Siamburi's today.

[Kinok Farang]

Called in Siamburi's, Khao Talo this morning and rather strangely there were notices on full fridges and shelves (roughly half of the produce) saying "not for sale,has to go back to the wholesalers"

 Does anyone know what is happening there?

If it is going out of business,where will us fat lads get our fix of cholesterol?

[CharlieH]

More suited to Pattaya forum

 

MOVED

[chickenslegs]

Lots of information in a previous topic ...

 

[scubascuba3]

Presumably you can get cheese etc at the other expat shops until they sort their FDA problem out

[champers]

Got some Lancashire cheese (Wensleydale also in stock), Warburtons crumpets and Greggs mini-sausage rolls from Villa at Avenue Mall today.

I'm a happy shopper.

[0ffshore360]

12 minutes ago, champers said:

Got some Lancashire cheese (Wensleydale also in stock), Warburtons crumpets and Greggs mini-sausage rolls from Villa at Avenue Mall today.

I'm a happy shopper.

Confirmed POM then.

[champers]

9 hours ago, 0ffshore360 said:

Confirmed POM then.

Convict?

[hunkidori]

17 hours ago, champers said:

Greggs mini-sausage rolls from Villa at Avenue Mall today.

I'm a happy shopper.

 

Most of the Iceland stuff and Greggs is cheaper at Villa than Siamburi's so they're obviously marking the profits up a bit steeply. You could almost suggest he's ripping folk off.

 

Part of what they were pulled by the FDA for I believe was buying frozen fruit and veg from Makro in kilo packs for say 89 Baht and then re-packing them in half kilo packs then selling them on to gullible punters for the same price. Good work if you can get it.

 

I only rarely go there these days if I see they have a once in a blue moon bargain, as in my opinion since the current owner took over those are few and far between.

[Rimmer]

Some posts have been removed. I think you will understand why....

[Kinok Farang]

5 hours ago, hunkidori said:

 

Most of the Iceland stuff and Greggs is cheaper at Villa than Siamburi's so they're obviously marking the profits up a bit steeply. You could almost suggest he's ripping folk off.

 

Part of what they were pulled by the FDA for I believe was buying frozen fruit and veg from Makro in kilo packs for say 89 Baht and then re-packing them in half kilo packs then selling them on to gullible punters for the same price. Good work if you can get it.

 

I only rarely go there these days if I see they have a once in a blue moon bargain, as in my opinion since the current owner took over those are few and far between.

I agree,Siamburi's is nowt special.OK when it first came to town.

[scubascuba3]

All these expat shops have similar prices for everything, not much competition going on, better to wean yourself off this stuff as mostly bad for you anyway

[Inderpland]

5 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Some posts have been removed. I think you will understand why....

 

Went there myself today so can indeed understand why.😁

I don't understand the moaning about the prices there though, and one guy saying they're ripping people off....well, he's probably off balloon chasing most nights.

I see people saying that some individual products can be bought cheaper elsewhere, but as a whole I think Siambury's is pretty well priced.

But if someone can suggest a shop with roughly the same range of products at cheaper prices I'm all ears.

Won't hold my breath though.

 

[hotandsticky]

39 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

All these expat shops have similar prices for everything, not much competition going on, better to wean yourself off this stuff as mostly bad for you anyway

 

 

Absolutely true.....and why should there be.

 

 

A business is there to make a profit - otherwise we all know what happens. A race to the bottom by cutting prices to try and beat the competition has no future; the punters benefit, in the short term, but the end result is fewer businesses and less choice. 

 

Siamburi's has had occasional great offers at times - notably the cheeses. Beyond that it a place, amongst others, where can get food from at sensible prices. Those who expect something for nothing - and there are many - will get SFA.,

 

If you want an example of price gouging (or ineptitude with initial pricing) look no further than MAKRO. Their own ARO brand of vintage cheese was 199 Baht last week for 450g - now it is 245 Baht, an increase of 23%.

[scubascuba3]

8 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

A business is there to make a profit - otherwise we all know what happens. A race to the bottom by cutting prices to try and beat the competition has no future; the punters benefit, in the short term, but the end result is fewer businesses and less choice. 

 

Supermarket competition works really well in the UK, even Lidl and Aldi are beating Tescos etc and profits up, so if it works there it can work i Thailand 

[jacko45k]

On 10/15/2024 at 6:46 PM, champers said:

Got some Lancashire cheese (Wensleydale also in stock), Warburtons crumpets and Greggs mini-sausage rolls from Villa at Avenue Mall today.

I'm a happy shopper.

Great, I will start saving up for some myself!

[hotandsticky]

5 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Supermarket competition works really well in the UK, even Lidl and Aldi are beating Tescos etc and profits up, so if it works there it can work i Thailand 

 

Sensible point but Thailand's Siamburi's is not a vast supermarket with own brand products.  The exception was probably bulk purchases of cheese where they repackaged smaller portions.....FDA didn't like that apparently.

 

I agree that competition between Thailand supermarket groups is possible and you can see this with Big C, Lotus' and Makro - my Tchibo coffee is nearly always cheaper in Makro.

 

Competition is limited because of the size/power of CP. Saving a few Baht is more challenging because, like the UK, no one supermarket can be the cheapest on every product.