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Wal-mart Opening More Stores in Costa Rica 

Actually, Wal-mart has owned a lot of stores in Costa Rica for some time; stores like Maxi Bodega, Pali and Himpermas. So if you have shopped in any of those, you have really been shopping at a Wal-mart. Of sorts. The only thing is it has never carried its name on any of those stores, at least not in Costa Rica. Wal-mart announced recently that it plans to open 24 stores across Costa Rica with its name on the stores. Since this year began, Wal-mart has already opened two stores in San Jose. This is a great development as they will be bringing with them, a lot of investment into the country.

Bean Farmers Sell on the Streets

Local bean farmers in Costa Rica have been having a hard time of it when it comes to selling their products. The major source of their difficulties can be traced almost directly to the large bean importers who are able to sell bean to the local Costa Rica populace at a much cheaper rate. This makes competition really hard.

In order to create an opportunity where they could make some sales, local farmers got together and opened stalls on the street where a bean sale was held for a whole day. Hopefully, people will realize the good quality of local bean and start purchasing from the local farmers.

ICE Users Facing Problems Soon

For those who are users of the telephone network, instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), the service has announced that they would be facing connection problems on both phone and data. This is not a common occurrence and the service has assured its customers that they are working on the problem.

Shopping During Semana Santa

Semana Santa is the Costa Rican Lenten period when most Costa Ricans go for a more fish oriented diet. The surveyors of the Ministerio de Economía, Industría y Comerico usually use this time to check the food prices in different stores and fish markets.

The results of the survey showed a widely diverging price rate from across 25 different stores. There were so many price differences on the same product across the stores that if you want to do any grocery shopping this season, you are advised to shop around first and compare prices. Some of the differences are up to 70 percent.