Tesco Lotus sets new procedure for alcoholic beverages sales amid Covid-19 risk

[jimn]

23 minutes ago, spetersen said:

I went to Macro in south Pattaya yesterday , I was alone in the alcohol section at 1.30 PM, It looked as any day before the pandemic. 

Exactly. A typical over reactiion for something that isn't a problem at all. On Sunday mainly at Macro stores there was an influx of people for 3 reasons. (1) The small mum and dad shops had sold all their beer at inflated prices during the ban and they needed to get their hands on more. (2) There was a lot of confusion will they wont they allow alcohol to be sold. The provincial offices are to be blamed for this. (3) The obvious one, alcohol was banned for 3 weeks, there was always going to be a rush. Macro was a nightmare, we avoided it on Sunday and went to Big C at Pattaya Tai. A little busier at the alcohol section but no queues or panic buying. Go into any shop that sells alcohol now and things are back to normal.

Edited May 6, 2020 by jimn

[Percy P]

1 hour ago, overherebc said:

I sanitize my loaves ( loafes ) ?

by spraying them with vodka before eating. 

Lao Khao better and you can get it a most small shops .7/21 to expensive

[notmyself]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Easier just to buy alcohol at other places that don't have so many restrictions on opening time.

Usually cheaper as well.

 

 

[wensiensheng]

2 hours ago, transam said:

Takes a farang company to sort stuff out.....????

Um, Tesco recently sold their shareholding in TescoLotus to CP Group. I’m not sure if the deal has closed yet, but it’s been announced.

Edited May 6, 2020 by wensiensheng

[transam]

45 minutes ago, Snackbar said:

Tesco in Thailand and Malaysia is owned by CP group 

 

Central and Thai bevera

And who "owns" McDonalds in LOS......?

Yes, McThai......Now tell me, do they use Thai tech or USA tech...?

Are McDonald's toilets in LOS based on Thai or USA toilets....?   

[transam]

2 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

Um, Tesco recently sold their shareholding in TescoLotus to CP Group. I’m not sure if the deal has closed yet, but it’s been announced.

You are talking about money, not the farang operation, aren't you....????

[alien365]

If they don't want too many people in the aisles the government should simply allow alcohol to be bought at any time. It's not rocket science that the less time allowed to buy something, the more crowded it will be during those times.

[jlwilliamsjr18]

Duh...Does Thailand have an alcohol problem?  

[dabhand]

20 minutes ago, yellowboat said:

I would find this embarrassing.  No other countries in the region behave this way.  One of the few joys Thai have left is an occasional drink.  Don't think they drink as much as those in Indochina, and yet there is order.   It is just embarrassing.

Maybe not alcohol related but just as embarrassing, no?

 

At least the Thais refrained from sampling the goods before purchase.

 

https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/business/20190523/riotlike-chaos-erupts-at-auchan-outlets-ahead-of-chains-exit-from-vietnam/50062.html

[Surasak]

2 hours ago, transam said:

Takes a farang company to sort stuff out.....????

Yes, and British.

[wotsdermatter]

2 hours ago, transam said:

Using their LOAF

Interesting comment.  During WWII in England farmers and lorry owners, like my uncle who owned 12 lorries, could buy as much petrol as they needed to run their vehicles.  The petrol was dyed pink for identification purposes.  Much was syphoned off and sold.  The buyer would place a loaf of bread, with one heel removed, on top of a container and pour the liquid into the loaf.  When the petrol was collected the dye had been strained out and was the normal colour.

'nuf sed.

[Surasak]

1 hour ago, splodger said:

Tesco Lotus is Thai

Where have you been hiding for the past thirty plus years????

[JAG]

2 hours ago, lee b said:

It makes alot of sense, the scenes from a few days back were shocking.

Have they been repeated?

 

Is it now a permanent problem?

 

Or were they a one off, the result of the lifting of a ban which had been imposed for a few days at short notice, and then arbitrarily and considerably extended? Whilst many, vendors and buyers, may have reluctantly accepted the initial ban, they saw the subsequent extension, and the lack of transparency over relaxing or further extensions, coinciding as they did with the regime effectively asking for "a bung" from the producers and sellers, as likely to mean another arbitrary ban would be imposed shortly. Hence the urgency, particularly on the part of small businesses, to restock.

 

As so often, the consequences of their inchoate actions, make the problem worse.

 

You see, it does make quite a difference doesn't it - unless you were too shocked by the appalling scenes to consider that.

[overherebc]

10 minutes ago, jlwilliamsjr18 said:

Duh...Does Thailand have an alcohol problem?  

Well I don't 

I drink, fall down, it's no problem.

Seriously, if someone doesn't drink then that's fine with me. I don't or never have gone around getting on peoples backs because they don't drink. 

Leave people alone in their lives, don't try to force your beliefs or standards on them.

Once having a meal with friends at home someone announced they would like to say 'Grace" at the start of the meal. I said 'fine' do you mind if I eat while you're saying it because it was my money that put the food on the table not your imagined sky god or whatever.

Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow you may die.

[overherebc]

9 minutes ago, wotsdermatter said:

Interesting comment.  During WWII in England farmers and lorry owners, like my uncle who owned 12 lorries, could buy as much petrol as they needed to run their vehicles.  The petrol was dyed pink for identification purposes.  Much was syphoned off and sold.  The buyer would place a loaf of bread, with one heel removed, on top of a container and pour the liquid into the loaf.  When the petrol was collected the dye had been strained out and was the normal colour.

'nuf sed.

How did the bread taste?

From memory I can remember someone saying it would actually stain inside the tank and carb'  as well and that would be as proof you had used 'illegal' fuel.

Edited May 6, 2020 by overherebc

[phantomfiddler]

3 hours ago, transam said:

Takes a farang company to sort stuff out.....????

But no Farang customers, at least in the pic !

[transam]

6 minutes ago, phantomfiddler said:

But no Farang customers, at least in the pic !

Well it is Thailand........????

[DrJack54]

44 minutes ago, jimn said:

Exactly. A typical over reactiion for something that isn't a problem at all.

Good post. 

In AU they don't have a curfew. Well sorta. There are set reasons for being outside. List of about 6 very specific reasons.

On the spot fines of $1645aud. 

If you have small gathering (keep in mind max 2 people even in own home, excluding folk that live there) big fine for that and they are being issued. 

As for booze, big liquor stores like Dan Murphy's doing free delivery. There was never a booze ban because that's just a f.. up idea.

Here in los I'm getting deliveries from 7/11. No charge.

As the fella I quoted pointed out. It's the governments flip flopping that causes issues. 

 

[flexomike]

3 hours ago, transam said:

Takes a farang company to sort stuff out.....????

yeah now they just need to get there inventory built, went there two days and all they had left for beer was a couple of four packs of Chang, will be going to town again tomorrow so will give it one more try, still have enough for another week, but don't want to get caught with my pants down in case they decide to do another ban - 555

 

[Jiggo]

Waiting for Greggs Lotus too open up in Thailand yummy

[SupermarineS6B]

3 hours ago, transam said:

Takes a farang company to sort stuff out.....????

Now owned by CP who owns the 7/11s........ He's not risking losing anymore coin due to little toad..... 

[Chongalulu]

3 hours ago, Antiparovian said:

I don't normally do any"tugging" while buying alcohol. That is reserved for when I'm alone in the privacy of my own home....

Which hand to simultaneously hold the ?????

[apetryxx]

None of this nonsense would have taken place if the alcohol ban hadn’t been instituted in the first place. Nobody in government has yet to come up with any reasonable explanation as to what any of these moronic rules, and there are many, have anything to do with the Wuhan Virus. My take is, as is the case with most dictatorships, control, in what ever form is the cudgel used to keep the populace in line. In our particular case here in Thailand, a very very small percentage of the population who were infected were used as an excuse to impose what amounts to martial law. Think about what has been done to every day life, the economy, entertainment, transportation or just the plain happiness of those around you. All of this misery and inconvenience based on the whims of one man.

[SupermarineS6B]

7 minutes ago, apetryxx said:

None of this nonsense would have taken place if the alcohol ban hadn’t been instituted in the first place. Nobody in government has yet to come up with any reasonable explanation as to what any of these moronic rules, and there are many, have anything to do with the Wuhan Virus. My take is, as is the case with most dictatorships, control, in what ever form is the cudgel used to keep the populace in line. In our particular case here in Thailand, a very very small percentage of the population who were infected were used as an excuse to impose what amounts to martial law. Think about what has been done to every day life, the economy, entertainment, transportation or just the plain happiness of those around you. All of this misery and inconvenience based on the whims of one man.

You've missed the real point, it was nothing to do with the virus or well being of the people or the country......... It was to stave off riots well over due....... Every swinging D*&^ knows it....... Dodged a bullet for the time being..... Still on the menu though...... 

[SupermarineS6B]

14 minutes ago, nchuckle said:

Which hand to simultaneously hold the ?????

Yeah but can you change hands though ??   

[Mark17AA]

 "customers were found tugging" Tissues and wet wipes are available at the end of each aisle. 

[smedly]

my experience of Makro in general is that many Thais are using it as a wholesale for their business - when I see trolleys stuffed full of veg meat booze etc it is very obviously not for home consumption, so if the booze they are buying is for business use they must be selling it to customers 

[wazzupnow]

this is really making sence, first time i heared anything making sence in the land of the smiles

who invented this, lets elect him to be the next PM 

no way he would do worse anyway

[Burma Bill]

4 hours ago, stubby52 said:

Well done tesco don't want them reinstating any bans do we.

Interesting, but didn't Tesco Lotus (Thailand and Malaysia) sell out to the CP Group for 10.6 billion US$ earlier this year? CP Group now using the brand name?

[Expat Tom]

Simple solution. Do away with stupid laws that forbid buying from 1100 to 2:00 pm...