as i am european staple food is for me potatoes and bread. can't imagine going without them. potatoes like potatoes, no big deal, more or less same taste everywhere - and DR variety is good. but bread... bread is big thing. local variety is so horrible no words can describe it (no offence to DR in particular, english sliced bread is just as nasty). i was then, very happy to discover that jose luis in POP carried quite edible bread (made by some germans-run bakery, i believe).
when we first started buying this bread it was 43 pesos (tiny loaf) and 27.50 pesos for a small sweet bun. both very nice. few months ago (about 4) prices went up to 53 something and 30 something. today i saw new prices: 81 pesos for bread and 43.50 for the bun. what on earth? it is not a tiny step up on prices, it's almost 50% more! i am speechless. where did it come from?
only good thing coming out of it: miesposo decided we will now buy directly from german bakery in sosua. yummy. hope they did not rise prices by 50%!
when we first started buying this bread it was 43 pesos (tiny loaf) and 27.50 pesos for a small sweet bun. both very nice. few months ago (about 4) prices went up to 53 something and 30 something. today i saw new prices: 81 pesos for bread and 43.50 for the bun. what on earth? it is not a tiny step up on prices, it's almost 50% more! i am speechless. where did it come from?
only good thing coming out of it: miesposo decided we will now buy directly from german bakery in sosua. yummy. hope they did not rise prices by 50%!