UK supermarket Morrisons to sell products in Big C

[Just Weird]

On ‎9‎/‎14‎/‎2018 at 10:42 AM, NCC1701A said:

They will probably cover the English ingredients list with a Thai label. Drives me craze. 

Odd considering this is Thailand, eh?

[stud858]

5 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Odd considering this is Thailand, eh?

Odd in that they could put the sticker in a place that makes English and Thai readable both at the same time.

 

[Just Weird]

14 minutes ago, stud858 said:

Odd in that they could put the sticker in a place that makes English and Thai readable both at the same time.

 

In a Thai-speaking country what other information would you suggest that they obscure to appease a few foreigners who can't understand the language of the country they've chosen to live in?

[stud858]

9 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

In a Thai-speaking country what other information would you suggest that they obscure to appease a few foreigners who can't understand the language of the country they've chosen to live in?

Thailand doesn't just have Thai people. There are many English only speaking doing shopping for foreigner style foods. The sensible thing for a manager to do is to ensure customers are well taken care of. It's not a race or country argument. It's just common sense of providing the best service for all customers.

[transam]

I hope cheap HP sauce at last...Hooooorah....?

[billd766]

5 minutes ago, transam said:

I hope cheap HP sauce at last...Hooooorah....?

 

Sold in your local Makro in packs of 2.

[transam]

Just now, billd766 said:

 

Sold in your local Makro in packs of 2.

Not cheap....Works out about a fiver for two..My chum buys a quid for one back home...?

[Nong Khai Man]

20 minutes ago, transam said:

I hope cheap HP sauce at last...Hooooorah....?

Have You Spelt EXPENSIVE Wrong ?????

[Number 6]

2 hours ago, Fex Bluse said:

Everything in Thailand controlled by a handful of uber wealthy Thai-Chinese families who we are making filthy rich every second by buying grossly inflated products. Not many ways around this in Thailand unfortunately. These Thai-Chinese families control the entire supply chain in Thailand from the ports to our mouths. Only remedy is learn to eat and drink what the locals do.

This is the exact same situation in Philippines but there is no manufacturing. So, they control all the imports (sourcing, channels) and the shipping as well. 100% totally vertical kleptocracy.

 

[Nong Khai Man]

8 hours ago, bheard said:

Go up to Lopburi and you'll see that bigC is powering along, while the TescoLotus just up the road is on it's deathbed.

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It's the OTHER Way round in Nong Khai.......The Laos People LOVE Tesco's.....

[Number 6]

I live in central Bangkok but often wonder at the horrendously overpriced foreign foods - who buys this stuff??

 

I definitely see farang whennim shopping not just 1-2 maybe.

 

Jams, sauces, biscuits, fancy oats. Odd meats no Thai would recognize. Stuff packaged in French and German. Sometimes im not exactly sure myself what the stuff is. Foreign bigc buyer utter failure.

 

The stuff gets put out for some ridiculous price. Doesn't sell for months and ends up on discount rack

[upu2]

On 9/14/2018 at 11:02 AM, Kaoboi Bebobp said:

Not being a Brit: What's special about Morrisons' products that another brand does not provide?

In reality nothing whatsoever but many Brits out here feel it is better to have food from the UK. Why? I have no idea

[sandyf]

3 hours ago, billd766 said:

 

Fresh fruit and a home made bread roll for me. Why would I want to eat chopped up cardboard boxes with all the flavour of soggy newspaper?

You are right there Bill, absolutely dreadful. About the only half decent stuff I have come across is where it has been described as 'sour dough', I think just salt and no sugar.

Never thought about making my own, friend of mine who is into baking said it was more hassle than it was worth in this climate.

Started to make my own sausages and that has worked out ok, only problem that the skins I got from China are sheep and only make chipolatas. Mate of mine is bringing some next month from the UK for some bigger bangers.

[CGW]

3 hours ago, Fex Bluse said:

Only remedy is learn to eat and drink what the locals do.

I agree with what you say, but your "remedy" is too extreme for me, I prefer to pay outlandish prices and complain a lot! ?

After 30 years here either my tastes have changed or the quality of "local" food has deteriorated substantially! The "locals" don't exactly have a healthy diet, to be polite.

[Fex Bluse]

2 minutes ago, CGW said:

I agree with what you say, but your "remedy" is too extreme for me, I prefer to pay outlandish prices and complain a lot! ?

After 30 years here either my tastes have changed or the quality of "local" food has deteriorated substantially! The "locals" don't exactly have a healthy diet, to be polite.

I agree... I find some stuff OK but much of it objectionable. Especially the quality. The upside is that I've lost several kg over the years. 

[tso310]

Looking forward to some enterprising UK Indians setting up corner shops here. They can teach the locals a thing or two.

[stud858]

What I would like to know is which one of you guys pays 400 baht for a punnet of strawberries at foodland? You'd have to really like strawberries. 

Someone has to have paid that much because they are always there.

Surely they,foodland, don't throw them away all the time.

Hope the new imports are well priced.

 

[watcharacters]

2 minutes ago, stud858 said:

because they are always there.

 

Don't they eventually rotten?

