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Post by livinginmedellin on Apr 4, 2016 7:05:45 GMT -5
Tiendas D1, the little giant of Colombian supermarkets achieved nearly doubling its sales last year due to the opening of more stores in neighborhoods of Colombian cities and its low price strategy. Revenue at the company in 2015 increased 96.6% compared to 2014. The company added 100 stores in Colombia last year, growing from 319 to 419 stores. D1's strategy is opening very small grocery stores in local neighborhoods with good prices. They essentially are a no frills store and you bag your own groceries and bags cost money so bring your own. I started shopping at a D1 for some staples last year and their prices are typically much lower than at Exito. They also have some decent wine at good prices. Nielsen asserts that the low-cost channel, which includes brands such as D1, PriceSmart, Surtimax and Super Inter, almost doubled its presence in Colombian households, especially driven by D1. See (in Spanish): www.eltiempo.com/economia/empresas/tiendas-d1-factura-mas-de-1-billon/16553965
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Post by barrumundi on Apr 4, 2016 8:27:13 GMT -5
"They also have some decent wine at good prices."
They had a nice Chilean red wine called 'Quinta Las Cabras' and it was less than 11 mil........it's all gone now (I drank most of it) and it has been replaced with 'Frontera' Cabernet Sauvignon. Also a nice drop but a bit more expensive at 17 mil.
When they ran out of Quinta Las Cabras I started scratching around the the back of the bottom shelves in my local supermarkets and tiendas and found some obscure brand Chilean wines that are under 20 mil.
I found a bottle of 'Aromo' Carmenere 2010 vintage that was covered in dust in the corner of the lowest shelf at a small supermarket. It was delicious. The locals must laugh to see a gringo on all fours scrounging through the merchandise.
Also found some 'Tocornal' Cab Sav from Valle Central Chile for 17 mil.
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Post by scumbuster on Apr 4, 2016 8:38:47 GMT -5
I would compare them to Aldis is the US.
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Post by colombiana on Apr 4, 2016 9:53:56 GMT -5
There is a D1 close to where I live and I shop there all the time. It has much better prices than Exito but not a big selection since it is so much smaller.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2016 10:01:36 GMT -5
We use D1 to buy our paper towels, plastic bags, napkins and floor cleaner. They also sell an excellent 5% German beer, "Luebzer" for 1700 (up from a year ago). My wife also buys the Chilean wine which is very good.
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Post by gallito on Apr 4, 2016 10:09:02 GMT -5
D1 has some good deals;obscure brands,some unique to them.Belgian beer for 1550 ps although the same beer was 1750 in other stores. Yes,the cleaning supplies are a good deal according to the ladies in our family.
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Post by barrumundi on Apr 4, 2016 11:45:14 GMT -5
My wife buys some sort of special cleaning liquid from D1 ........and then she takes it home and pours it down the toilet.
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Post by dandl93 on Apr 4, 2016 12:45:08 GMT -5
My wife buys some sort of special cleaning liquid from D1 ........and then she takes it home and pours it down the toilet. How much Beer have you bought over the years and Put down the toilet? jajajajajaja
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Post by sassafras on Apr 4, 2016 14:22:36 GMT -5
There are two D1´s in walking distance of my house and i shop at both, seems like they are out of some things at one but not the other, I´ve also noticed that one seems to be more modern and better stocked so probably has a better manager. The paper goods are good prices, and I like their oatmeal and the granola. They also have refried beans in cans, I only buy them occasionally to round out the meal when I cook fajitas de pollo con verduras. There is also a good size ARA in my barrio, with better prices on beer and brandy than elsewhere. I buy quite a few things there, too. I also have Olympica, La Economia and Super Inter within walking distance. I was just over at Exito in Pereira this morning and as usual was appalled at their prices. Almost always higher, sometimes double, what the local stores cost. Only thing I buy at Exito is fresh basil and Portobello mushrooms and they usually have OMA Espresso, Sello Rojo Espresso and Cafe Mariscal Dark Export coffee beans that are usually pretty fresh. Same at La Catorce.
