yorkie100 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Just what the town really needs. :o Another Family Mart and Morya pharmacy soon to open next to Samui Pier Resort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmine Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Thats really great news. Does anyone know if we are going to get another 7/11 soon? Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 In the few seconds the page took to load I had the whole place pavemented traffic lights sleeping policemen proper lighting all the way to Bophut and a 24 hr taxi stand 50 yards from the bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie100 Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 Thats really great news. Does anyone know if we are going to get another 7/11 soon? Fingers crossed. The franchise for 7/11 in Thailand is the Charoen Pokphand Group, which in turn grants franchises to operators. There are 5,790 7-Elevens in Thailand, half of which are in Bangkok, making Thailand have the 3rd largest number of stores after the US and Japan. Charoen Pokphand Group plans to open 450 to 500 new outlets in 2011, bringing its total to reach 6,200 or 6,250. It will create about 5,000 new jobs.(Wikipedia). Your prayers are answered smokie, Samui is bound to to enjoy a few more 7/11's out of the 500 being planned for this year. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie100 Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 (edited) In the few seconds the page took to load I had the whole place pavemented traffic lights sleeping policemen proper lighting all the way to Bophut and a 24 hr taxi stand 50 yards from the bar. You forgot to add the fresh fruit stall, grilled sausage stall and pancake vendor to name but three all within yards of the door. Edited March 22, 2011 by yorkie100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Thats really great news. Does anyone know if we are going to get another 7/11 soon? Fingers crossed. The franchise for 7/11 in Thailand is the Charoen Pokphand Group, which in turn grants franchises to operators. There are 5,790 7-Elevens in Thailand, half of which are in Bangkok, making Thailand have the 3rd largest number of stores after the US and Japan. Charoen Pokphand Group plans to open 450 to 500 new outlets in 2011, bringing its total to reach 6,200 or 6,250. It will create about 5,000 new jobs.(Wikipedia). Your prayers are answered smokie, Samui is bound to to enjoy a few more 7/11's out of the 500 being planned for this year. :lol: No not me carmine just likes the cheap ice cream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmine Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Lets not get ahead of ourselve here. Thing are getting better but we still need a few more opticians, tailors and massage parlours. Throw in a few more bars for good measure as theres not nearly enough a couple more craters in the middle of the road and i reckon its all hunky dory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie100 Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 Lets not get ahead of ourselve here. Thing are getting better but we still need a few more opticians, tailors and massage parlours. Throw in a few more bars for good measure as theres not nearly enough a couple more craters in the middle of the road and i reckon its all hunky dory. You missed out the lack of bike rental shops, bottles of gasoline (all safely corked to prevent accidental explosions)stalls, travel agents and money exchange booths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmine Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Lets not get ahead of ourselve here. Thing are getting better but we still need a few more opticians, tailors and massage parlours. Throw in a few more bars for good measure as theres not nearly enough a couple more craters in the middle of the road and i reckon its all hunky dory. You missed out the lack of bike rental shops, bottles of gasoline (all safely corked to prevent accidental explosions)stalls, travel agents and money exchange booths. That would be utopia would'nt it. Lets just pray they don't tarmac the road, put in sleeping police and sort out the drainage. :jap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSingh Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I thought it was gonna be that the Airport was closing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmine Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I thought it was gonna be that the Airport was closing.. Never going to happen in a million years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badwig Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 My Uncle is opening a 7-eleven opposite Kalara offices, it'll save people walking the 20 meters around the corner to the one that's there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie100 Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 More good news (seriously), Just driven through Banrak and near the Samui Mermaid at the small airport road junction, half a dozen SMART BIB (obviously not from Samui) stopping everyone for not wearing seat belts/helmets/not having tax disc etc. There must be a couple of dozen or more bikes and a few cars pulled off the road, their owners presumably being fined. Seen this before maybe once every couple of months or so. Don't know where the cops come from, presumably Suratthani. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 More good news (seriously), Just driven through Banrak and near the Samui Mermaid at the small airport road junction, half a dozen SMART BIB (obviously not from Samui) stopping everyone for not wearing seat belts/helmets/not having tax disc etc. There must be a couple of dozen or more bikes and a few cars pulled off the road, their owners presumably being fined. Seen this before maybe once every couple of months or so. Don't know where the cops come from, presumably Suratthani. WHAT? Real policemen on Koh Samui? Amazing Thailand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itishothere Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Bummer. I used to use Family Mart as a marker when giving out directions around Bangrak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Some of the 7-11 locations are just pure silliness. For example the 2 ones just outside Petchbancha boxing stadium which is about 50m from eachother. Many places in Bangkok, there's 7-11 on opposite sides of the road maybe 10-15m from eachother, such as just outside the soi of my house (soi to Bangkok Hospital). