August 29, 200817 yr So a new minimart/mini supermarket opens, the parkings easy and it's in a convient location. What do you want to buy that you can't get from a 7 or Familymart? Is it fresh bread, proper coffee or english speaking staff....
August 29, 200817 yr You got to be kidding if you are comparing a 7/11 or Family Mart with a proper supermarket that sells a complete range of foods and other goods, at a sensible price. These convenience stores are great for the kids, buying phone cards, junk stuff. But real families buy at the local market or the nearest big supermarket.
August 29, 200817 yr Author You got to be kidding if you are comparing a 7/11 or Family Mart with a proper supermarket that sells a complete range of foods and other goods, at a sensible price. These convenience stores are great for the kids, buying phone cards, junk stuff. But real families buy at the local market or the nearest big supermarket. What I meant was a mini mart or mini super market, bigger than a 7 and a Family Mart but not as big as supermarket. Say half the 7 or Family Mart products but much more of a slant towards to farang market.
August 29, 200817 yr What do you want to buy that you can't get from a 7 or Familymart? Ah ... I see. You are conducting a market study for a new mini mart, perhaps oriented to the Farang market.
August 29, 200817 yr I would buy the things I would normally drive to Central for: Feta cheese (the types they have at Central) Low fat cottage cheese (Bulla) plain variety Olives Almonds and Walnuts, plain, not salted Some imported pasta / sauce Oats, plain rolled oats or imported brands Olive oil extra virgin Honey Peanut butter Chicken breast fillets Salmon steaks frozen / packaged dried fruit
August 29, 200817 yr Author What do you want to buy that you can't get from a 7 or Familymart? Ah ... I see. You are conducting a market study for a new mini mart, perhaps oriented to the Farang market. Yes should be opening within 6 weeks or so. Any feedback would be appreciated it's in Patong near a main intersection.
August 29, 200817 yr Yes should be opening within 6 weeks or so. Any feedback would be appreciated it's in Patong near a main intersection. Best of luck mate. The excellent Patong Deli has almost died since Carrefour opened. You will have an uphill struggle.
August 29, 200817 yr Author Yes should be opening within 6 weeks or so. Any feedback would be appreciated it's in Patong near a main intersection. Best of luck mate. The excellent Patong Deli has almost died since Carrefour opened. You will have an uphill struggle. Thanks I think the Deli been weighed down by all of that cheap booze(wine) apparently running into serious money, poor layout and parking doesn't help etc
August 29, 200817 yr Author Yes should be opening within 6 weeks or so. Any feedback would be appreciated it's in Patong near a main intersection. Best of luck mate. The excellent Patong Deli has almost died since Carrefour opened. You will have an uphill struggle. Thanks I think the Deli been weighed down by all of that cheap booze(wine) apparently running into serious money, poor layout and parking doesn't help etc The store will be at four way intersection and across from a major developement.
August 29, 200817 yr Beer Chang anytime I like to by it not just between 11am to 2 pm and 5 pm and 9 pm
August 29, 200817 yr The store will be at four way intersection and across from a major developement. Not too many 4 way intersections in Patong. If it's the southern intersection over to Karon then I'll be a regular customer so long as your western food selection is interesting & economic.
August 29, 200817 yr I would buy the things I would normally drive to Central for:Feta cheese (the types they have at Central) Low fat cottage cheese (Bulla) plain variety Olives Almonds and Walnuts, plain, not salted Some imported pasta / sauce Oats, plain rolled oats or imported brands Olive oil extra virgin Honey Peanut butter Chicken breast fillets Salmon steaks frozen / packaged dried fruit Crete in Greece the place to be
August 30, 200817 yr Author The store will be at four way intersection and across from a major developement. Not too many 4 way intersections in Patong. If it's the southern intersection over to Karon then I'll be a regular customer so long as your western food selection is interesting & economic. I'll do my best it will also have Pharmacy in the same building. I don't buy much from Carrefour is it relatively expensive?
August 30, 200817 yr So a new minimart/mini supermarket opens, the parkings easy and it's in a convient location. What do you want to buy that you can't get from a 7 or Familymart?Is it fresh bread, proper coffee or english speaking staff.... A farang owned grocery which understands the need to open on Sundays too. Same as the Thais.
