Prices french products raised +20% in Big C Extra ?

[RichardColeman]

Vegetable prices not really an issue for my wife - she'll disappear into the hedge and brush when walking to the 7/11 and come back with an entire bowl of salad - which tome just looks like my uk neighbours hedge

[bendejo]

On 3/16/2021 at 7:04 AM, Patong2021 said:

Yes, the cost of imported  French products has increased. Same for other EU imports.

2 reasons; 1- The EU wholesale costs have increased. it is all over the EU news for the past year, the many price increases. 2- Cost of transport cargo has increased very much.

When supply chains are disrupted, food processors shut down, workers off work, there is cost impact.   Here is an explanation.  When the  old stock is finished the new higher cost stock comes to the shop. stock  https://ilostat.ilo.org/covid-19-is-driving-up-food-prices-all-over-the-world/

I posted this on a different thread a few days ago.  Asian food products in the US are up app. 30% by my observation.

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[jacko45k]

11 hours ago, Yorkshire Tea said:

You sure it was sea bass?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/15/revealed-seafood-happening-on-a-vast-global-scale

Valid point... my favourite has always been cod and I have learned to read menus.... if it is a better quality type of fish it will at least clearly claim it to be so. There used to be an abundance of cheap fish and chips in Pattaya and I recall having a few where the fish was some insipid soft mush inside the batter that was very unappetizing.  

[moontang]

6 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Valid point... my favourite has always been cod and I have learned to read menus.... if it is a better quality type of fish it will at least clearly claim it to be so. There used to be an abundance of cheap fish and chips in Pattaya and I recall having a few where the fish was some insipid soft mush inside the batter that was very unappetizing.  

It was specifically asdvertised as both a new item and Sea Bass.  As a Miami native, there are two things I know a lot about, one is good fish, the other I wouldn't talk about in the drunkest of stupers.  The best fish and chips I ever had was Halibut, served at a modest Inn in Coos Bay, Oregon.  But, I had to drive 10 hours, around a 14000 foot mountain, then through a rain forest, where it seemed to be raining sideways.  The waitress needed some serious dental work, and was old enough to be my grandmother.  This fish was in the same league, the waitress was more like granddaughter than grandma, it was a one beer walk from my hotel..and half price.... so again, thumbs up for this slice of corporate America. 

Edited March 20, 2021 by moontang

[natway09]

All imported products will face a stiff increase due to the shipping comany mafia 

increasing container freight costs by as much as 120% in just over 12 months

along with internal road  freight costs in Europe being a minimum of 4 times what they are here

It should be controlled but there does not seem to be any International policing body prepared to do anything.

It is also starting to bite Thai exports

[topt]

On 3/17/2021 at 12:28 PM, Susco said:

There is 2 x 200gr dark chocolate ~50% cocoa for 139 Baht

 

On 3/18/2021 at 8:35 AM, Henryford said:

Not a promotion i bought the 400g for 139 baht yesterday

I used to buy that chocolate all the time.

Guys are you saying it is now back in stock in that colour packaging in with the rest of the chocolate selection? The reason I ask is I have not seen it for months (I know my eyesight is bad but.....) and have been buying the smaller 3 100g bars in the brighter red packaging  - and I am sure the taste is not as good? Thanks

[roger101]

I buy Casinso's Peppered Smoked Mackerel  at Big C. It's gone from 189 Baht to 209 Baht.

[NewGuy]

Big C Extra Pattaya Klang: I used to buy Casino ground coffee from many countries (Mexico, Brazil, other Central American and Africa countries too). Different flavours, not expensive. All gone now, replaced by Starbucks, Nestles, some crazy expensive.  Didn’t even have Bon Cafe.

[domdom]

Hello,

I confirm the info.. I had purchased one dry sausage (saucisse seche) 2 weeks ago, yesterday it was 20% higher (I therefore did not buy.. and I checked other french products and same result..

However for one year now I note a regular price increase in a lot of products even non imported, slwly 2 to 3 bahts, then 5 bahts more etc..

Fresh made cakes are also much more expensive than a few months ago (even if still at good price quality/price ratio)

Butcher has some fidiculous prices, some lamb chops at neafly 1500 bahts per kilo, and nearly 500 bahts per kilo for ground beef of good quality

French butter (paysan breton) is 10% cheaper and meat also cheaper for same quality in foodmart (Jomtien bus station).. good beef ground meat for 280 bahts..

