Topic: Cost-U-Less

Here are some of the top hacks by local experts and retailers for saving big on your grocery bill in Cayman.

Residents were filling shopping carts and baskets with toilet tissue, cleaning products and cases of water at local stores Thursday after the World Health Organization designated the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic, all this ahead of the government announcing later in the day that Cayman had its first confirmed case of coronavirus.

The rattling blat-blat-blat of motorcycle engines shook the air inside Margaritaville’s open lobby on Sunday morning like a portable thunderstorm.

An E. coli alert has been issued by Centers for Disease Control for romaine lettuce.

Citing difficulties in dealing with regulatory requirements, most of the vendors that usually provide Christmas trees have said they will not be doing so this year.

Cayman’s retailers are preparing for a last-minute Christmas shopping rush this weekend. It has already been a bumper shopping season, according to several store owners and Saturday is expected to see residents fill the aisles again in search of last-minute gifts.

The Cost-U-Less franchise was severely impacted by hurricanes Irma and Maria, with multiple stores in the Eastern Caribbean being destroyed or damaged during the September storms, according to recently released financial statements from its parent firm, the Canada-based North West Company.

A group of bikers took to the streets of Grand Cayman again on Sunday – this time for a good cause.