Yearly Archives: 2015

QCOSTARICA  BUSINESS- The upper-scale supermarket chain, Automercado, says it is investing monthly about ¢2.5 million colones in ecological activities, through the savings of 1.4 million plastic bags in the last year, a result of customer awareness campaign about the importance of taking home their purchases in reusable bags. The supermarket...

QCOSTARICA - The food industry has opposed the proposal by Solis administration to levy a tax on non-returnable plastic containers, as a measure to discourage their use. José Manuel Hernando, President of the Costa Rican Chamber of the Food Industry, explained that "... "It is totally wrong to think that...

QCOSTARICA - Of course, I’m referring to the Government having the necessary intestinal fortitude to deal with the current economic crisis. Costa Ricans by nature do not like conflict, hence the most famous saying that is repeated over and over, “Pura Vida”(translation: the good life; the pure life; or...