[watcharacters]

1 hour ago, CGW said:

After 30 years here either my tastes have changed or the quality of "local" food has deteriorated substantially! The "locals" don't exactly have a healthy diet, to be polite.

 

Post of the year!!!

[watcharacters]

4 hours ago, transam said:

I hope cheap HP sauce at last...Hooooorah....?

 

HP sauce is great and reasonably priced..

[JAG]

3 hours ago, upu2 said:

In reality nothing whatsoever but many Brits out here feel it is better to have food from the UK. Why? I have no idea

I'm not sure that is entirely the case - the vast majority of westerners resident here, especially if they are married to a Thai, will eat more or less what the locals eat most of the time. But it is nice to have the opportunity, from time to time, to  take a trip down a gastronomic memory lane.

 

Personally, I am a "cheeseophile", and love a piece of decent English cheese , washed down with a glass of cider. Cider is available (Moose, and Strongbow at a pinch, are OK, as is the New Zealand Cheddar), but oh if only I could find somewhere which sells Lancashire, Wensleydale, Caerphilly, Double Gloucester or Stilton!

 

Most of the time it is "Moo Laab", various curries and grilled chicken or fish....

 

That's fine by me.

[zydeco]

People going at each other over paying for imported trash food. Funny.

[kkerry]

1 hour ago, stud858 said:

What I would like to know is which one of you guys pays 400 baht for a punnet of strawberries at foodland? You'd have to really like strawberries. 

 I used to wonder the same about some of the imported fruit prices at Jusco. Three hundred baht plus for a punnet of blueberries, strawberries like you say. I never saw any reduced to clear (maybe would have bought some) but now they never stock any expensive blueberries or strawberries in my store. Same thing with the 110 baht avocados. Still have 600 baht packages of dates but I suppose the shelf life is longer.

[kkerry]

4 hours ago, Number 6 said:

I live in central Bangkok but often wonder at the horrendously overpriced foreign foods - who buys this stuff??

 

I definitely see farang whennim shopping not just 1-2 maybe.

 

Jams, sauces, biscuits, fancy oats. Odd meats no Thai would recognize. Stuff packaged in French and German. Sometimes im not exactly sure myself what the stuff is. Foreign bigc buyer utter failure.

 

The stuff gets put out for some ridiculous price. Doesn't sell for months and ends up on discount rack

 

Some of the prices for cheese and imported coffee make me wonder the same thing. Nescafe Gold Japan import 400 baht a 100 gram jar, small pieces of cheese for 350 baht. German products I often see on the reduced to clear trolley at my local Tesco. I bought some very nice beetroot in a jar, 150 baht down to 50 baht, went back a few weeks later and I don't think any had been sold so got a few more, but most of the time I'm not really sure exactly what they are either. Do Thais even eat sauerkraut or camembert?

 

If anyone has been to Rustan's in Manila it's even more surprising there. Best I saw was almond milk, USA import, 1100 pesos for one litre. Makes me feel poor shopping there, but like Thailand there are quite a few mega rich locals.

 

[gaviny]

Uttaradit does not have a Big C yet but one has been proposed , how much extra are people going to have to pay for all of these imported goods an example i usually the Australian cereal Weet-Bix which was 98baht per box of 24 rom Tesco Lotus but it is now 108baht so i wont be buying them any more it seems that Tesco is raising the prices of most things making it very expensive to shop there these days especially with the exchange rate the way it is on the Aussie dollar .

Don't you think the reason why Weet Bix has gone up has something to do with the Aussie dollar going south rather than Tesco upping their margins ?

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[Machiavelli]

On 9/14/2018 at 10:42 AM, CGW said:

Not so sure that is such good news? most times I can read exactly what I am buying and consuming I generally am disgusted and strike it off the list! Were eating so much crap these days which is directly proportional to the increase in ill health! ?

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. It's still a one way ticket. 

[CGW]

3 minutes ago, Machiavelli said:

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. It's still a one way ticket. 

It is - but you can choose which "class" you travel ?

[billd766]

7 hours ago, transam said:

Not cheap....Works out about a fiver for two..My chum buys a quid for one back home...?

 

OTOH how much council tax do you pay in Thailand?

 

I just paid my water bill today. 60 thb for 2 months.

 

Trust me, the price of HP sauce in Thailand is cheap in the overall cost of living..

[imcagr]

On 9/15/2018 at 2:56 PM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Sorry, I was confusing Casino and Carrefour....  But I never said Tops was selling either.

 

Indeed, Central lately has begun selling some Carrefour products, along with Marks & Spencer items.

 

I think it was Carrefour products that were supposed to be leaving or lessening at Big C.

 

 

 

 

Still knowing nothing and still speaking...

 

OF COURSE carrefour products are not sold in BigC since bigC bought them....

 

 

 

[imcagr]

13 hours ago, Fex Bluse said:

Everything in Thailand controlled by a handful of uber wealthy Thai-Chinese families who we are making filthy rich every second by buying grossly inflated products. Not many ways around this in Thailand unfortunately. These Thai-Chinese families control the entire supply chain in Thailand from the ports to our mouths. Only remedy is learn to eat and drink what the locals do.

 

And die of cancer or diabetes at the age of 60 as the locals do...

Ridiculous.