New HiLo video!

Oh my…. it’s been three years since my last trip… prior to that we have gone every six months… now I’m getting excited over a grocery store video lol I MISS NEGRIl! hope to see you in February!!!

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Originally Posted by Betty

We were there last month and they had Coke Zero in the smaller bottles.

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Thanks!

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Originally Posted by brownsd54

Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi, and even Diet 7-Up for that matter haven't been on the Island for a few years now. I haven't seen Coke Zero in Negril but a friend landed a few weeks ago and found it at Progressive in MoBay.

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Actually, I'll still find d.pepsi or d.coke at Mike's store, next to Best of the West (but only a bottle or 2 at a time)

Coke No Sugar (very hard to read black writing, but the black bottle caps are a dead giveaway) comes in all sizes at Value Master, small, regular, cans and two litre.

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I drink caffeine free Diet Coke with my rum here at home. I'm sure it is impossible to get in Negril. I've been caffeine for several years now, except for when I'm in Jamaica.

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Originally Posted by gregandkelly63

I drink caffeine free Diet Coke with my rum here at home. I'm sure it is impossible to get in Negril. I've been caffeine for several years now, except for when I'm in Jamaica.

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Over all the years I have been here I have seen caffeine free diet Coke maybe three times. Not in Negril but in places like Kingston and Mandeville.

There is no demand for it at all.

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Originally Posted by Rob

Over all the years I have been here I have seen caffeine free diet Coke maybe three times. Not in Negril but in places like Kingston and Mandeville.

There is no demand for it at all.

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Yup. I've learned over they years to do Diet Coke and rum in the day and rum punch later in the day so I can sleep at night. Ha

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Originally Posted by msbaltimore

Nice video. Thanks for the walk-through!

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We be walking thru in a few hours…. Then Maybe see ya at Happy Hour.

We just returned 1 AM yesterday and made two stops at the new Hi-Lo. We're 17 year veterans and regularly patronize Mega-Mart, then Cambio excetera, but this trip decided to skip Mega Mart.

In the same plaza as the new Hi-L, just two doors down is a pharmacy with a Cambio in the back of the store and we always buy rubbing alcohol at a pharmacy. So we hit the Cambio first, then while in the pharmacy picked up the rubbing alcohol, then to Hi-Lo. This was great, all in one stop, at one location we were able to get all our incidentals. I suspect the rate at the cambio will not be the greatest, but still better than Scotia Bank and no waiting when we stopped enroute to the West end. Anything I can do to limit time running errands while on vacation I'm all about, so we've found out new arrival routine.

I have used a Scotia bank debit card at the Scotia bank ATM for years and the rate is always better than the cambio.

@Stoners6 thanks for the tip, I'll need to investigate a Scotia card as I'm sure that is better than using a US based bank card. I've not wanted to use my cards as there was an issue with skimmers and I'm sure Scotia does not honor the same rate for another baNks card.

Bank of America/Merrill Lynch are partners with Scotia and have nominal fees.

Wow! I really NEED a Negril trip.. I never thought I’d get excited about seeing a grocery store video🤣 Looks nice with everything you need!

So did the old HiLo close in town?

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Originally Posted by Runnin Mon

So did the old HiLo close in town?

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The HiLo at Sunshine Village closed. The Value Master HiLo is still open downtown.

Thanks Rob!!!

The new HiLo this morning is closed...computers are down.

I haven’t been back in 3 years. Excited to see the new grocery store when I return.

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Originally Posted by ukran1ans

Hey Rob did you notice if they had Diet Pepsi or Coke there (or Coke or Pepsi Zero)?

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Another interesting little tidbit on the Diet Coke/ Pepsi front, I'm a rum and and Diet Pepsi drinker but Diet Pepsi is hard to find or can't find at all. I switched to rum and and sprite. Well, a few pounds later (cause I like my rum) I blamed it on the sugar ingredient in the Sprint. HiLo didn't have Sprite one day so I checked out the 7-up. It was regular 7-up but the label said 0 calories. It turns out regular 7-up in Jamaica is actually diet 7-up. They use Aspartame instead of sugar and 0 calories. Go figure.

the website says you can order online and pick up in store. what is your experience with this? do or don't? we normally stop at mega mart on the way in. our flight is getting in later than we'd like this year. since we're staying close to Hi Lo the first part of our trip we thought we could order before coming down and just run in to pick up. it's not a big deal to shop just wanted to save some beach time :) thoughts??