grocery shopping

When I first came to live in Costa Rica, I could only do my shopping in a pulpería, a small grocery store in which...

Nearly 200 products included in Costa Rica's canasta básica, a grouping of essential goods, are more expensive as of July 1. 

As life in Costa Rica changes, the pulpería provides essential products and familiar faces.

While large numbers of Ticos still prefer their corner stores, preference for grocery and convenience stores more than doubled from 12 percent in 2015 to 27 percent this year.