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Re: French side groceries
[Re: JulieandKarl]
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05/26/2016 09:43 AM
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There have been numerous reports over the past few months of no stock at Simply. Best option on the french side now for a large store is Super U in Marigot (where Match used to be). In Orient Village, Petit Casino is fairly well stocked also..
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Re: French side groceries
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05/27/2016 06:01 PM
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wilsonck said: Super U is mostly product from the EU. There are very few US products there. Thank you <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/dine.gif" alt="" />
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Re: French side groceries
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05/27/2016 07:37 PM
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rmg---Just to be clear, you're talking about Simply with the bare shelves, correct??? Not Super U??
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Re: French side groceries
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We were at Super U, Grand Marche at the roundabout, Carrefour and Maho Market within the past couple of days.
Impressions---Grand Marche at the roundabout unfortunately appears to no longer have any Carrefour products. They do continue have all the US brands, if you're willing to pay for them. They also have decent sales on wine. This week, GM at the roundabout and Carrefour (but apparently NOT the GM Gourmet) has some really good specials, including hamburger for $4.44 a KILO, and FLORIDA seedless watermelons for $4.50. The watermelon was actually very good and the hamburger also made an excellent lunch today.
Super U appears to ONLY have French wines, with just a few wines from other places, the prices for wine, while good, don't seem to be as fantastic as they used to be. Super U was doing $1.05 to the Euro for cash, not exactly sure what they were doing for a credit card, which is what we used. Super U was JAMMED today, as they were closed yesterday for a holiday, and with today being Saturday. A US quarter works to use the carts at Super U (which you get back when you return the carts). The full sized carts are different than US carts, as the wheels go ANY direction, so they are difficult to use to begin with, until you get used to them. We also went to their bakery and got some petit baguettes, chocolate eclairs and a half dozen assorted croissant for around $8 total..
Maho Market, I don't care for, in general. We stopped there last night to try to get some sides to go with some ribs and chicken that we picked up at Captain D's for dinner. We bought some stuff off the buffet, that was OK.
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