Regarding cheese excellent french cheese (camembert et brie lait cru, saint nectaire, pont l eveque, epoisses etc..) are available in a good french restaurant in town at good rate.. Stock arriving from Rungis every week nearly, so here I buy now

Have a nice weekend

[Cake Monster]

On 3/16/2021 at 7:40 PM, Oldie said:

Many especially Farang things had a big price increase. For instance the baguette ????. I remember it cost a bit more than 20 Baht some years ago. A week ago it was 35 Baht if I remember correctly. 

Why not make your own Baguettes. Easy enough to  make, just look upon the Internet.

Cost for me to make 3 at a time is 8 Baht per Baguette from a Recipe and method by a retired Chef from NE UK called John ( Thanks John )

As for the rest of the price increases, I noticed a significant hike in all prices several weeks ago, and the less expensive lines of product were removed from the shelves.

[decca60]

few explainations for the price rise.

* Basic pork meet prices went up due to the swine fever. Higher demand and lower offer = price up

* Shipping costs, specially fresh goods in refrigerated containers have increased also due to lower traffic (Covis stuff)

* Covid hyiene requirements in french factories also increased production costs. Not only meat based products. Also due to Covid situation, factories productivity is down so higher production costs

* Lower demand of these products in Thailand means smaller ordered and by consequence higher purchase prices.

* More products to get rid of due to shelf life and less sales = additional costs to re-introduce into marked prices.

* Casino's business isn't at it's best right now Would be curious to look at prices evolution in their french stores.

These are the objective reasons of price increase

 

Now there are some other factors to take in consideration :

A positive one should be the strong baht which should help at least keeping prices stable BUT

* Less competition and maybe price agreements, never go down

* Much less turnover in stores so margin increases to protect profit as much as possible. The famous thai sales down prices up

* As somebody suggested, we don't know about import duties and maybe end of a special agreement

* When you look at shelves management, I"m not sure the product flow is correctly optimized . More out of stock means  additional costs.

To be entirely honest, although I'm french and love the traditional charcuterie, eating these industial products does't really motivate me

 With all the fresh products you find in Thailand and a bit of willpower and efforts, I can easily prepare home made french meals at reasonable costs Bug C can die tomorrow I won't attend fhe funerals...... But I understand some pelple can love these products and buy them..... at the cost they can afford...

[roo860]

On 3/18/2021 at 10:49 PM, jacko45k said:

Most Pattaya residents don't keep cows I have found and hence shop at places like BigC-X.

Not sure about that, I've seen some of the 'women' they have, would take first prize at the local cattle show.

[moontang]

61 THB for a 454 gram pack of butter...at my local Kroger in the US... haven't priced it here lately as it has been shockingly expensive, but I'll bet I could add a bottle of Jacob's Creek wine (799 THB at 711 in LOS), or even a Mondavi, And still have a lower tab than buying that pound of butter here.. Is the Kangaroo stuff even real? 

Edited March 20, 2021 by moontang

[roo860]

17 hours ago, Susco said:

Hope there wasn't too much wind, or it would fly away

Has the fish eaten the chips?

????

[moontang]

21 minutes ago, roo860 said:

Has the fish eaten the chips?

????

It was a decent, but not large amount.. Seemed to be the equivalent of oreida steak fries from the US.. They certainly weren't counted as they seem to be at some places, here, and had it not been for my drink, I would have burned my mouth.. Don't know about the vinegar, but their tartar sauce was great.. No film on top... Not to keen on the curly fries, but they serve those with the burgers. 

[roo860]

3 minutes ago, moontang said:

It was a decent, but not large amount.. Seemed to be the equivalent of oreida steak fries from the US.. They certainly weren't counted as they seem to be at some places, here, and had it not been for my drink, I would have burned my mouth.. Don't know about the vinegar, but their tartar sauce was great.. No film on top... Not to keen on the curly fries, but they serve those with the burgers. 

Curly fries? Jesus bloody wept!

Edited March 20, 2021 by roo860

[moontang]

5 minutes ago, roo860 said:

Curly fries? Jesus bloody wept!

LOL, yep, that and those seasoned (msg) fries just about marked the end of civilization as we knew it. BTW, try steak sauce on your steak fries sometime.. perhaps, wait until you are back home, so you don't need to rob a bank, first.  Goes great on salmon steaks, too.

[metisdead]

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[userabcd]

Usually buy the imported Big C packets of granola breakfast cereals. Noticed this morning only the chocolate cereal is now available and the price has increased from 159 Baht to 219 Baht.

 

In Lotus S, all the Tesco branded products have disappeared from the shelves.

[jacko45k]

10 hours ago, userabcd said:

In Lotus S, all the Tesco branded products have disappeared from the shelves.

As one would expect I suppose. More concerned that we are getting a general large increase in all these products. 

