Mom and dad stores cheaper than big supermarkets. La tienda de la esquina

I do like to buy in the small stores, the one in the corner or Plazas de Mercado, as well in family restaurants. Althought once I drove a long way to El Exito de la 170.

For a chart prices comparison click on the link

http://www.eltiempo.com/economia/2008-04-24/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR...

Amigos de Colombia

Abril 24 de 2008

Productos básicos de la canasta familiar son más baratos en las tiendas de barrio

Foto: Archivo
Las tiendas de barrio ofrecen poca variedad y bajos precios, exactamente lo contrario de lo que se encuentra en los hipermercados.Un estudio de la Superintendencia del Subsidio Familiar encontró que los precios de alimentos, jabones, medicamentos comunes y elementos de aseo son más económicos.

De acuerdo con la investigación, a las tiendas les siguen en economía los supermercados de las cajas de compensación Colsubsidioy Cafam y en Carrefour.

By webmanco on Apr 24, 2008, 09:38 in Friendly Talkzone.

adrimm says on Apr 24, 2008, 10:48:

That's great. I hope Colombia never starts to subsidize factory farms, so that the local mom & pop places can stay competitive with the mass-scale supermercados.

mranderson says on Apr 24, 2008, 10:55:

sometimes exito is a little cheaper than my nieghborhood tienda. Also depends on the store. Some owners raise prices.

2-liter diet coke is 3500 pesos at my nieghborhood store. Sometimes I see it at exio for 2800.

webmanco says on Apr 24, 2008, 10:57:

Regardless of the place you buy, what is the word that sells more?

DISCOUNT.

But, I'm going to start making some assumptions here.... Which means I might actually end up making an ass out of myself ..........Thu 04 17, 2008 11:34 am

Tinto (Moderator) says on Apr 24, 2008, 11:00:

How are Colsubsidio and CAFAM different? I've never understood CAFAM. Is it a cooperative? Does it receive government money?

webmanco says on Apr 24, 2008, 11:00:

Different, Cajas de compensacion Familiar

But, I'm going to start making some assumptions here.... Which means I might actually end up making an ass out of myself ..........Thu 04 17, 2008 11:34 am

Pappassito says on Apr 24, 2008, 12:42:

I remember hearing that Wal Mart was supposed to hit Medellin in a big way last year,& then never heard anything about it again.... I remember people who worked for Exito telling me that they were getting ready for this... Did this indeed happen?

Mononoke28 says on Apr 24, 2008, 14:05:

This story is so true. My sister in law is doing the accounting for this small grocery store everybody goes to in Tuluá because it's less expensive and she told us their monthly total is $3.500 million pesos. I said "oh that's nice, about... $200kUSD" My husband stared at me in shock and said "nooooooo... that's $2mil USD" Say whaaaah?

Yeah, I'm not good at math.

Diana

Chriscan says on Apr 26, 2008, 18:03:

There is always a cheaper place than exito to get your stuff. The convieience of everything in one place is the attraction. It's quite a contrast to north america where wal mart is almost aways the cheapest. Used to shop there - never again. I have to do somehting to try to change the corporate control in the world but I'll never get involved in politics down here. I wouldn't live long.

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