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Post by gallito on Apr 4, 2016 15:10:11 GMT -5
sassafras,re.buying cafe;you should poke around at the farm gate,local roasters...are branding their own offerings,in most cases fresher and cheaper than supermarkets.This also puts the money back in the hands that need it (farmers) btw green coffee can be stored for a year.
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Post by sassafras on Apr 4, 2016 16:06:42 GMT -5
sassafras ,re.buying cafe;you should poke around at the farm gate,local roasters...are branding their own offerings,in most cases fresher and cheaper than supermarkets.This also puts the money back in the hands that need it (farmers) btw green coffee can be stored for a year. I´m working my way through the local roasters....both OMA and Cafe Mariscol are local to Risaralda..... I´ve tried 8 roasters total in Risaralda so far, and I think my best so far is to blend Oma espresso, Sello Rojo espresso and Cafe Mariscal dark export. That gives me a blend that lights me up Maybe I´ll buy a small roaster and then buy local beans green, but not the ordinary variety everyone is growing. They grow it because it is rust resistant and produces a good crop. It is called Castillo and i think the beans are low in flavor. I´ll start searching out some of the fincas that are growing varieties with more flavor.
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Post by gallito on Apr 4, 2016 16:35:23 GMT -5
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Post by livinginmedellin on Apr 4, 2016 18:01:33 GMT -5
"They also have some decent wine at good prices." They had a nice Chilean red wine called 'Quinta Las Cabras' and it was less than 11 mil........it's all gone now (I drank most of it) and it has been replaced with 'Frontera' Cabernet Sauvignon. Also a nice drop but a bit more expensive at 17 mil. When they ran out of Quinta Las Cabras I started scratching around the the back of the bottom shelves in my local supermarkets and tiendas and found some obscure brand Chilean wines that are under 20 mil. I found a bottle of 'Aromo' Carmenere 2010 vintage that was covered in dust in the corner of the lowest shelf at a small supermarket. It was delicious. The locals must laugh to see a gringo on all fours scrounging through the merchandise. Also found some 'Tocornal' Cab Sav from Valle Central Chile for 17 mil. I also was buying the Chilean red wine called 'Quinta Las Cabras' at D1 and it was pretty good, especially considering the price. Too bad D1 no longer has it.
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Post by gallito on Apr 4, 2016 18:33:09 GMT -5
Assumedly some of D1 products are discontinued,near expiry date or buy in bulk...hence the cheaper price,stock no longer available.
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Post by gallito on Apr 14, 2016 17:00:01 GMT -5
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Post by livinginmedellin on Apr 14, 2016 17:58:49 GMT -5
Thanks! Very interesting, demonstrates how much you can really save at D1. Also shows how expensive Carulla really is. Good there isn't a Carulla near where I live. I'll have to show that to my Colombia wife, I can't get her to go to D1 - I'm the one that shops at D1. She prefers to shop at Exito.
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Post by jafo19d on Apr 28, 2016 6:12:34 GMT -5
I have a female friend who met a guy on Tinder who said he worked at a grocery store. The guy was nice and everything but she was not interested in dating him. She's not looking for a sugar daddy but she has a nice job and you know how Colombians are about social class.
Eventually the guy asked her out and out of guilt said yes. She doesn't drink and party much but the day before she sure as hell did and was really hungover. The day of their date she was feeling like crap because of the hangover, dressed awful because she didn't have time to change after running errands and was late.
Turns out the guy didn't work at a grocery store, he was one of the D1 owners. After the date she apologized to the guy and said "you're probably not hooping to ask me out again right?". The guy said probably not.
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Post by elexpatriado on Apr 28, 2016 10:03:41 GMT -5
Hmm.none in Manizales I know of..which doesnt bother me..because Exito is crap for selection.. most of the time I like to buy healthy stuff..hard to find in Colombia..salmon, skinless chicken, granola, sugar free yougurt, kiwis, blue berries, red tomatos, peppers lots of green vegetables..lots of imported vegertables..
