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Buying coke Bahamas

By wcook , September 12, in Bahamas. We are planning a walking tour of Nassau on our day in port. One place I'd like to visit is a convenience store to buy soda, chips, candy etc. The point isn't just to buy food, but to see what junk food is like in the Bahamas. Are the snacks the same? Any suggestions for a place that is in walking distance from the cruise port And will we be able to pay us US currency? There's a small grocery store near the port. Just ask the locals, I think it's Charlotte or Fredericks street. It's close by. As for food and snacks.. Fritos, cheetos, lays, wise, nabisco, Hershey, cadbury, ritz, coke, pepsi etc. You might find a few British brands. They do have a couple of local soda'.. Very sweet. Some local beer Kalik and Sands, and rums. Don Lorenzo, Don ricardo and Ole Nassau. Is it legal to buy a beer then walk around town sipping it? I don't know if it's legal or not.. I do know that public drunkeness is against the law, so don't get stupid. Im pretty sure it is across the street from the Hard Rock I still have some rusting cans somewhere in my basement from our trips in the late 70s and early 80s. We'll be doing that as a family of 4. I am staying this week in Sandals in Nassau and I can't believe how high the prices are for snacks and food here compared to our stuff at home and I thought that was expensive. When we were there December - my son wanted a 'local' beer - went in to buy a Kalik - and they asked him if he wanted to drink it right away I remember our tour guide in Grand Cayman teling us, how he spent every vacation, flying to the US with empty suitcases and getting to Tampa or Miami and filling up the suitcases with clothes and shoes and then flying back. Because everyday clothes, food etc I fill up my cases with goodies, car parts, tools and whatnot. Always have a long list of things we need to get. I hear this a lot. But then I stop and think, just about everything we can buy here in US is imported from China or some other place. It no longer makes a lot of sense to me that things imported to US cost so much less than things imported to the Bahamas or other islands. Since the bahamas does not have taxes sales, property, income etc , they tax imports customs and stamp taxes at a very high rate. Making the price for the same item even higher than the U. So we head to Florida for such things. And Car part etc.. I'm always bringing break pads, carburators, spark plugs and the like in my suitcase. So the extra high prices is not simply because the items are shipped as they are to the US, but because the items are highly taxed. Since I am not from the Bahamas or other islands , I won't have an opinion on whether or not this is fair, but thank you for your honest answer to the question. It's NOT the extra costs because the items are shipped or imported, it is because of the high tax on them. Your answer makes a lot of sense. I think it's probably a combination. We buy by the shipload : A smaller place means it has to be 'broken' into smaller shipments etc.. It's cheaper to load the entire boat with 'Barbies' then to load one container of 'Barbies', one of 'software' etc And then a lot of stuff actually gets shipped to the US or another large port and then shipped again. While it's not taxed in the US, once again there's a 'second' handling involved. All adds up! Funny thing is.. So there is NO excuse for Atlantis to be 'x as high as anywhere else. They really should be the lowest price in town. They also have a moratoreum on Paying Casino Tax.. Sweet deal, right? Our PM has pockets lined with gold from deals like this. No different from over here. Politicians are the same where ever you go. It's just the way it is. Shipping costs do add some to the price of items, taxes add the most. Again, the same every where you go Write An Amazing Review! If you are already a Cruise Critic member, please log in with your existing account information or your email address and password. Recommended Posts. Posted September 12, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Posted September 13, Sounds perfect. I'm sure the kids will want to try a goobay punch who wouldn't. PH8 Posted September 14, Posted September 14, US currency is excepted everywhere in the bahamas. Goombay Punch! I had forgotten. I will definitely pick up some in November. Froufie Posted September 15, Posted September 15, Posted September 16, ParRoo Posted December 3, Posted December 3, Hi, We were wondering how much a 12 pack of coca cola 'coke' would cost in Nassau and if you know the price of a six pack of beer. Solo Posted December 5, Posted December 5, Carolla Posted December 5, Archived This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. Go to topic listing. Forum Jump. Welcome to Cruise Critic. Hurricane Zone New Cruisers. River Cruising. 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