DOWNTOWN VS UPTOWN - Stretching your shopping dollar
THE DEBATE rages on - which is cheaper? Shopping downtown or uptown? Where do shoppers get value for their dollar? Is it downtown Kingston with its vast number of wholesales and small shops that have the cheaper price tags for grocery items?
Shopping downtown is economical
PUSHING A trolley along the ceramic tiled aisles of an uptown supermarket while munching on samples here and there is like being in a world where you can make anything happen. But then you are brought back to reality when the cashier tells you...
We prefer to shop uptown
STANDING AT a crowded window and shouting for your groceries may not appeal to you. Though the prices might be better downtown, some persons cannot be bothered with the hassle or the possibility of having to dodge gunshots.
Big difference with downtown prices
ANOTHER DOWNTOWN grocery shopper is Dave Simpson.For the past few months of shopping downtown his grocery bill has been slashed by nearly half. Mr. Simpson used to shop at supermarkets in the Cross Roads and Half-Way Tree areas and normally spent...
A little more than history
WHEN THE Spanish arrived they brought cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, horses and poultry. Today Jamaica has bred its own Jamaica Red cattle - an excellent breed created from a mix of English Red Poll and a touch of Zebu - the latter...
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