Someties hard to find in exito and Carulla is very expensive.
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Post by elexpatriado on Apr 28, 2016 10:06:52 GMT -5
Hmm.none in Manizales close to where i live (at least thatI know of..I am sure there are around)..which doesnt bother me..because Exito is crap for selection.. most of the time I like to buy healthy stuff..hard to find in Colombia..salmon, skinless chicken, granola, sugar free yougurt, kiwis, blue berries, red tomatos, peppers lots of green vegetables..lots of imported vegertables.. Someties hard to find in exito and Carulla is very expensive.
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Post by jafo19d on Apr 28, 2016 10:14:44 GMT -5
Hmm.none in Manizales I know of..which doesnt bother me..because Exito is crap for selection.. most of the time I like to buy healthy stuff..hard to find in Colombia..salmon, skinless chicken, granola, sugar free yougurt, kiwis, blue berries, red tomatos, peppers lots of green vegetables..lots of imported vegertables.. Someties hard to find in exito and Carulla is very expensive. Agree that Carulla is expensive but Saturdays they discount meats, Fridays for fish and some other day for fruits and veggies
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2016 10:46:00 GMT -5
My wife bought a big package of toilet paper at D1, luckily I was working on a project where I needed some sand paper. I still have some left over, I put it out in the spare bathroom when my mother in law visits, that way she doesn't stay too long.
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Post by livinginmedellin on Apr 28, 2016 17:40:30 GMT -5
Hmm.none in Manizales I know of..which doesnt bother me..because Exito is crap for selection.. most of the time I like to buy healthy stuff..hard to find in Colombia..salmon, skinless chicken, granola, sugar free yougurt, kiwis, blue berries, red tomatos, peppers lots of green vegetables..lots of imported vegertables.. Someties hard to find in exito and Carulla is very expensive. Actually there are 14 D1 stores in the Manizales metro area listed on their website - www.tiendasd1.com/nuestras-tiendasHere's the addresses: Trans. 72 Nro 20-29 Carrera. 23 Nro 46-91. Edificio El Retiro Carrera 23 Nro 59-111 Cra 43 Nro. 65B-15 Calle 24 Nro. 20-20 Carrera. 23 Nro 15-45 Calle 24 Nro. 20-20 Carrera 28 Nro 48A-41 Calle 33A Nro 24-2 Calle 66 Nro 27-13 Calle 24 Nro. 20-20 Calle 18 Nro 26-44 Carrera 19 Nro 29-42 Calle 12 Nro 13A-41 D1 stores can be pretty nondescript. The one near me is on the first floor of an apartment building with the only thing showing it's a D1 store is the front small sign. Almost everything you list as hard to find is easy to find in Pereira or Medellín in my experience - especially salmon, blue berries, red tomatoes and peppers. Most Exitos in Medellín and Pereira have salmon, blue berries, red tomatoes and peppers. I met some Colombians that live in Manizales shopping in Pereira as Manizales doesn't have many things, I understand that's one of the downsides of Manizales.
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Post by scumbuster on Apr 28, 2016 19:58:59 GMT -5
Elex.. We will expect a trip report tomorrow..LOL
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Post by gallito on Apr 28, 2016 21:29:00 GMT -5
I like to buy healthy stuff..hard to find in Colombia..salmon, skinless chicken, granola, sugar free yougurt, kiwis, blue berries, red tomatos, peppers lots of green vegetables..lots of imported vegertables.. Someties hard to find in exito and Carulla is very expensive. Elex...there's nothing healthy about the salmon they sell in Colombia - it's Chilean farmed salmon,btw wild Canadian salmon are healthy.
