I accept that's how we think but these vendors aren't going to be making much money for the time they put in. They won't be rolling in baht.Faraday wrote: ↑August 20, 2018, 11:11 amI see the roadside Pork stalls, which have been selling at 100baht/ Kg, have now increased to 120.
Ok, 20 baht isn't the end of the world, but it's a big increase, when they have no overheads.
Went to Macro flyover yesterday, looks like CP are going for world domination. The shelves were stuffed with their delicious processed food.
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Lock 'em up - Eastman, Giuliani, Senator Graham, Meadows and Trump
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Then YOU Have Never been behind them in the Bank GT ??GT93 wrote: ↑August 20, 2018, 1:52 pmI accept that's how we think but these vendors aren't going to be making much money for the time they put in. They won't be rolling in baht.Faraday wrote: ↑August 20, 2018, 11:11 amI see the roadside Pork stalls, which have been selling at 100baht/ Kg, have now increased to 120.
Ok, 20 baht isn't the end of the world, but it's a big increase, when they have no overheads.
Went to Macro flyover yesterday, looks like CP are going for world domination. The shelves were stuffed with their delicious processed food.
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I often wonder how the hell the money was made when I see the depositors at a bank with the large piles of cash.
Hopefully legally.
I often wonder how the hell the money was made when I see the depositors at a bank with the large piles of cash.
Hopefully legally.
Lock 'em up - Eastman, Giuliani, Senator Graham, Meadows and Trump
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if you go late in day to old bigC theyve often marked down some of the fresh made stuff.
well , scoff if you must but one more can of archa
well , scoff if you must but one more can of archa
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A trivial thing, but the price of 3 in one coffee went up last month, and now looks like it is going up again. This is about a 10% plus price hike. Cannot understand why, as international coffee price has fallen about 20% in the last year ........
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Yes, there's all sorts of 'priced to go' items from around 5 PM onwards especially in the bakery and fruit 'n' veg areas. Best avoided at weekends though as the parking and traffic late PM can be a bugger.
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Big C Nittayo Road still had lots of boxes of McVities digestive creams at 45 baht yesterday, I didn’t buy any because I’m fat enough but the ones I bought last week were in date and fresh. They also had bags of mixed vegetable crisps and Nutella dips for the kids lunch boxes at 40% off, no I didn’t buy any of those either, doctors orders, he can chuff off about cutting out the odd glass of wine though.
The forest was shrinking daily but the trees kept voting for the axe as its handle was made of wood and they thought it was one of them.
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I was looking for them the other day and missed out but I was looking in the cookies aisle beside the regular McVitie's Digestives. Are these sandwiches stashed somewhere else?vincemunday wrote: ↑August 22, 2018, 9:05 amBig C Nittayo Road still had lots of boxes of McVities digestive creams at 45 baht yesterday, I didn’t buy any because I’m fat enough but the ones I bought last week were in date and fresh. They also had bags of mixed vegetable crisps and Nutella dips for the kids lunch boxes at 40% off, no I didn’t buy any of those either, doctors orders, he can chuff off about cutting out the odd glass of wine though.
Tell the doc there's plenty aging French people around as testament to the benefits of the odd (daily?) wine imbibe.
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There's a rack by the rice and oil, top shelf. No I'm not a big drinker anyway, about every 2 or 3 days, I think it's just what they say, they all told me to stop smoking too, I don't smoke.
The forest was shrinking daily but the trees kept voting for the axe as its handle was made of wood and they thought it was one of them.
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wine drinking only every 2 or 3 days is very commendable Vince =D> =D> =D>
perhaps if you managed to cut down from 3 bottles a time to one the doc may be even happier
perhaps if you managed to cut down from 3 bottles a time to one the doc may be even happier
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Like I couldn't afford 3 bottles at a time! I just paid £40 for a poxy fruit juice wine box and although I can turn my hand to a few pints, particularly if it's London Pride or similar I'll ordinarily settle for 2 or 3 glasses, yes quite large glasses I'll grant you but it wouldn't be a full bottle, I don't think anyway....
