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Market Name in Maho

Posted By: RoryS

Market Name in Maho - 05/05/2015 07:02 PM

What is the name of the market at the circle in Maho?
Posted By: davecyndi

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/05/2015 07:06 PM

I believe it's Food Express.
Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/05/2015 07:10 PM

<img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" /> You know, I thought this was a question on Jeopardy. You know the 'Stupid Answers' category???? I swear I thought the name of the place was "Maho Market". <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: davecyndi

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/05/2015 07:23 PM

I think that people just started to call it Maho Market because that's where is and the name just sort of stuck <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/05/2015 07:33 PM

OK! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Smile.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: EdB

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/05/2015 08:16 PM

LOL...we have stayed across the street, and use this market since the day it opened!! Honestly, i couldn't even tell you it's ''official" name. I am not even sure there is even a sign out for it!!!!!! LOL
Posted By: BeachKitten

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/05/2015 08:29 PM

It's NOT Maho Market?!

I've just spent 1/2 an hour trying to upload a pic that shows otherwise.
Photobucket and TTOL are not playing nice. frown
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Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/05/2015 09:30 PM

Photobucket is a real problem right now. So the name IS Maho Market?
Posted By: BeachKitten

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/05/2015 09:39 PM

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Carol_Hill said:
Photobucket is a real problem right now. So the name IS Maho Market?


Check your mail.... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Wink.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: bonsie

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/05/2015 11:06 PM

What's the difference what it is called as long as you know it is there. I will be on in Maho shortly and I will be going into the MAHO MARKET. LOL
Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/05/2015 11:25 PM

Because Rory's question was "what is the name?"

I can't figure out how to post it myself either, as apparnetly it is a photobucket image, but BeachKitten's picture definitely shows a sign that says "Maho Market"..
Posted By: bonsie

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/05/2015 11:30 PM

LOL...I love it. Way to go.
Posted By: RoryS

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/05/2015 11:57 PM

I wanted to call there to see if they carry distilled water. We won't have a car and since we're staying at Maho we don't have a big enough order for Jeannie.
Posted By: bonsie

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 12:03 AM

I can help you with that question. I have Sleep Apnea and I have found distilled water for my CPAP machine at Maho market. Stayed across the street at the LaPlage.
Posted By: RoryS

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 01:36 AM

Thanks so much Bonsie that's exactly what we need it for!!
Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 02:13 AM

Hey Rory, glad you got the answer, but why didn't you just ask the question you really wanted to know the answer to?
Posted By: SXMScubaman

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 02:19 AM

I though they did. Plain and simple they wanted to know the name.
Posted By: RoryS

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 02:59 AM

I was going to call to find out if they carried it. Distilled water is not typically a common product so I thought it would be easier to call.
Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 03:06 AM

OK, well, I don't know that it isn't a common product, as within a very short time, someone posted the exact answer to your question. There are many people who use CPAP machines these days. Regardless, glad you got your answer..
Posted By: davecyndi

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 10:27 AM

I stand corrected.
It is Maho Market according to the Maho Village website. See below. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />
The name must have changed. I have some credit card receipts from 2007 and 2008 that are Maho Food Express.

http://mahovillage.com/

Regards,

Dave
Posted By: JohnandBev

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 02:09 PM

Pretty sure when the store opened [2007?]it was called Food Express, in 2009 it closed temporarily and then reopened later in 2009??. That is when it bcame Maho Market
J&B
Posted By: BeachKitten

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 02:17 PM

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RoryS said:
I wanted to call there to see if they carry distilled water. We won't have a car and since we're staying at Maho we don't have a big enough order for Jeannie.


There is also a pharmacy at the end of the Maho plaza, just before the Mullet entrance. They should carry the distilled water...?
It's where the Brigitte's (?) boutique used to be....anyone remember that?
Posted By: wild_bill069

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 04:21 PM

Was part of a chain called Lido Food Express at one time there were 3 or 4 others on the island.
Should be renamed !!!Expensive!!!
Posted By: EdB

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 05:34 PM

We found them on par price wise with Grand Marche. In some instances they were cheaper!
Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 06:02 PM

In general I prefer to go to Grand Marche, but have often stopped there at Maho Market <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" />, going back and forth to Beachside, and have found their wine in particular to not be a very good price.
Posted By: BeachKitten

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 06:27 PM

Carol,
Since the remodel at Maho Market, with the wines up front, we often find buy-2-get-1-free! Especially on the Casillero del Diablo which isn't a bad white to keep around. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/dine.gif" alt="" />

Wild Bill..you pay for convenience, just as in the US. I like the little place when we need eggs or creamer, or more cheese!
Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 06:30 PM

Yes, but Grand Marche has a lot more of buy 2, get 1, and cheaper. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Smile.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: BeachKitten

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 06:56 PM

True, true.....sometimes a wino can't be picky <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />
"we need a white with dinner...QUICK, go to the store!"