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Post by suba on Apr 28, 2016 21:54:03 GMT -5
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Post by gallito on Apr 28, 2016 22:02:55 GMT -5
...you are partially correct,fyi in your article there several contradictions about net pen salmon and their effects on your health and the environment. What About the Environment? While it provides some health benefits, fish farming can have some seriously harmful environmental impacts. Salmon are typically bred inside of densely-populated net-cages, which float in natural bodies of water and allow for all sorts of damage to the seabed and local sea life: They’re known to leach pesticides, viruses, antibiotics, and heavy metals like zinc and copper into their surrounding waters. Farmed salmon are also known to escape from farms and interbreed with native fish, damaging local gene pools and creating infertile spawn. However, the most serious risk involved with farming tightly-packed salmon might be the spread of sea lice. One study found that, typically, 80 percent of local salmon die from farm origin sea lice outbreaks, and incidences of 95 percent mortality are not unheard of . All of these factors contribute to farming’s negative environmental footprint: A study of farms in Scotland, Ireland, and Canada showed many cases of aquaculture reducing nearby salmon and other fish populations by more than 50 percent . Addicted to antibiotics, Chile's salmon flops at Costco, grocers: www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-salmon-antibiotics-feature-idUSKCN0PX1IG20150723Why is farmed salmon not your best choice for salmon? whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=dailytip&dbid=30"For the most contaminated fish—from farms in Scotland and the Faroe Islands—a quarter of one serving (55 grams of uncooked salmon) per month was the maximum amount that could be eaten before boosting cancer risk, according to EPA guidelines. One half-serving (110 grams) of farmed salmon from Canada or Maine could be eaten per month without adding to significant risk, and one serving (220 grams) per month would be acceptable for fish from Chile or the U.S. state of Washington. In comparison, according to EPA guidelines, it is considered safe to eat one serving (220 grams) of some types of wild salmon from Alaska or British Columbia eight times a month, which would meet the American Heart Association recommendation to consume 168 to 336 grams of fatty cold water fish per week." in essence you're partially correct nevertheless wild salmon taste better and it's healthier.
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Post by suba on Apr 28, 2016 22:45:25 GMT -5
"in essence you're partially correct nevertheless wild salmon taste better and it's healthier.""
The EPA state that the level of contaminants in farmed salmon from Chile is 60 time less than that considered harmful, that's not me posting an opinion. As for wild salmon tasting better that depends on personal taste, what the farmed salmon was fed on and how it's served - most people arguing the case against farmed salmon smoke their fish which isn't exactly healthy.
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Post by gallito on Apr 28, 2016 23:39:22 GMT -5
"As for wild salmon tasting better that depends on personal taste, what the farmed salmon was fed on and how it's served - most people arguing the case against farmed salmon smoke their fish which isn't exactly healthy" Wild salmon are flabby,mushy and lack texture;exercise from swimming in a pen,the debate is on.Ask a real seafood expert,Chef!
Smoked salmon,smoked kippers...food products have been smoked by humans throughout history.Originally done as a preservative. Good god you live in Bogota and you breath carcinogens;pollution,barrio rastas...lighten up next time I'm in town I'll share some of my wild smoked salmon with you.
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Post by wildstubby on Apr 29, 2016 8:10:21 GMT -5
I'm going to veer off here and comment about the salmon. We used to make an additive that was incorporated into salmon food to 'enhance' their Omega-3 fatty acid content. This was a product made by DuPont. I could go into detail but too much bandwidth. The interesting thing is that they would feed the fish in their 'pen' via a 'food mortar'. Wind, humidity etc. were taken into account and the 'shell' was fired. The fish would feel the sonic boom of the shell being fired and would be at the surface anticipating the 'rain' of food from the sky.
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Post by suba on Apr 29, 2016 8:45:50 GMT -5
"As for wild salmon tasting better that depends on personal taste, what the farmed salmon was fed on and how it's served - most people arguing the case against farmed salmon smoke their fish which isn't exactly healthy" Wild salmon are flabby,mushy and lack texture;exercise from swimming in a pen,the debate is on.Ask a real seafood expert,Chef! Smoked salmon,smoked kippers...food products have been smoked by humans throughout history.Originally done as a preservative. Good god you live in Bogota and you breath carcinogens;pollution,barrio rastas...lighten up next time I'm in town I'll share some of my wild smoked salmon with you. You win - your opinions are the best.
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