Picture: Thai Rath

 

They are one of Thailand's most delicious snacks - north eastern or Isaan sausage.

 

Most Bangkokians are familiar with the snack that is usually sold in the Thai capital with cabbage, raw chilis and ginger.

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

But in the Surin Muang district fresh market Thai Rath caught up with a female trader called Noi, 54, who has been selling the grilled delight with a dipping sauce for the past two decades.

 

You can get seven little balls for 10 baht and she sells 3,000 a day raking in a profit of 1,500 baht daily.

 

Picture: Thai Rath

Picture: Thai Rath

Picture: Thai Rath

1500 a day.  Ok

 

in America the average Xmas bonus is 300,000 baht for capable employees.  I got more six times.

 

she probably works way harder than I ever did, but……………

 

so do grave diggers and garbage men

 

1500 was the headline……not sure why.  1500 is a lot?

The Thai Rath article said she sells BETWEEN 2,000 and 3,000 sausage balls a day, grossing between 4-5,000 baht per day. The Thai Rath article also says it typically only takes her 3 hours for her to completely sell out, and she does this from a mobile cart.

 

Not to rain on this feel good story or anything...but the above numbers just don't add up.

 

If she's selling between 2,000 and 3,000 sausage balls at 7 balls for 10 baht she would be grossing between 2,857 and 4,285 baht per day, less than the 4,000 and 5,000 baht per day stated in the story. If she is claiming that demand is so high that it only takes her 3 hours to completely sell out, that would mean she is selling between 666 and 1,000 sausage balls per hour over the 3 hour stretch.

 

The hibachi grill pictured in the story looks like it has a maximum capacity of 100 to 200 sausage balls. My observation has always been that thoroughly cooking those sausage balls takes around 30 minutes. That would mean the maximum production capacity of the grill is at most 400 sausage balls per hour, not counting time needed to adjust the coals, which is far less than the 666 to 1,000 stated in the story. Also, even if she really was selling 666 to 1,000 sausage balls per hour, to do so would mean even if every order was for 20 balls per order she is handling 33 to 50 orders per hour, (one every 1-2 minutes) which, considering the attention the grill requires, I don't think is humanly possible. I've never seen a mobile hibachi vendor handle the kind of activity claimed in the article. Have you?

 

 

1 hour ago, BananaStrong said:

1500 was the headline……not sure why.  1500 is a lot?

Minimum wage is 350 baht or thereabouts. 1,500 baht per day is pretty good.

It's more than I pay my staff and they are paid well above the minimum wage.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

a profit of 1,500 baht daily

Wow

How much is that per hour?

Probably less than 200B... 

From which part of the pig do the balls originate?

1 hour ago, BananaStrong said:

1500 a day.  Ok

 

in America the average Xmas bonus is 300,000 baht for capable employees.  I got more six times.

 

she probably works way harder than I ever did, but……………

 

so do grave diggers and garbage men

 

1500 was the headline……not sure why.  1500 is a lot?

Let's see.

 

1500 baht a day x 25 days = 37500 baht per month.

 

Average pay for foreign teacher here = 35000

 

Its something to celebrate and protect, for a thai person, whom the majority have little means, create and maintain something that provides independence and stability. 

 

Good for you if you mean you got a good bonus but comparing yourself to this lady in the story, that's just weird. 

 

Her only mistake is this story and opening her mouth about the returns. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stunning that some posters have no idea that 1500 a day is good money for the common people here. Looking from the condo seems to blur the view.

2 hours ago, KannikaP said:

From which part of the pig do the balls originate?

5ft from its oink.

Great business but she is not making 1500 baht a day profit, but good luck to her 

21 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Minimum wage is 350 baht or thereabouts. 1,500 baht per day is pretty good.

It's more than I pay my staff and they are paid well above the minimum wage.

More than a standard government wage .I know I'm married to one who's takes home less than this ..good luck to the lady ..30 a month ..more than the ungrateful British government pay me for my pension..Just sayin.