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4 minutes ago, CHILLIN said:

 Beefsteak tomatoes and sweet corn are a good example.

Sweet corn is grown in Querétaro and available in season, fresh on the cob, in many Mexican supermarkets and tianguis.  There are several brands, including Mr. Lucky.

Did not know Superama had stores. Thought they were just online. Wonder if I could find the Superama store in Guad and have them order my flour and I pick it up a their Guad store. Right now, my only option is, to have someone bring it down from Texas.

A trip to Guad would be much easer.

Superama is a grocery store; it's the high end store in the Walmart stable. Lowest-end is Bodega Aurrera, middle is Walmart, high end is Superama.

The easiest Superama to find in Guadalajara is on Av. Aztecas, just a few blocks north of Av. México. When you pass Plaza México as you are driving east, it's the first traffic light. Turn left and continue past the traffic circle. Superama will be on your right at the corner.

I tried to order from Superama.com.

I ask the help of a Spanish friend and we located the Flour we wanted, but the site want me to set up an account before we ordered.

We got error messages trying to set up an account. One message said that the Zip code of Ajijic was not recognized .

It looks like most of their business is in Mexico City.

Do you know if they will deliver to the Walmart store or my home in Ajijic?

Thanks

Sorry...Superama will not deliver to a place where they do not have a store. There are many Superama stores in Guadalajara, Morelia, etc, but none in Ajijic.

Go to the Walmart website (http://www.walmart.com.mx) and try to register. The website will let you know if the Ajijic Walmart delivers.

How does the ordering on-line work with Superama?

Go to Superama's website. Register and choose the store you want to be 'your' store. Order what you need using Superama's drop-down department menus. You can pay by debit card or credit card (online) or with cash paid to the delivery man. For a small fee, they'll bring your order to your house. Because the fee is the same whether you order one item or a lot, I usually wait to order until I am nearly out of a bunch of staples. Superama's ground sirloin is excellent, by the way.

Walmart will also deliver to your home. The process is the same: register, choose your store, and order what you need. Same choices for payment, but Walmart offers your first delivery free, and subsequent deliveries free if you purchase more than 1000 pesos at one time. Same excellent ground sirloin.

Fair warning: items are sometimes in odd departments, but both stores have excellent search services. Both stores send you an email to confirm your order. Both stores call you to let you know if they are out of an item you want; you can change your order at the time they call, if need be.

I tried ordering produce (apples, tomatoes, etc) from both stores and no longer do that. If you're not picky about what you get, you might be satisfied with what they send you. I'm picky, so I like to choose personally at a tianguis or market near me.

Have fun! It's a wonderful service.

WELL! Today I was placing an order online with Superama. My wife the bread maker asked for a couple of bags of Tres Estrellas flour. I discovered that in the online flour 'aisle', Superama offers Le 5 Stagioni 00 pizza flour. I googled around and discovered that its protein percent is 11.5 or higher. Wife wants to try it, so I ordered a kilo.

Mexman, you might want to check it out. http://www.superama.com.mx Click on the DESPENSA tab, then the HARINAS category is on the bottom line, third from the right. Click on 'De Trigo'. Then on the left you'll see brand names; just look for Le 5 Stagioni and put a check mark in the box.

I can see that now Lori. This company is very large, and offer seven types of flour. One of them specifically for pizza.

http://www.munsa.com.mx/producto.php?prid=6

The flatbread dough is rising now - let me know if you want one to sample. Are you gluten free? - I might cheat a little bit and roll out the dough with a bit of wheat flour, or I could give you some raw dough and brown rice to grind into flour.

If you look at the Munsa website, you'll see that the pizza 'flour' contains: harina de trigo, aceite vegetal, manteca vegetal, azúcar, sal yodatada y acondicionadores de masa. It's flour pre-prepared for pizza with a lot of extraneous ingredients, and is not the hard-wheat flour that the OP is seeking.

PREMARIN-Crema - Galenox

http://galenox.com/farmacos/productos/18395.php

"PREMARIN* Crema vaginal está indicada en el tratamiento de atrofia vulvar vaginal craurosis vulvar. FARMACOCINETICA ..... Su venta requiere receta médica.

‎DENOMINACION GENERICA - ‎FORMA FARMACEUTICA Y FORMULACION"

"Su venta requiere receta médica." = It´s sale requires a prescription.

Same name down here. Costs about $700.00 pesos.

Most drugs in Mexico have the caveat that their sale requires a prescription. However, as far as I know the only drugs that actually DO require a prescription are antibiotics and controlled substances, including many psychotropic medicines.

What Travis Said.

No, it is not correct. The area code (LADA) for Guadalajara is 33. It is NOT 331. You need to separate the LADA from the telephone number. 33-1000-0000. I know it still 'seems' the same, but it is NOT the same. For example, if your dog gets out of your car and disappears in Guadalajara, a person in Guadalajara will not generally understand if the first numbers are 331. It's a TWO digit area code and an EIGHT digit phone number. The Guadalajaran will only need to call eight digits, without the LADA.

"Mexico City (55), Guadalajara (33), and Monterrey (81) are the only three cities in Mexico which have two-digit area codes and eight-digit telephone numbers."

2 + 8 = 10 digits

3 + 7 + 10 digits

??

Two digit AREA CODES plus eight digit telephone numbers. My landline phone number in Mexico City, for example, is 55-5XXX-XXXX. Sr. Fulano's landline phone number in Ajijic is 376-766-XXXX. Sra. Fulana's landline phone number in Guadalajara is 33-3XXX-XXXX. Of course they all add up to 10 digits, but the configuration is different.

I don't understand your point.

For cell phones we're part of the greater Guadalajara area code which is 33. There are no options. All phone numbers in Mexico have 10 digits. Large cities have a 2 digit area code, smaller towns have 3 digits.

Mexico City (55), Guadalajara (33), and Monterrey (81) are the only three cities in Mexico which have two-digit area codes and eight-digit telephone numbers.

Here's a list of 100 Mexican cities and their clave LADA (area code): http://www.claveladade.info/

Umm..... holy crap!

No kidding.

22 pesos

Suertudos! We pay 34 pesos per 20-liter garafón in the DF, plus tip.

Joco, I fear that this time you are mistaken. If the raw milk you consume comes from a cow with brucellosis, chances are pretty good you will get the disease. A friend in Ajijic contracted brucellosis from raw milk and was sick for months.

15 or 16 pesos for a 19-liter garafón? That's what I was paying in Ajijic in 1999! In Mexico City, we pay 40 pesos.