 PM

when they ask me what i'm bringing i just say EVERYTHING!

gnukid - 3-7-2011 at 02:20 PM

I brought 72 bottles of wine this year and went to declare it at Otay Mesa and explained that really it's home made-it was, it could be juice or could be wine, but my family-the same ones that made the wine they are coming to drink it, so really it's not importing wine as much as drinking the house juice with the family. They checked with the top dog and said yep that's fine. No problem. It was enjoyed by many.

Bajahowodd - 3-7-2011 at 02:42 PM

As I travel up and down, I find that I buy beer mostly at the Modelorama and Tecate Six stores. Never really considered price, but seems it was reasonable.

They are very convenient. Quick in and out, and are all along the way.

BTW, noting a prior poster about taking returns, I always buy cans. They fit much better in the cooler.

msteve1014 - 3-7-2011 at 05:47 PM

[Edited on 3-8-2011 by msteve1014]

msteve1014 - 3-7-2011 at 05:49 PM

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Originally posted by woody with a view
30 packs of TKT are 17.99 at smart and final. i'm getting 3 today. in baja it's a dollar a can, where we go since it's usually before 9am when we are passing through SQ (best selection) or el rosario (last chance). can't by before 10am!

Leave later, sleep in, stop for breakfast, take 12 hours to get to camp. You could save $2.00 on beer.

Not me.
leave early, drive fast,do not move over for French bicycles, no stops, pay extra for beer.

woody with a view - 3-7-2011 at 06:50 PM

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Originally posted by msteve1014

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Leave later, sleep in, stop for breakfast, take 12 hours to get to camp. You could save $2.00 on beer.

Not me.
leave early, drive fast,do not move over for French bicycles, no stops, pay extra for beer.

nyme sayin? i do miss getting a box of ballenas tho.... oh well, i guess it's a small price to pay.

tiotomasbcs - 3-7-2011 at 07:45 PM

Ballenonas!! Support the small stores!! Carlos Slim mustnown Modeloramas??! Go local and feel good about supporting the little guy! Cost of beer is high anyway so get a short dog of Mescal! Verdad?! Tio

woody with a view - 3-7-2011 at 07:58 PM

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Cost of beer is high anyway so get a short dog of Mescal!

it's cheap at smart and final! i bring hornitos anejo for the cold evenings. i just miss a ballena during the winter. in the summer i can't drink them fast enough and they get warm....

BajaBlanca - 3-7-2011 at 08:26 PM

we just got back from the mainland today, and yesterday - sunday - when we went to buy some beer in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, to bring home to Baja (they have Indio and Victoria there) we could not buy any at an OXXO market after 4 pm. We were told to go to a DEPOSITO and then they could sell it to us at any time .......

As far as we know, except at elections, beer is always for sale here in la bocana. yesterday caught us by surprise and we could not buy neither Indio nor Victoria to share with our amigos ...

Bajaboy - 3-7-2011 at 08:58 PM

I normally buy my first six pack at Commercial in Vizcaino....the smile and greeting I get from the lady working there is well worth the wait and price. I'm not sure if she always recognizes me but she always remembers my son.

I'm not too worried about finding the best deal but instead buy my cerveza from friendly stores with cold beer.

DavidT - 3-7-2011 at 09:11 PM

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Originally posted by woody with a view
can't by before 10am!

It's not Baja but it's funny.
This line was from the Orlando Sentinel regarding a current law in Eustis FL which restricts alcohol sales before noon on Sundays.

"Eustis began restricting the sale of alcohol on Sundays years ago as an effort to curb churchgoers from stopping by a bar on their way to Sunday services."

Bajajorge - 3-8-2011 at 10:23 AM

Around San Felipe beer prices are pretty much pre set by the distributors. All the stores around town charge the same.

DENNIS - 3-8-2011 at 10:54 AM

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Originally posted by Bajajorge
Around San Felipe beer prices are pretty much pre set by the distributors. All the stores around town charge the same.

That's pretty much everywhere. The larger stores are getting into sales but price-fixing to avoid competition has been the way of things here forever.
Competition terrifys the businessman here.

The beer distributors will open a retail outlet on their premises, but keep the price at the agreed upon level so as to try to seem fair to their competitors....their customers. If they had a heart, they'd leave the market to them.

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