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PostPosted: Thu May 08, 2008 8:11 am    Post subject: food to bring
 
Staying in a condo... Any suggestions of food items to bring with us due to cost and/or avaiabilty? Also, closest grocery location from the airport. We are staying on the East End.. Thanks




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PostPosted: Thu May 08, 2008 8:26 am    Post subject:
 
You will pass 3 very large grocery stores on your way to East End. 1. The Fosters immediately adjacent to the runway. 2. The Hurley's in Grand Harbour. 3. The newer Fosters in Savannah.

All three offer a wide selection. It's up to you if you want to bring food in, but the only deciding factor should be cost, not availability.


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PostPosted: Thu May 08, 2008 8:27 am    Post subject:
 
We normally just pack drinlk mix, pasta,etc. Easy stuff. You can get what you need there. It is interesting though, we went to Fosters last year an in the process of looking around saw some watermellons that looked pretty good. 24 bucks CI! Needless to say, we did not buy one. In contrast, several years ago during the "Mad Cow" scare, we loaded up on steaks. Maybe 1.50/lb CI. Now that cows are no longer crazy, prices have probably gone up




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PostPosted: Thu May 08, 2008 9:48 am    Post subject:
 
there is also a small express Fosters across from the Reef/Morritts-- so that' shouldn't be far from where you're staying. We stay near Rum Point and use that for things that we need to pick up during the week. There is not that much meat or produce there--but they do have a few items.



You can get just about everything at the big grocery stores--sometimes I bring spices so that I don't have to buy them--security did carefully scrutinize them this year--I probably shouldn't have brought them on my carry on---who knows what they thought those little leafy things were.



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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:57 pm    Post subject:
 
The big stores do have everything. We bring lots of little packets of ketchup, mustard, mayo, & pickle relish. And we also pack the sides of pasta and mashed potatoes. A box of cereal, that was packed in the outside of the suitcase, and was crushed, and the Special K's are not pretty small, but still taste the same. We also brought a little package of little packets of salad dressing. Oh, and we bring mixed nuts, jerky, Jif to go peanut butter. We didn't bring any pasta this time, forgot it. Went to the grocery store yesterday, spent $75 US, and got a lot of stuff. Water, 3 2L of pop, apples, lettuce, chicken, milk, lunch meat, cheese, sausage, and some other stuff. Didn't seem to bad.




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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 9:13 pm    Post subject:
 
Pandl,

Harv and I will be on the island this Sunday. If you get back up to North Side, stop in and see us!

Sue


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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 9:25 pm    Post subject:
 
We will do that. I've been thinking about you guys. And, we will be going up that way. Do we just stand in the parking lot and yell NORTHSIDE SUE????????????




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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2008 8:29 am    Post subject: Food to bring
 
We too are staying at the East End. From what research I've been able to do I found that there are two main grocery chains. One is Foster's and one is Hurley's. From what I've read Hurley's is the one that has more choice and more selection (Boar's head meats!). We'll be bringing very few staple items except for tea bags and sweetner.




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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2008 8:40 am    Post subject:
 
Fosters is also a huge store with many selections--we've always been happy with what we got there. The Fosters in Savannah is past Hurleys on your way to East End. (Fresh fish, fresh meat, produce, baked goods etc) There is also a fosters near the Airport, but it's very crowded in that area. We liked the Savannah store--not too busy.



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