August 30, 200817 yr Yes should be opening within 6 weeks or so. Any feedback would be appreciated it's in Patong near a main intersection. Best of luck mate. The excellent Patong Deli has almost died since Carrefour opened. You will have an uphill struggle. And so you'd be much better placed to locate it in Chalong. Or Rawai.
August 30, 200817 yr Some more items: Marmite Bovril Branston Pickle Colemans Mustard Haloumi Cheese Feta Cheese Ryvita Weetbix Wishing you all the best with your new venture!
August 30, 200817 yr And so you'd be much better placed to locate it in Chalong. Or Rawai. Chalong will soon have a Carrefour & a Tesco Express.
August 31, 200817 yr I would buy the things I would normally drive to Central for:Feta cheese (the types they have at Central) Low fat cottage cheese (Bulla) plain variety Olives Almonds and Walnuts, plain, not salted Some imported pasta / sauce Oats, plain rolled oats or imported brands Olive oil extra virgin Honey Peanut butter Chicken breast fillets Salmon steaks frozen / packaged dried fruit Andamart has almost all on your list. along with Marmite, wetbix and salsa. all sold as cheaply as possible In case you don't know by now Andamart is just off Chao Fa E. between the Zoo Rd. and Chalong circle
September 1, 200817 yr Author I would buy the things I would normally drive to Central for:Feta cheese (the types they have at Central) Low fat cottage cheese (Bulla) plain variety Olives Almonds and Walnuts, plain, not salted Some imported pasta / sauce Oats, plain rolled oats or imported brands Olive oil extra virgin Honey Peanut butter Chicken breast fillets Salmon steaks frozen / packaged dried fruit Andamart has almost all on your list. along with Marmite, wetbix and salsa. all sold as cheaply as possible In case you don't know by now Andamart is just off Chao Fa E. between the Zoo Rd. and Chalong circle Glad I am not opening in that area!!!
September 2, 200817 yr I would buy the things I would normally drive to Central for:Feta cheese (the types they have at Central) Low fat cottage cheese (Bulla) plain variety Olives Almonds and Walnuts, plain, not salted Some imported pasta / sauce Oats, plain rolled oats or imported brands Olive oil extra virgin Honey Peanut butter Chicken breast fillets Salmon steaks frozen / packaged dried fruit Andamart has almost all on your list. along with Marmite, wetbix and salsa. all sold as cheaply as possible In case you don't know by now Andamart is just off Chao Fa E. between the Zoo Rd. and Chalong circle Glad I am not opening in that area!!! So am I. Espically now that we are in between 2 new Tesco's We have been open about 6 months now, and know just about every pit fall there is. If you want any info on what not to do, feel free to ask
September 2, 200817 yr Decent (imported) automatic washing machine powder. Types for whites, colours, dark, silk etc. I lug the bloody stuff from UK or Malaysia! Local product is rubbish: all types contain optical brightening agents (fluorescent white dyes), even the so-called 'colour' variants, which wreck coloured clothes in short order. Also, imported breakfast cereals at non-rip off prices. Decent bread and butter. Non-sweetened fresh milk. Leaf tea. Carrs water biscuits. Quality English marmalade. (OK, I know this is getting small-print, but you asked the question!) Good luck
September 2, 200817 yr Digestive Biscuits Tinned Garden Peas (used to be available a few places, but hard to find now)
September 2, 200817 yr Author Decent (imported) automatic washing machine powder. Types for whites, colours, dark, silk etc.I lug the bloody stuff from UK or Malaysia! Local product is rubbish: all types contain optical brightening agents (fluorescent white dyes), even the so-called 'colour' variants, which wreck coloured clothes in short order. Also, imported breakfast cereals at non-rip off prices. Decent bread and butter. Non-sweetened fresh milk. Leaf tea. Carrs water biscuits. Quality English marmalade. (OK, I know this is getting small-print, but you asked the question!) Good luck That's what I want keep em coming
September 2, 200817 yr you'd probably make a lot if your pasta sauce wasnt that goddamn one that they sell everywhere in thailand.. God how awful is it?
September 6, 200817 yr Author you'd probably make a lot if your pasta sauce wasnt that goddamn one that they sell everywhere in thailand..God how awful is it? Which ones that?
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