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08-14-2012, 06:19 AM
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Why is coffee always locked up in PR?
This has been driving me nuts. I feel like I'm in a Seinfeld episode, but I still can't let it go so I have to ask.
Why do most supermarkets in Puerto Rico lock up coffee in glass cases? It seems there's always 1 glass case for liquor and 1 glass case for coffee. Liquor I understand, but of all things in the world, why coffee?
The coffee they have locked up isn't very expensive either. And the whole time, they have all these crazy expensive different wines and french cheeses completely unprotected.
So what's the story behind the coffee lock up? I can't imagine a lot of people try to specifically steal coffee? Heck, ice cream is about ten times more expensive than coffee in PR. Why don't they lock that up?
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08-14-2012, 06:31 AM
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Location: Westfir, OR
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Always been told it is because of theft.....ask the clerk next time.
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08-14-2012, 11:07 AM
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Location: On a Long Island in NY
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Originally Posted by gemstone1
Always been told it is because of theft.....ask the clerk next time.
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Theft? Why would someone steal coffee?  |
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08-14-2012, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by WIHS2006
Theft? Why would someone steal coffee? |
Perhaps the coffee mystery will haunt the island for a long time to come. In a thousand years, archeologists will dig up the island and make great stories of the legendary locked up coffee. |
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08-21-2012, 08:04 PM
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The mystery is deeper than you think!
Some supermarkets in Puerto Rico lock up some coffee brands but not others. The brands that are locked up vary from supermarket to supermarket.
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08-23-2012, 05:00 PM
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Locked up coffee?
Where are you guys buying coffee from? The corner bodega of the housing project? In la Perla? In llorens Torres? In the run down areas of San Juan or Bayamon?
Any large supermarket chain doesn't lock up it's coffee. Even local chains like Ralph's of Humacao or Juncos doesn't lock up it's coffee or rum.
You guys must be dilusional thinking about your local bodegas in the South Bronx.
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08-25-2012, 08:53 AM
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I guess I'm mostly thinking of Pueblos (on Roosevelt Ave and Ponce De Leon), not exactly the ghetto. Same for most convenient stores. I think Super Max does too (but not 100 percent on that one). Locking up the rum makes sense (if I had a store, I'd do it. Same with ciggarettes. But coffee isn't that expensive. And this is instant coffee. Not exactly fine roast.
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08-27-2012, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by thedude109
I guess I'm mostly thinking of Pueblos (on Roosevelt Ave and Ponce De Leon), not exactly the ghetto. Same for most convenient stores. I think Super Max does too (but not 100 percent on that one). Locking up the rum makes sense (if I had a store, I'd do it. Same with ciggarettes. But coffee isn't that expensive. And this is instant coffee. Not exactly fine roast.
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Most of Ponce de Leon Ave is run down from Rio Piedras to Miramar. Its a bleak boarded up, graffiti written Ave that has been taken over by Dominican poor. Roosevelt Ave is ghetto by sections. Plaza on Roosevelt doesn't lock up its coffee, but once one enters Puerto Nuevo, a poor working class area one has to ask for coffee and rum through thick bullet proof windows. Once entering Guaynabo and San Patricio, the plastic windows come down and they unlock the coffee and rum. |
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