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Keri
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Walmart's open. Anyone got a report?
I wondered if they had problems like in Mexico city. k
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bajabound2005
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This was posted on our local eboard so I guess it okay to post it here --I am not correcting spelling or grammar.
"HELLO EVERYONE..
Just wanted to let you all know that I was one of those crazy people who tackled getting up early this morning and getting in line for when Walmart
opened at 7am. Unfortunately I was not the number one person in line to cut the ribbon,BUT I was number 2 in line and the first American to go into
Walmart when it opened up. What a thrilll!!!!
When the doors opened I pushed my cart into the store expecting a U>S> Walmart. Well I got a cultural shock. When I first walked in my first
impression was that it looked like a Ley's store. The produce section was displayed to high and in order to see what was being sold on the other
side, you had to walk all the way around to the other side to see. At least in Calimax the produce counters are low enough that you can see what is
being sold on the other side without walking all the way around.
Since stores stock 60% mexican products and 40% american products I was hopeing I could find the things that I usually buy in the states and one of
them being vitamins Nature Valley brand. Well guess what...yup...they DID NOT carry them either.
I did like that fact that they did have people in each department so that if you were looking for something there were people to ask.
I found their prices about the same as a grocery store.
Overall Opinion of the store>>>>>> not to impressed....
Depending what you are looking for maybe you all will have better luck than me."
Another verbal report from someone else who went said it's nothing like in the the US and the prices are high.
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Bruce R Leech
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thanks I will add a report when I get there
Bruce R Leech
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Summanus
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If it smells ANYTHING like the sewer of a 'market' or a WalMart we visited in Chula Vista or San Ysidro we will pass, thank you. The garbage in the
produce aisles was rotting..and most of that was on the floor. Naturally, we cannot comment on any prices.
(Please excuse this post. I must have been mistaken about this being a WalMart.)
We will wait until we reach the fresh veggie gardens of Mulege.
[Edited on 11-21-2006 by Summanus]
Summanus....ancient Roman Nightly Thunder God. He liked refrieds too.
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DENNIS
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WalMart in San Ysidro, with produce? Where is that?
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QuePasaBaja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Summanus
If it smells ANYTHING like the sewer of a WalMart we visited in Chula Vista or San Ysidro we will pass, thank you. The garbage in the produce aisles
was rotting..and most of that was on the floor. Naturally, we cannot comment on any prices.
We will wait until we reach the fresh veggie gardens of Mulege.
[Edited on 11-19-2006 by Summanus] |
You MUST be thinking of some place else. There is NO produce in the walmarts in that area, and as far as I know there is none in Southern Cali.
As for the walmart here in Tijuana and the one in Ensenada. Hate to tell you guys this, but this IS Mexico, and they tend to cater to the Local people
that we call Mexicans. So dont be surprised when they dont sell what you want.
The one in TJ is pretty nice, and very clean so far. Although I would say to stay away on weekends because of how busy they are. They are also in a
really nice plaza, and that when finished will have a lot of nice stores, and even an applebes. ( not sure about the spelling on that ) and I hear
that the one in Ensenada will as well.
Have a Baja Day
QuePasaBaja
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Sharksbaja
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Una parabala
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Cypress
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Walmart? Has just about everything you want at discount prices. Why would anyone have a problem with a bargain?
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Bob and Susan
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walmart is a porduct killer
they are so BIG that they dictate to manufactures what the price shall be...
no one else can beat their price...
i have to admite though....i was there today
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bajalou
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Mega in Mexicali always compares it's prices on groceries to Walmart and shows it's a little cheaper. Not a lot, but a centavo here, a centavo
there---
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
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comitan
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Theres been so much talk about the big box stores hurting the little mom & pop stores, Well I have something to add in La Paz, San Jose &
Cabo there are many Minmart stores going in all over, oxxo, is the biggest they all are very nice and I can see they are getting much business but
nobody complains about them, but they have to be taking business away from the little stores.
[Edited on 11-20-2006 by comitan]
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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bancoduo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by comitan
Theres been so much talk about the big box stores hurting the little mom & pop stores, Well I have something to add in La Paz, San Jose &
Cabo there are many Minmart stores going in all over, oxxo, is the biggest they all are very nice and I can see they are getting much business but
nobody complains about them, but they have to be taking business away from the little stores.
[Edited on 11-20-2006 by comitan] |
Mexican 7/11's only a idiot would shop there.
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bancoduo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
walmart is a porduct killer
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Those bastards! I raise Porduct's and they are very sweet and gentle animals.
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bajalou
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If you look in the little mom and pop's, usually you will find Kirkland and Walmart products. They too find they're better priced than the regular
suppliers.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
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vagabond
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AS far as I know only the wally world super centers carry produce, and the closest one is in Hemet.
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Skeet/Loreto
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Oh! you Poor Babies!!
Nothing but Cpmplaints about the New Wall-Mart!!
Wake up! You are in Mexico, Not the States!
Think about the Number of People who have Jobs and can Feed their Familes, the Economic impact, instead of Complaining about every Little thing that
comes along.
Wake up Children, we need Good People in Baja, not Whineing Crybabies that do not have the Ability to understand Baja and its People.
Learn to think about your Fellow Man/Women Children and your Neighbors!
Anon The Preacher
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Bob and Susan
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skeet...walmart is cheap for sure but....
it has ruined a lot of small mom and pop stores and changed the way of shopping in the USA
http://www.flowgo.com/index.cfm?action=view&id=12055
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Keri
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I shop the border Walmarts
Chula Vista, San Diego and National City and I have never seen produce at any of them. Oh, but I have seen lots of Porducts and I have bought many
of them . Have lots here at the house. Love em,k 
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bajabound2005
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And those Walmarts in the US along the border are patronized mostly by folks crossing the border to buy stuff they can't buy in Mexico!
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bajabound2005
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in a quest for sweet pototoes
Okay, I've just returned from the Ensenada Walmart which I went to against all my own personal values. I went there because I could not find yams or
sweet potatoes at Commercial Mexicana or Costco or Smart and Final. Wait, they DID have sweet potatoes at Commercial but they looked more like dried
out carrots. But right next to those sweet potatoes they had a sign with their price vs. Walmart's price. Walmart's price was twice as high. I
figured if the quality was twice as good (which wouldn't have taken much) I'd pay the higher price. So I checked Smart & Final first (they had
none, but they are the only store with brown sugar). Then went off to Walmart. No sweet potatoes at any price. For the record, this Walmart IS a
Supercenter and they do indeed have produce. Pretty nice looking stuff at that. I bought a bunch of celery (10.40 pesos) and that's it. It looks
like a a slightly larger Commercial Mexicana and nothing like any Walmart in the States.
If you're headed this way for Thankgiving, bring your own sweet potatoes! Oh, I did find some at a little market in Maneadero, much closer to home.
[Edited on 11-21-2006 by bajabound2005]
[Edited on 11-22-2006 by bajabound2005]
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