by Eileen | Dec 21, 2013 | feria, food, language
I was recently in the Vega (big fruit and veg market), looking at the hot peppers (yes, there really is a stand where they sell only hot peppers, smoked and unsmoked, red and green), and a friend of mine, who runs walking tours in Santiago came up behind me, and...
by Eileen | Jun 5, 2012 | food, santiago, shopping, supermarket
In Chile we are no stranger to collusion, where different businesses price fix to set higher prices for all. In fact, several large pharmaceutical chains here in Chile were found guilty of price fixing (or colluding to fix prices), and had to give discounts to drug...
by Eileen | May 18, 2012 | chile, food, shopping, supermarket
Been a while since I took you to the feria with me, and I know you’re thinking over there in the northern hemisphere, mwahahaha, now who’s got the cherries and berries and stuff? And true enough, I am jealous, and definitely switch it up from more fruit to...
