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tacogirl - just wondering, do you miss Timmy's coffee?

Most of the stores in Chet are Mexican based, besides BK and McD's.

Sam's Club opened in Chetumal yesterday.

US products in Mexico based Sam's Clubs run on average 33% higher than in US based Sam's Clubs.

After purchase of course you still have to get your products across the border. More $$$ and many hassles like you can't bring in dog food without a permit. Can't bring in any juice. We have to protect the sugary products sold in Belize under the pretext of "juice".

Lots of beer from other countries available there. Again- forget about trying to bring any into Belize.

All kinds of real cheese. Can't bring that in either.

On second thought- if it weren't for protectionism in Belize a Sam's Club less than an hour away would be awesome. As it stands now it may be just more insult to injury.

990ML of Jose Cuervo Gold at Chetumal Sam's Club-$9.50 US. If you are charged the correct amount of tax at the border the bottle will then cost $21 US Belize tax included. That's right over a 100% increase in price when tax is added. Same bottle on the grocery store shelf here in San Pedro on average $35 US per bottle.

Fill up your car or boat while there too. Gas is $2.46 US a gallon compared to about $5 US a gallon in Belize.

The "variety" of soft drinks/fresh fruit drinks that is available at any supermarket in Belize is pretty dismal.

The only people protectionism in Belize is protecting are the multi-millionaires who produce the product they want to monopolise. The sad thing is, as Tim mentions above, the so-called "fruit drinks" being produced here are nothing more than sugar, artificial flavours and colouring. They really are awful.

This is a sad and accellerating trend...produce a third-rate product with slave wage labour and then bribe someone in the government to ban imports of the quality competition under the guise of "protecting Belizean jobs."

Good orange juice

I agree, there's good fresh squeezed orange juice to be had from actual fresh oranges.

The stuff on the shelves is sugar sweetened, even the "Big H" brand.

Juice and cheese? Almost enough to make you move to Mexico!

Tim and Cris are on their way. Adios!