Comments on: Costco Merida http://gorbman.com/2009/11/17/costco-merida/ Seattle resident and Merida expat comments on politics, life, and the advent of December 21, 2012 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:02:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: BG http://gorbman.com/2009/11/17/costco-merida/comment-page-1/#comment-1253 BG Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:03:56 +0000 http://gorbman.com/?p=616#comment-1253 Hi Judy, I do not think that even one Merida Costco customer ate rice and beans before the store opened. McDonald's maybe, once or twice, but for the most part, people who eat rice and beans don't buy at Costco. The worst thing in their diets were here long before. Coca Cola may be the prime offender. Then there are all the sugar cereals, candy bars, etc, that are made right here in Mexico. You can't blame us for EVERYTHING. Hi Judy,
I do not think that even one Merida Costco customer ate rice and beans before the store opened. McDonald’s maybe, once or twice, but for the most part, people who eat rice and beans don’t buy at Costco. The worst thing in their diets were here long before. Coca Cola may be the prime offender. Then there are all the sugar cereals, candy bars, etc, that are made right here in Mexico. You can’t blame us for EVERYTHING.

]]> By: Judy Gordon http://gorbman.com/2009/11/17/costco-merida/comment-page-1/#comment-1252 Judy Gordon Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:43:36 +0000 http://gorbman.com/?p=616#comment-1252 Yucatecans are getting fatter since the American fast- food companies started invading this wonderfull part of Mexico. It is a shame since their diet included, beans, rice (together the best source of protein) and tortillas. Fatty, grease food makes you fat, and not the good foood that has been their staple since ancient times. Is a shame. Judy Yucatecans are getting fatter since the American fast- food companies started invading this wonderfull part of Mexico.
It is a shame since their diet included, beans, rice (together the best source of protein) and tortillas.
Fatty, grease food makes you fat, and not the good foood that has been their staple since ancient times.
Is a shame.
Judy

]]> By: Gidget http://gorbman.com/2009/11/17/costco-merida/comment-page-1/#comment-608 Gidget Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:30:30 +0000 http://gorbman.com/?p=616#comment-608 I just returned from the Big Island (Hawaii) and the Costco there is the HIGHEST producing revenue in their chain! They have Hawaiiana everywhere too. Hawaiian shirts, Kona Coffee (why does it always come down to COFFEE?), Macadamia nuts and every Asian edible known to man. Soy sauce you say? Costco size is by the gallon. So if it's not the Mayo in Merida, its the Sodium in Kona! I'm going to send this blog to my nephew who interned for them this summer and is looking at working there when he graduates from college this spring. Tell Jimmy not to OD on the Pepsi...xoxo I just returned from the Big Island (Hawaii) and the Costco there is the HIGHEST producing revenue in their chain! They have Hawaiiana everywhere too. Hawaiian shirts, Kona Coffee (why does it always come down to COFFEE?), Macadamia nuts and every Asian edible known to man. Soy sauce you say? Costco size is by the gallon. So if it’s not the Mayo in Merida, its the Sodium in Kona! I’m going to send this blog to my nephew who interned for them this summer and is looking at working there when he graduates from college this spring.
Tell Jimmy not to OD on the Pepsi…xoxo

]]> By: judy rosenfeld http://gorbman.com/2009/11/17/costco-merida/comment-page-1/#comment-604 judy rosenfeld Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:57:19 +0000 http://gorbman.com/?p=616#comment-604 Your comments on (Mexican) life are astute and wonderful! This one inspires me to learn Spanish and come visit Mexico . Cultures adapts to change in such innovative ways...yea Costco! Your comments on (Mexican) life are astute and wonderful! This one inspires me to learn Spanish and come visit Mexico . Cultures adapts to change in such innovative ways…yea Costco!

]]> By: Must have my latte http://gorbman.com/2009/11/17/costco-merida/comment-page-1/#comment-602 Must have my latte Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:15:58 +0000 http://gorbman.com/?p=616#comment-602 Hey Beryl, I am surprised that you are not roasting your own coffee. You are closer to a source of green coffee beans... a small home roaster works great. Wish I had known ... you could have had mine.. I picked it up for about $200 and sold it for half that. It is really kind of fun, and roasting has lots of variables. I am guessing there is not a coffee roaster in all of Merida. The big roaster take lots of energy, and I suspect energy is cheaper there than in the US. You could even start a coffee line. I talk with roasters, and it seems like it is a straightforward skill that if done right is really an art. I am waiting for the solar powered coffee roaster. Does not yet exist. Hmmm. Coffeeeee Hey Beryl, I am surprised that you are not roasting your own coffee. You are closer to a source of green coffee beans… a small home roaster works great. Wish I had known … you could have had mine.. I picked it up for about $200 and sold it for half that. It is really kind of fun, and roasting has lots of variables.

I am guessing there is not a coffee roaster in all of Merida. The big roaster take lots of energy, and I suspect energy is cheaper there than in the US. You could even start a coffee line. I talk with roasters, and it seems like it is a straightforward skill that if done right is really an art.

I am waiting for the solar powered coffee roaster. Does not yet exist. Hmmm. Coffeeeee

]]> By: BG http://gorbman.com/2009/11/17/costco-merida/comment-page-1/#comment-601 BG Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:37:20 +0000 http://gorbman.com/?p=616#comment-601 I read that Yucatecans are the fattest people in all the States of Mexico. The diet includes gallons of coca-cola and a lot of sugar and white bread products. Maybe they drink more coke here because it's so hot. I read that Yucatecans are the fattest people in all the States of Mexico. The diet includes gallons of coca-cola and a lot of sugar and white bread products. Maybe they drink more coke here because it’s so hot.

]]> By: keith geller http://gorbman.com/2009/11/17/costco-merida/comment-page-1/#comment-600 keith geller Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:04:34 +0000 http://gorbman.com/?p=616#comment-600 Are Mexicans getting fatter faster with the abundance of good and bad food!!! Are Mexicans getting fatter faster with the abundance of good and bad food!!!

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