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Re: Shipping food
[Re: hotdogman]
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10/24/2016 08:38 PM
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HillsideView
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I may be mistaken, but I seem to recall Supa Valu in RoadTown had Omaha Steaks in their freezer.
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Re: Shipping food
[Re: HillsideView]
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10/24/2016 10:40 PM
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GlennA
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Yes. SupaValu did have some fine meat in September but at a fine price. In the $20/pound range. Probably not a whole lot higher than Omaha stakes delivered to home but out of my budget.
The only even slightly economically feasable is to have them sent Priority Mail to you General Delivery St. Thomas but you would have to plan on a couple of hours between landing at STT and the ferry to get to the main post office east of town to pick it up.
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Re: Shipping food
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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10/25/2016 12:21 PM
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RickinAtlanta
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GeorgeC1 said: I don't think that is correct. You are required to pay duty it's just hit or miss on if they feel like collecting that day. If you do have a reference I would love to see it! G My bad as what I referred to is the amount of beef/chicken, etc. you can bring in for personal consumption without having to file an application. Still have never been charged in the previous four times. Lucky! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Shipping food
[Re: Breeze]
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10/25/2016 02:59 PM
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We have always brought our own meats. Only once came close to having to pay tariff on the food, but then I invited the C&I officer to join us for a cookout. He laughed and waved us through.
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Re: Shipping food
[Re: Will_L]
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10/25/2016 04:52 PM
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Will_L said: Yes, the only way to take food is as a carry on or checked bag. As an aside Omaha Steaks sells no prime beef like Allen Bros or others that is truly high quality. You likely can find better with CAB at most major grocery or Costco or SAMS. As others have said Riteway usually has good beef on Tortola. We spend a lot of time on Virgin Gorda and if you have a crew that needs that much Buck's Market nearly always have cryopacs of whole. choice beef tenderloin and Prime Rib in the case across from frozen food. indeed I've seen the chef at Little Dix at the checkout with them and purchased them when we had a large crew visiting. +1 Well Said!
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Re: Shipping food
[Re: Breeze]
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10/25/2016 09:36 PM
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RickinAtlanta
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Breeze said: It is hit or miss. If it is your turn to get hit, that's just the way it goes and you will only dig a deeper hole for yourself if you argue.
Declare if you have stuff to declare. Declare SOMETHING.... 50 bucks, 100 bucks. Smile and produce the 5 or 10 bucks. It is a battle you will never win, it is better to walk away with everyone smiling. Did someone hear me say I argued?? Just said I've never been charged a fee but would readily pay. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Groovin.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Shipping food
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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11/07/2016 11:20 AM
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We have chartered BVI numerous times and generally shop locally for most of our provisions at Bobbys or RiteWay. On occasion, we will pack one small box with items that we know we will not find on the island. We know we can finds limes locally, but we use a ton of them during the week for monitors, margaritas, cosmos and that can get really expensive with local prices. Any informed input as to whether there are any import restrictions on bring fruit (limes) into the country?
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Re: Shipping food
[Re: CestLaVie]
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11/13/2016 02:51 PM
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For what it is worth I agree with the majority views that good meats can be easily sourced in both the US and BVI's. The first two seasons we packed our freezer full of meats when we sailed her down for the season. Can't get any easier than filling up the freezer in the US and then sail it down. No costs with C&I no hassles of coolers. However, this year we packed what needed for the passage but not much of anything more.
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