Lulugirl Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Because those are the people who own the tiendas and buy the vegetables on Tuesday morning for their stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 That's very funny. Especially since the tienditas' vegetable prices are often cheaper than WalMart's. But maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lulugirl Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 I was told they get a discount. True or not, I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bennie2 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 the veg sellers know how to turn a profit. if they buy in bulk (many kilos) its worth it. superlake used to do that as well. generally they have the farms deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostlylost Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 90% of produce sold lakside comes from abastos in GDL. In the AM the highway from GDL is busy with pickups overloaded heading to lakeside. Small shops can't afford a truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 WalMart doesn't give bulk prices to shoppers. They pay what you and I pay, regardless of how much they buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lulugirl Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 So I guess they go on Tuesdays to socialize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 No, they go because they have at one time believed, and obviously still do, that the prices were "very special" on Tuesday. Granted, every so often there even is a good price. But last time I checked two days in a row, onions were 7.5 a kilo, and that Tuesday they were almost 15 a kilo. Heck, they might go to socialize, too... I'll ask a few of them next time I have to go on a Tuesday. I'm telling you what I know, not what I was told, and not what I'm "guessing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lulugirl Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 Calm down. It's not that big a deal to me but obviously it is to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 Well that's very funny, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joco Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 Most of the Mexicans who shop at Walmart are not the poor Mexicans who always shop at their local tiendas. Not all Mexicans are the same just like not all of us are the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dichosalocura Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 I hate to ruin everybody's excitement of the possibility of them building a new Sam's Club in the location of the Flora Exotica Nursery, I am not so sure that this is going to happen. I ran into one of the girls that work in the office at Flora Exotica in the Chapala plaza last night and I asked her about this rumor. She told me that Flora Exotica was not planning on closing or selling the property, that they were doing ok business wise and were planning for a good season this year by stocking up on lots of new plants and trees. She had no idea where this rumor came from and she said that many gringos recently have been coming in and asking about it. She told me something interesting, that the man who owns the nursery also owns the Centro Laguna shopping center and as far as she knew, he has no interest in building anything new on the property where the nursery is located. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappysmarket Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 I just question the notion that someone well off enough to own those 2 properties would discuss his intentions with the office workers. Maybe so and maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Similar rumors pop up every few years. Next topic?........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Actually it is not going to be a Sam's Club. It's going to be a new Costco. I couldn't make the announcement until today. Why? Because I hadn't made up the latest false rumor until this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xena Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 This thread started off asking a question about a rumor. Now, it has morphed into a fact we need to disprove. Never mind that not one fact or scintilla of proof has been presented. "People have been saying" became "a lot of people are saying" became "Hurray, Sam's Club is coming!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 With the good news that this was a rumor, we will close. It is great to know that lovely green corner at the intersection will remain at least for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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