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lom Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Don't know where the cops come from, presumably Suratthani. Yes, they were from Surat. Seems the forward sharing chain is broken and they had to go come and collect by themselves. Hopefully they share upwards or we'll have the Bkk speedway BiB's here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boater Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Don't know where the cops come from, presumably Suratthani. Yes, they were from Surat. Seems the forward sharing chain is broken and they had to go come and collect by themselves. Hopefully they share upwards or we'll have the Bkk speedway BiB's here as well. ah, the ever so fit and slim Bangkok traffic police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerazsolt Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 More good news (seriously), Just driven through Banrak and near the Samui Mermaid at the small airport road junction, half a dozen SMART BIB (obviously not from Samui) stopping everyone for not wearing seat belts/helmets/not having tax disc etc. There must be a couple of dozen or more bikes and a few cars pulled off the road, their owners presumably being fined. Seen this before maybe once every couple of months or so. Don't know where the cops come from, presumably Suratthani. I know that policeman who was in charge, he work here in samui for years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmine Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 More good news (seriously), Just driven through Banrak and near the Samui Mermaid at the small airport road junction, half a dozen SMART BIB (obviously not from Samui) stopping everyone for not wearing seat belts/helmets/not having tax disc etc. There must be a couple of dozen or more bikes and a few cars pulled off the road, their owners presumably being fined. Seen this before maybe once every couple of months or so. Don't know where the cops come from, presumably Suratthani. I know that policeman who was in charge, he work here in samui for years... What a responsability! What was his general opinion regards the task of implementing the law here. Does he think it'll catch on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuibeachcomber Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 apart from new family mart's and 711's i see there's a new cosmic bar................looks very classy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESB7 Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Some of the 7-11 locations are just pure silliness. For example the 2 ones just outside Petchbancha boxing stadium which is about 50m from eachother. Many places in Bangkok, there's 7-11 on opposite sides of the road maybe 10-15m from eachother, such as just outside the soi of my house (soi to Bangkok Hospital). But they are still in business, and I remeber when they first opened about 5 years ago, so going longer than most of the usual foreign owned business like bars etc............7/11 is like gas station and supermarkets, always got people in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmine Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Some of the 7-11 locations are just pure silliness. For example the 2 ones just outside Petchbancha boxing stadium which is about 50m from eachother. Many places in Bangkok, there's 7-11 on opposite sides of the road maybe 10-15m from eachother, such as just outside the soi of my house (soi to Bangkok Hospital). But they are still in business, and I remeber when they first opened about 5 years ago, so going longer than most of the usual foreign owned business like bars etc............7/11 is like gas station and supermarkets, always got people in them. True to a degree but all they are really doing is diluting each others profits untill eventually a number will start closing down due to the all consuming greed of the Samui land owners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESB7 Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Some of the 7-11 locations are just pure silliness. For example the 2 ones just outside Petchbancha boxing stadium which is about 50m from eachother. Many places in Bangkok, there's 7-11 on opposite sides of the road maybe 10-15m from eachother, such as just outside the soi of my house (soi to Bangkok Hospital). But they are still in business, and I remeber when they first opened about 5 years ago, so going longer than most of the usual foreign owned business like bars etc............7/11 is like gas station and supermarkets, always got people in them. True to a degree but all they are really doing is diluting each others profits untill eventually a number will start closing down due to the all consuming greed of the Samui land owners. The UK government cut back years ago on building roads...the reason, new roads create more traffic....its the same with 7/11........new ones create more customers, hard to believe but true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boater Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Some of the 7-11 locations are just pure silliness. For example the 2 ones just outside Petchbancha boxing stadium which is about 50m from eachother. Many places in Bangkok, there's 7-11 on opposite sides of the road maybe 10-15m from eachother, such as just outside the soi of my house (soi to Bangkok Hospital). But they are still in business, and I remeber when they first opened about 5 years ago, so going longer than most of the usual foreign owned business like bars etc............7/11 is like gas station and supermarkets, always got people in them. True to a degree but all they are really doing is diluting each others profits untill eventually a number will start closing down due to the all consuming greed of the Samui land owners. true, and i have seen a few shut down in the past. but regardless of how many 7 -11 and family marts there are , they always appear to be busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Posted 2011-03-22 12:45:33 Just what the town really needs. Another Family Mart and Morya pharmacy soon to open next to Samui Pier Resort. In the meantime the not too long ago small and quiet Plai Laem fresh food market next to the pier developed to one of the most crowded and popular markets on this island with guided tourist groups, traffic jams, parking shortages, a handful of ATMs, 2 Family Marts, a medium sized Thai supermarket 9up, a Tesco Lotus Express ... keep on counting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samui Coconut Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 This is an old post.......so why did I put on my seat belt when driving past Mermaid just now ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdee Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 See there is a new Tesco Lotus Express getting built across from the Boat Bar in Bangrak . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itishothere Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 See there is a new Tesco Lotus Express getting built across from the Boat Bar in Bangrak . Is that close to the pier? Silly me, I assumed that was going to be another Family Mart. To keep the other 2 company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbos Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) That must be the smallest Tesco Express in the country, seems to have the same size as the Family Mart opposite the market. Edited January 17, 2012 by limbos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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