Was at the Big C Pattaya Klang 2 weeks ago. Must have been about 5 pm and they were putting the prices down. Must have been about 20 farang hovering around this one bin as they put out the discount food. So it isn't just Thais feeling that pinch

Thai Friendly, order your "meal" and stay home. No drinks, no bar fine, no taxi.

The number of Grab Food delivery bikes and other food delivery services I see queued up at the more popular Thai places tells me that the Thais are simply getting too lazy to go out and buy the food themselves, they're just calling out for somebody else to get it now.

Once the high season starts and all the tourists flood in all will be well ????

Prices are rising. Just went to our local Vietnamese restaurant. The menu had stick on paper on every price with new prices ( upwards in price written in). The dish we normally buy in a take away box for 2 people was 200 baht 2 months ago, last month it jumped to 240 baht, toady we hit 300 baht . He then tells me a bigger size at 400 baht , no thankyou. Not being stingy farang can probably absorb the increases but if you were a Thai on 250 baht a day, phew!

Its a great time for generals masquerading as politicians and that's all that matters????

2 hours ago, keith101 said:

Getting real with a bad economy and rising unemployment 

if they keep that up they will soon become a first world economy, where everyone has loads of money but can't afford anything.

Clearly the government with all its specialized ministers has not noticed anything yet!

Not one person said they would not buy a new phone, or buy a cheaper phone !

maybe getting healthy to? lot a heffas about nowadays eating market oiled up, salty, fatty rubbish. Probably a good thing  My family eats 99% of meals at home. Sick of paying for diarrhoea then for the medicine...

34 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Was at the Big C Pattaya Klang 2 weeks ago. Must have been about 5 pm and they were putting the prices down.

They were ahead then

usually the promotions never start before 6 pm

We were the only guests at a 4 star resort in CM. Well, the rich are busy buying up foreign assets and the average have no clue. 
The longer this cheap money floats around , the bigger the world wide bust up. 

30 minutes ago, Deli said:

Thai Friendly, order your "meal" and stay home. No drinks, no bar fine, no taxi.

True

but beware the old photos

if you not want to be disappointed when the delivery arrives

with 10 years more on the counter and 10 kilos (At least) more on the balance

could be due to Food Panda and people ordering from said restaurants but to eat at home 

20 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

Once the high season starts and all the tourists flood in all will be well ????

yes just have to wait and pray 

????

Eating at home and not  going out to eat is shades better than  staying at  home  and  not eating at all.

Could  be not  far oof and probably  already  for a growing  number.

 

22 minutes ago, legend49 said:

Prices are rising. Just went to our local Vietnamese restaurant. The menu had stick on paper on every price with new prices ( upwards in price written in). The dish we normally buy in a take away box for 2 people was 200 baht 2 months ago, last month it jumped to 240 baht, toady we hit 300 baht . He then tells me a bigger size at 400 baht , no thankyou. Not being stingy farang can probably absorb the increases but if you were a Thai on 250 baht a day, phew!

Yes Thai logic

We have less customers

mm how to earn the same money like before?

well it's easy, just up the prices

silly but TIT

59 minutes ago, korkenzieher said:

Why did Jamie Oliver go bust?

Sorry but I don't agree.  Jamie left his brother-in-law in charge of his business interests when he should have been running it himself.  We had a meal at Jamie's Italian about six years ago and was probably the poorest excuse from a chain I've ever had the misfortune to consume and we never went back after that and we weren't the only ones.  

2 hours ago, CNXexpat said:

Because the food stalls and restaurants have to pay a high commission, the dishes are a lot smaller compared with the portions on site.  

Is this really true that the portions are smaller when ordered through Grab or Foodpanda? Anyone else experienced this? I always thought the price was slightly higher when ordering through those apps plus you pay for delivery too.

2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

--and lots of stray dogs suddenly have been disappearing off my local sois.....

Do you mean that the Thais have started eating the soi dogs like the Vietnamese? lol

Im all for buy one get one 

Some of the prices are getting stupid in these restaurants imported beers 300 Baht a pint

I was looking to take a snack home it was like 170 Baht for just a snack, <deleted> that stop at 7/11 on the way home 30 Baht  

Asked motorcycle taxi guys how things are in the soi I live in and they all said pretty much the same thing. The street traders and food shops/restaurants are all complaining that business is way down.

 

Had a large roller blind installed 2 weeks ago and asked the guy installing it how business was. He said it was his first order of the month. He claimed that usually November and December are the busiest months for his business, but so far it had been terrible. His business was really suffering. 

 

All rather anecdotal but seem to support others interpretation of the state of things.

Took me ages to get the Midget to start shopping in Makro, snob she is 

3 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I've been out to eat once this month (bill was 159bht including a large Leo).

My Thai gf hasn't been out with me for ages, she can't afford to eat out.

 

When she asks for more money I tell her to find a wealthier lover, but I'm afraid the market for live-in gfs has almost completely dried up (Thai and foreigner employers) in Chiang Mai.

Know what you mean, if we didn't have kids my one would have been booted out years back. It's a big enough battle just looking after oneself these days without carrying people.

The junta knows nothing about managing the economy. Bring back Thaksin, and he will save Thailand and Thais economically. 

5 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Took me ages to get the Midget to start shopping in Makro, snob she is 

Where did she shop before?

13 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

Do you mean that the Thais have started eating the soi dogs like the Vietnamese? lol

What do you think all these cheap sausage BBQ in the streeet stalls are made with? 

24 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Took me ages to get the Midget to start shopping in Makro, snob she is 

 

16 minutes ago, torturedsole said:

Where did she shop before?

The mini mart. Perfect for the vertically challenged.

I never know what to believe after reading any of these polls because it's never explained enough how these polls are conducted. Why the number is so small, thus how does it represent the population as a whole, how much were people spending before; Thai's usually live with family and friends, so how much has changed; Thai's often unplug all electrical outlets, so why does this article make it sound like something new; is less eating out a result of the economy or a result of a person's spending habits; like others said, are people just ordering in more now cause they'd rather not go out; and more. My main concern is the rather small representation of the Thai people and when it comes to money, in Thailand, the gap is pay gap between high society and low society is so large, it's hard to make broad generalizations.

20 minutes ago, torturedsole said:

Where did she shop before?

Villa market and Central