Just to follow up on what we actually did for shopping on our arrival Saturday.

Our plane didn't arrive until after 5, picked up our car from Unity and got to Grape Wine in Hope Estate about 6. It turns out that the time was not a problem, since they are open late on Saturday. So I was able to pick up some nice bottles of white wine. (Jan prefers white.) Then on to La Playa hotel.

Since we only needed to pick up some basics, we decided to give Simply a shot on Sunday. ( Thanks to all for proving their hours. )

It was a total disaster. A few aisles were well stocked, but others were totally empty. Finally gave up and headed down to Super U in Marigot.

For the record it is 12 minutes in Sunday traffic.

Super U is a nice modern, well stocked store, but a total zoo on Sunday morning. Prices were very good. Better than Simply's. If you were doing a full shopping it would be a great place to go.

Super Undoes carry more store brands and less American brands than Simply. White wine selection was not great. (Didn't matter to us, since we already were all set.)

The lack of American brands was a pain, since we had based what we brought down on what we thought we could pick up at Simply.

Ended up having to make a few trips over to Orient Village to pick up things we needed or to replace local brand items that didn't work out. Nice selection at Petit Bistro, but prices much higher than in either market.

So in balance, Simply would have been a better choice for us, given our needs. However, it doesn't matter since Simply is so bad right now.

Next trip we'll just pack the things we can't get at Super U.