Alcohol Price Increases

[Ratsima]

I'm kind of struggling to understand the effect of the recent tax increases on alcohol prices.

Here in Korat a bottle of Gilbey's Gin has gone from about 320 baht to 380 baht; a nearly 20% increase.

But, the cheaper Gilmore Gin is still 260. No increase at all.

A liter of 100 Pipers actually went down from about 508 baht to 499 baht. A small decrease.

A five liter box of Mont Clair wine is still 960 baht. No change.

At first I thought this was due to the sale of existing stock, but it's a few months on and the above prices persist.

Beer has gone up about what I expected it would; somewhere between three and five baht for a small can.

[kkerry]

It's tax increases like this that people should really be out on the streets en masse protesting.

[willyumiii]

Imports???

This is Thailand.

Drink Lao Khao!

Up a little, but still about 100 Baht for the big bottle!

[Ratsima]

To each....

[topt]

To each....

Personally I would say the same about Mont Claire......;-)

[lomatopo]

Mind-numbingly complicated, found these two slides from a Q3 ThaiBev presentation which explains the details...

http://thaibev.listedcompany.com/newsroom/20131114_184607_Y92_1082418F812A52F448257C2300327D6B.1.pdf

[Ratsima]

Personally I would say the same about Mont Claire......;-)

I think that Mont Claire is quite good as an everyday wine. It's certainly better than some of the stuff in bottles that sells for three or four times as much. On a recent trip to Koh Samui I met a rather well-heeled South African Boer who seemed to have a great deal of knowledge about South African wine. He asked me what I drank and I embarrassingly admitted that my every-day wine was Mont Claire plonk from a box. He scolded me for calling it plonk and said it was very good wine. So, to each….

[Ratsima]

Mind-numbingly complicated, found these two slides from a Q3 ThaiBev presentation which explains the details...

http://thaibev.listedcompany.com/newsroom/20131114_184607_Y92_1082418F812A52F448257C2300327D6B.1.pdf

The explanation is poorly worded, but the formulae are not that complicated. They still don't explain why one gin went up 20% and the other not at all.

[HardenedSoul]

There's also disparity between retailers from what I've gathered when buying Absolut Vodka.

7-11 - 979 Baht

Family Mart - 899 Baht

I thought it was probably old stock but after 2 months, still no change.

Not complaining

[Aussieroaming]

I'm contracting in the Boondocks of Africa right now and I just drank a bottle of wine produced in West Africa. It tasted like warm monkey piss. I would kill for agoonybag of Mt Clair right now because compared to the <deleted> I drank the Mt Clair is as good as a Penfolds. But beggars can't be choosers and it got where I wanted to be.

Give me Korat anyday and bugger the price of booze.

[andrewrooney]

I think some of the big chains still have backstock on certain products. 7-11s in Bangkok still have those "Full Moon" wine coolers for 30 baht a piece, and I think it's just because nobody ever drinks the stuff. For what it's worth, it's better than Spy (not the most ringing endorsement, I know.,.) Could it be that wherever you're buying gin just has a big backstock of Gilmore and nobody every buys it?