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Octopus, Meat or Fruit? Origins of the Pulpería

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When I first came to live in Costa Rica, I could only do my shopping in a pulpería, a small grocery store in which...
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Essential groceries, some tourist services more expensive in Costa Rica as of July 1

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Nearly 200 products included in Costa Rica's canasta básica, a grouping of essential goods, are more expensive as of July 1. 
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The coronavirus crisis and the resurgence of the pulpería

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As life in Costa Rica changes, the pulpería provides essential products and familiar faces.
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Most Costa Ricans still prefer Pulperías to grocery shopping

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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.

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