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Found the cookies vince, thanks. I always check that rack as there's typically some bargains to be had with the near sell-by date stuff but I missed the McVities. Still about half-a-dozen packs left.
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Tesco Lotus in Khon Kaen certainly sells detergents, dog snacks and Lays at a higher price than Seven.
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Loads on the shelf 89 baht Big C Nittayo Road
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The forest was shrinking daily but the trees kept voting for the axe as its handle was made of wood and they thought it was one of them.
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Went back to my little shop 10 days ago and bought 3 x Cartons of LEO in the Box of the stack (not Cold)pipoz4444 wrote: ↑August 5, 2018, 6:03 pmAgree Bandung-Dero,Bandung_Dero wrote: ↑August 4, 2018, 4:39 pmAll this complaining is BS! Simple supply and demand! If you can't afford it go elsewhere or do without. Business is what it is! The priority is their share holders and profit margin. EVEN here in Thailand.
BTW:- Last Thursday large Leo was 614 Baht in our local BigC (with their BS alcohol trading hours). 593 Baht in the local 'Mom and Pop' mini mart (200 metres away) NO enforced trading hours! Guess where I shop?
I too visit a little tin shed about 50 m2 in size and full of Booze, only about 1 km up the road. He is open just about every day of the year, have never known him to be closed. His trading hours are from when he is sober to when he is pissed (about 10.00am - 7.30pm) =D>
12 Large LEO in Box TB 585
12 Large Cold LEO from Fridge TB 610
1 Ltr Bottle Blend 285 about TB 312 (I think)or about TB 3700 per Box of 12
Can beat the service and its so easy. If you ring him his son will even deliver to your door step for the same priceReally cant see any reason to buy it anywhere else. Plus it puts the money in the old mans pocket (locally) and not in that of the larger Corporations. Its pays to spend locally, when you can, for their benefit, as much as ours.
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Was charged TB 600 per Carton of One Dozen LEO's
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Check the bottling date on the labels when buying cases of cheap beers. A friend of mine thought he'd hit the jackpot when he found a supplier of cases of cheap Tiger in small bottles for his new pub. It tasted bad and then we checked the dates and found out the lot was over 14 months old. A veteran of the bar business told him there's a bit of a black market in the wholesale beer business where really old or spoiled (stored in the heat) stock gets sold on to the unaware and unwitting or possibly mixed in with bulk purchases for big events and the like. His supplier took it back but also pretty sure his supplier subsequently passed it off somewhere else.
caveat emptor... cheers.
caveat emptor... cheers.
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Khao Shong ( Thai Coffee ) Up from 183Baht for 800gms to 207Baht....................WTF !!!
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No fear with my guy, he gets about 4 Pallet loads of LEO in every 4-5 days and sometimes he is completely run out of LEO, with only Chang left. It simply doesn't stay in his little shop long enough.tamada wrote: ↑October 2, 2018, 4:17 pmCheck the bottling date on the labels when buying cases of cheap beers. A friend of mine thought he'd hit the jackpot when he found a supplier of cases of cheap Tiger in small bottles for his new pub. It tasted bad and then we checked the dates and found out the lot was over 14 months old. A veteran of the bar business told him there's a bit of a black market in the wholesale beer business where really old or spoiled (stored in the heat) stock gets sold on to the unaware and unwitting or possibly mixed in with bulk purchases for big events and the like. His supplier took it back but also pretty sure his supplier subsequently passed it off somewhere else.
caveat emptor... cheers.
I am pretty sure that Beer as a whole, doesn't stay on the shelf long enough anywhere in Udon Thani, not with the way the Thai's and Expats drink up country.
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Went back to my little shop 2 weeks back, bought 2 x Cartons of LEO in the Box of the Pallet stack (not Cold)
Was charged TB 610 per Carton of One Dozen LEO's
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Was charged TB 610 per Carton of One Dozen LEO's
pipoz4444
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You can go to the shop in the Wholesale Market on the way out of it on the left 600 BAHT A CARTON FOR big LEOS