[bojo]

15 hours ago, decca60 said:

few explainations for the price rise.

* Basic pork meet prices went up due to the swine fever. Higher demand and lower offer = price up

* Shipping costs, specially fresh goods in refrigerated containers have increased also due to lower traffic (Covis stuff)

* Covid hyiene requirements in french factories also increased production costs. Not only meat based products. Also due to Covid situation, factories productivity is down so higher production costs

* Lower demand of these products in Thailand means smaller ordered and by consequence higher purchase prices.

* More products to get rid of due to shelf life and less sales = additional costs to re-introduce into marked prices.

* Casino's business isn't at it's best right now Would be curious to look at prices evolution in their french stores.

These are the objective reasons of price increase

 

Now there are some other factors to take in consideration :

A positive one should be the strong baht which should help at least keeping prices stable BUT

* Less competition and maybe price agreements, never go down

* Much less turnover in stores so margin increases to protect profit as much as possible. The famous thai sales down prices up

* As somebody suggested, we don't know about import duties and maybe end of a special agreement

* When you look at shelves management, I"m not sure the product flow is correctly optimized . More out of stock means  additional costs.

To be entirely honest, although I'm french and love the traditional charcuterie, eating these industial products does't really motivate me

 With all the fresh products you find in Thailand and a bit of willpower and efforts, I can easily prepare home made french meals at reasonable costs Bug C can die tomorrow I won't attend fhe funerals...... But I understand some pelple can love these products and buy them..... at the cost they can afford...

Good sound economic analysis

[bojo]

Alot of clear examples by posters here about recent imported product price rises and a decent analysis by Decca60 for potential reasons for....What about local products that Thais would be buyng, rather than foreigners? Has there been recent inflation with general Thai foodstuffs and groceries?

[Boomer6969]

On 3/17/2021 at 12:11 PM, Spellforce said:

Maybe was it a promotion "2 for 1" ?

I only noticed increased prices for french and fresh products.

Off topic.

Chocolate is hardly French food. Get Lindt from Tops or Tesco if you want something acceptable. Or buy Rillettes instead.

[bwpage3]

On 3/19/2021 at 6:14 AM, moontang said:

Sea Bass.. 150++.

looks like a child's portion

[khunpeer]

On 3/16/2021 at 7:27 PM, chickenslegs said:

Casino products were always good value in Big C. I assume that was due to some kind of lower import duty arrangement when Big C and Carrefour were partners.

I have also noticed the rise in prices. Maybe the import duties have increased.

in the old days Casino was the 'home-brand' of Carrefour! then they left Tland, taken over by BigC but still keeping a big part of this 'home-brand' in their assortiment. 

BigC has been sold again and it will only be some time until the whole Casino-brand has vanished, sadly to say!

Casino products have good quality, affordable and were always in stock.

nowadays I notice that some products are gone forever or at least have not been restocked for a while...

this is a <deleted>ty development. I just try to enjoy Casino as much as I can before it's all gone...

[moontang]

2 hours ago, bwpage3 said:

looks like a child's portion

Put a couple of bunless hotdogs on the plate and call it Sunday Roast. 

[BigStar]

4 hours ago, Boomer6969 said:

Chocolate is hardly French food. Get Lindt from Tops or Tesco if you want something acceptable.

This, the 90%. And, apropos, I noticed yesterday at Foodland that the price of Lindt has just risen from B138 to B145. I stock up when I find it on sale. 

Edited March 21, 2021 by BigStar

[JensenZ]

On 3/16/2021 at 7:38 PM, lopburi3 said:

Even fewer players now that Tesco is gone also might be a factor?  

The biggest factor is probably turnover. Due to lower turnover during covid, they can't sell items before Use by date.... so they have to pass on the costs to the consumers. Consumers have 2 choices... suck up the additional cost or do without. None of it is essential, and if they can't sell it, or sell it at a loss, they will stop importing it.

 

Casino should wise up and offer English labels on their products so people who don't read French might be able to know what the products are. 

 

Edited March 21, 2021 by JensenZ

[Travel Dude]

I used to be a fan of Big C due to their large choice and imported products. 

Since a couple of years they went the Makro way. Changed the lanes, the color of the lights and there was suddenly Far less choice and... recently indeed an increase in prices for the import products. 

Definitely not my preferred anymore. Will look for alternatives. 

[BritManToo]

Two items in my BigC mini market are cheaper than ever.

Party Dairy 2l full fat milk 79bht.

Pepsi 2l 36bht.

 

Never seen them cheaper anywhere in the last 10 years.

Not everything is getting more expensive.