bad news for farang quality food lovers

a major Thai company well know for industrial chicken and food buy and control makro now

So it will be open 7/11 and sell only farmhouse bread ???

Will they charge the farang double now?

Yes, orders have gone out to all the stores they will only be carrying CP chicken and sausages.

Seriously, does anything think the richest man in Thailand who just bought Makro is stupid? Wouldn't surprise me to see them position Makro with even more upscale foreign products to erode market share from Tops/Villa, etc., even Tesco Extra, which is looking for the higher end customer now.

Yes, orders have gone out to all the stores they will only be carrying CP chicken and sausages.

Seriously, does anything think the richest man in Thailand who just bought Makro is stupid? Wouldn't surprise me to see them position Makro with even more upscale foreign products to erode market share from Tops/Villa, etc., even Tesco Extra, which is looking for the higher end customer now.

Are you new here ?

Never saw Makro as a purveyor of anything uniquely farang or 'farang quality'. Then again, I never shopped much at Sam's Club in the US either.

Yes, orders have gone out to all the stores they will only be carrying CP chicken and sausages.

Seriously, does anything think the richest man in Thailand who just bought Makro is stupid? Wouldn't surprise me to see them position Makro with even more upscale foreign products to erode market share from Tops/Villa, etc., even Tesco Extra, which is looking for the higher end customer now.

Are you new here ?

Haha, interesting move by the old boy after what happened with his interests in Tesco lotus TH. He's probably got an attack plan already in place.

Never saw Makro as a purveyor of anything uniquely farang or 'farang quality'. Then again, I never shopped much at Sam's Club in the US either.

Their Cumberland sausages are quite nice:-)

What many of you may not know is that Makro was CP's first venture into retail to begin with, way before their Lotus, they were the Thai contact that brought Makro to Thailand in the beginning, and still hold shares in Siam Makro until these days,

This deal would means that CP would take controls of the remaining shares and Makro Nederland would exit

Makro's main market is never concerned with the middle or upper class, their bulk buys are mom&pops stores in the little shophouses around the markets throughout Thailand, sue there are high-end restaurants that shop there for certain things to...

Yes, orders have gone out to all the stores they will only be carrying CP chicken and sausages.

Seriously, does anything think the richest man in Thailand who just bought Makro is stupid? Wouldn't surprise me to see them position Makro with even more upscale foreign products to erode market share from Tops/Villa, etc., even Tesco Extra, which is looking for the higher end customer now.

I hope that you are right. I have been a big fan of Makro. But if the sale of Carrefour to Big C is any indication, it suggests a change that may not be so good from a food selection/quality perspective. I will hold judgment, but I am not pleased to hear this news.

Yes, orders have gone out to all the stores they will only be carrying CP chicken and sausages.

Seriously, does anything think the richest man in Thailand who just bought Makro is stupid? Wouldn't surprise me to see them position Makro with even more upscale foreign products to erode market share from Tops/Villa, etc., even Tesco Extra, which is looking for the higher end customer now.

I hope that you are right. I have been a big fan of Makro. But if the sale of Carrefour to Big C is any indication, it suggests a change that may not be so good from a food selection/quality perspective. I will hold judgment, but I am not pleased to hear this news.

With keemapoot alluding to a CP withdrawal from the Tesco venture and the recent comments about empty shelves at Tesco's, maybe we can expect the hugely deep pockets of a CP investment will make Makro better? Certainly the Pattaya outlet needs a bloody shakeup. The Rayong branch is so much better.

What many of you may not know is that Makro was CP's first venture into retail to begin with, way before their Lotus, they were the Thai contact that brought Makro to Thailand in the beginning, and still hold shares in Siam Makro until these days,

This deal would means that CP would take controls of the remaining shares and Makro Nederland would exit

Makro's main market is never concerned with the middle or upper class, their bulk buys are mom&pops stores in the little shophouses around the markets throughout Thailand, sue there are high-end restaurants that shop there for certain things to...

Makro Nederland have branches all over the world for decades, but they exit there Thailand branch. Maybe it should give an indication, same as why Carrefour left Thailand, and Delhaize and Carlsberg and ..................

Central festival food shop/supermarket has the best quality.

With keemapoot alluding to a CP withdrawal from the Tesco venture and the recent comments about empty shelves at Tesco's, maybe we can expect the hugely deep pockets of a CP investment will make Makro better? Certainly the Pattaya outlet needs a bloody shakeup. The Rayong branch is so much better.

Really? I'll have to give the Rayong brach a shot!

Central festival food shop/supermarket has the best quality.

...and the highest prices.

Makro Nederland have branches all over the world for decades

Sold all their European branches to Metro Group (German) in 1998, still are the owners in Asia and South America, except now for Thailand.

Makro Nederland have branches all over the world for decades

Sold all their European branches to Metro Group (German) in 1998, still are the owners in Asia and South America, except now for Thailand.

yes .....correct information ...and in some country in Europe the name is METRO not MAKRO

Central festival food shop/supermarket has the best quality.

...and the highest prices.

wasn't there a correlation between quality and price?

What many of you may not know is that Makro was CP's first venture into retail to begin with, way before their Lotus, they were the Thai contact that brought Makro to Thailand in the beginning, and still hold shares in Siam Makro until these days,

This deal would means that CP would take controls of the remaining shares and Makro Nederland would exit

Makro's main market is never concerned with the middle or upper class, their bulk buys are mom&pops stores in the little shophouses around the markets throughout Thailand, sue there are high-end restaurants that shop there for certain things to...

Makro Nederland have branches all over the world for decades, but they exit there Thailand branch. Maybe it should give an indication, same as why Carrefour left Thailand, and Delhaize and Carlsberg and ..................

Carrfour exit the Thai market as they needed cash to invest in China. 1 billion consumers versus 55 Million

Since this thread is not exactly Pattaya specific, I move it into the General topics forum.

Central festival food shop/supermarket has the best quality.

and the highest prices

Siam Makro PCL had been independent for many years, it owned 99.99% of the shares.

please continue

Thai Tycoon In $6.6 Bn Bid For Discount Retailer Siam Makro
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/634767-thai-tycoon-in-66-bn-bid-for-discount-retailer-siam-makro/

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