Now,..the Côtes de Provence aisles at Simply make me VERY happy! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" /> With the lower Euro, I see stocking up on many items there on the way home from Orient.
Posted By: EdB

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 08:35 PM

Dont know bout the wine...since we barely drink, but the regular food prices, coke products, water, and groceries are right on par. And, as long as the prices are in line, it makes it easier for us to maybe pay a few cents more for an item. Call it a convenience charge. We have bought a few bottles of rum in the past, and the prices were comparable than anywhere else.
Posted By: BGH

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 08:59 PM

Agree ...we shopped at the Porto cupecoy grocery store for everything ... simply because it made no sense to drive to a Grand Marche and waste beach or pool time ..just to save a few bucks .
Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 09:41 PM

Sorry, what do you mean "the Porto Cupecoy grocery store"??? The only grocery store I know of at Porto Cupecoy IS a Grand Marche!! The prices there are the same as the big Grand Marches, supposedly, although I haven't compared them myself.
Posted By: DavidinChelseaMA

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/06/2015 10:36 PM

We have a timeshare at Royal Islander LaPlage. When I figured out that the Maho Market right across the street had hot breakfast items to put together an
a la carte breakfast at a super reasonable price, I was very thrilled. Way cheaper and more convenient than going to breakfast at Tortuga's or the other place at the Sonesta. I usually go to the gym at the Sonesta very early and then head right over to the market to get that breakfast. I grab pancakes or french toast and pile on the bacon !!!
Excellent !!!
Posted By: BGH

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/07/2015 01:08 AM

..it was my understanding right or wrong that the Porto Cupecoy Marche carried products with higher prices . I did not compare prices , just comments made by other shoppers.
Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/07/2015 01:19 AM

Supposedly the Gourmet Marche stores have exactly the same prices as the other stores for the exact SAME items, according to people on island. Obviously, they do carry a larger percentage of more deluxe items.
Posted By: spiker

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/07/2015 02:30 PM

BTW. If you're into whisky the Maho Market has the best prices I ever seen for Crown Royal. It was $17 for a 1 litre and I brought home 2 bottles of Crown Royal Reserve at $28 ea. Also the pharmacy has great prices for sunscreen and Imodium!
Posted By: jeannie239

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/07/2015 06:05 PM

Hi Guys,

I just checked yesterday they do carry distilled water there

Thanks
Jeannie
Posted By: RoryS

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/07/2015 06:18 PM

Thanks, Jeannie - I tried to call but no one answered. See you on Tuesday at 7 pm!!
Posted By: BeachKitten

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/09/2015 02:15 AM

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Carol_Hill said:
Because Rory's question was "what is the name?"

I can't figure out how to post it myself either, as apparnetly it is a photobucket image, but BeachKitten's picture definitely shows a sign that says "Maho Market"..


Testing whether Photobucket is fixed...

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Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/09/2015 02:41 AM

I see, said the blind man! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: BeachKitten

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/09/2015 02:51 AM

Yay! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" />
Glad it's fixed, and thank you for all of the work y'all put in to do so.

Now trip reports can have beautiful pictures. Time for Pat to learn...lol
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Posted By: RoryS

Re: Market Name in Maho - 05/18/2015 10:57 PM

Well, I started this post prior to leaving for SXM. We needed distilled water and as everyone told me - they have it there. We arrive on Saturday - go to buy distilled water and lo and behold - they don't have any!! They told us - "we had a whole bunch of them - right there!" Must be an incredibly popular item. We were going to check the pharmacy next, but it was looking like we were going to have to take a bus to Simpson Bay to get it. We bought some regular water for drinking (hubby only drinks Evian) and as we were walking out of the store; the cashier came running out and told me they found one behind the counter!! YAY!! on with the vacation! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" />
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