Lite Beer Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Commerce Ministry officially serves up the cheap food vender campaignBANGKOK, 9 Aug 2014, (NNT) - The Commerce Ministry has officially unveiled the campaign to offer residents popular menus at discounted prices, in its bid to help ease living expenses of the public. The campaign’s opening ceremony was held at the ‘Nai Au’ Restaurant on Soi Chulalongkon 11, Bangkok. Officials said the establishment is considered to be the first vendor to have joined the campaign, adding the project aims at acquiring at least 1,000 restaurants to join the cause. The participating vendors are to offer 10 popular menus such as rice & omelette, Kaprao & rice, and noodles in the price range of 25-35 baht per dish. Miss Chutima Boonyaprapatsorn, Permanent Secretary of the Commerce Ministry, stated the vendors would receive a certified banner to display outside, in order for the public to easily identify these restaurants. Furthermore, she said the participating restaurants would be entitled to purchase cooking ingredients at a discounted price from the ministry, adding that government banks would be more supportive of these vendors as well. The Permanent Secretary said her ministry is planning to expand the campaign to other provinces such as Chiang Mai, Phuket, Songkhla, Khon Kaen and Khorat. [nnt]2014-08-09[/nnt] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 bad food for low price.... That is a great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brit_Doggie Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Will this keep the vendors off the sois not in a million years,why you ask gasoline is cheaper than rent,electric,water,etc,another failed idea from the thai regime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy chef 1 Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 i just hope that the hygiene aspect will not be handled cheap as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Massive queues at Swampy immigration fighting to get in and sample the wares at the certified establishments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonjelly Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Good news for the lower paid workers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted August 9, 2014 Author Share Posted August 9, 2014 Commerce launches one-price dish rice for low income earners BANGKOK: -- The Ministry of Commerce has planned to set up 1,000 food shops across the capital to sell one-price dish rice to the people in support of the military junta's policy to help low income earners make their ends meet under the current high living cost. The plan was revealed after Gen Chatchai Sarikalaya, deputy chief of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) in charge of economic affairs and Permanent-Secretary for Commerce Chutima Boonyaprapatsorn presided over the launch of the project to sell one price dish food to help low income earners. The ministry aims at selling single dish items such as rice with omelet, rice with curry or noodle dish between the price of 25-35 baht. Some 600 food shop operators have so far expressed interest to join the campaign. The ministry plans to have over 1,000 food shops in Bangkok to join. It will then expand to other big provinces nationwide. Under this project, the Commerce Ministry will help seek cheap ingredients for participating shops and it will also be implemented at food court and government complex as well. Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/commerce-launches-one-price-dish-rice-low-income-earners/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commerce-launches-one-price-dish-rice-low-income-earners [thaipbs]2014-08-09[/thaipbs] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiSoLowSoNoSo Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Is this a how they plan to get rid off all the rotting rice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leung Falang Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Instead of subsidizing these restaurants, wouldn't it make sense to have higher minimum wages? We should also ask why we have so many "poor" people in Bangkok? I would offer centralized government that spends its money mostly in the capital, thus most jobs are also there. More government is never a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginjag Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 My little old dear near my home, is dishing up pork noodle soup at 40 baht, 3 years ago 20 baht. even to cover her overheads-bottled gas-site rent she says to me it's tough going Example chicken soup noodles, you will find bits of chicken feet in there to add bulk. Tesco 3 years ago pork was 80 baht and sometimes 65 baht. Now in Tesco's for the same rubbish it is 160 baht +. Sorry to bring this up but remember Yingluck saying on TV etc it's in the mind there are no price rises. denial ?? To ask my lady to sell for lower price is asking her to go into liquidation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Wouldn't this have been considered populist under previous administrations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtongfarang Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 (edited) Wouldn't this have been considered populist under previous administrations? yes but would have been difficult for the previous administration to fill their pockets/off shore bank accounts, so not interesting for them. Edited August 9, 2014 by tingtongfarang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soi Sauce Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 25 baht for rice and 2 eggs! You gotta be joking. 20 baht where I live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilSA1 Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 (edited) Wouldn't this have been considered populist under previous administrations? Probably yes.......if 'previous administrations' was a reference to 'political parties? This is in line with the Junta's Happiness campaign and seems to be voluntary, and does not appear to be subsidised by the Junta, merely facilitated by them. Well done to everyone concerned, especially the participants Edited August 9, 2014 by NeilSA1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graemeaylward Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 1000 outlets in BANGKOK!!!!!! Yet again everything is centred around the capital. What about the much poorer people in rural areas? Will it spread to Udon Thani, Khon Kaen, Chang Mai, Nakhon Ratchasima etc, I doubt it. Just like all the free concerts, free hair cuts, free food and other events promulgated by the powers that be, to return happiness, it will only apply in the centre. Popularism, no of course not, because we are ALL officially much better off under the military :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneday Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 This whole program is ostensibly being done to help lower inflation. If the idiots who thought up this campaign actually think they can affect inflation with this program they must be smoking some good stuff. In order to change the direction of inflation a whole host of events much take place which together dramatically reduce the cost of raw materials and foods that go into making the goods and foods we buy. All they are doing is creating a group of vendors who now have an unfair advantage over all the other vendors who chose not to participate in this program. This could possibly cause some of the non-participating businesses to go out of business. Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamNoone88 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 The Commerce Ministries latest Brainchild in a fumbling economy damaged by years of political unrest - cheap street food. Says it all really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginjag Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Massive queues at Swampy immigration fighting to get in and sample the wares at the certified establishments. More like massive queues exiting immigration at swampy. because of the cost of living rises over the last 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubl Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Will this keep the vendors off the sois not in a million years,why you ask gasoline is cheaper than rent,electric,water,etc,another failed idea from the thai regime. You mean "another failed idea from the Yingluck Administration which the NCPO should have dropped" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudcrab Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Massive queues at Swampy immigration fighting to get in and sample the wares at the certified establishments. Where does it say it is for the benefit of tourists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudcrab Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 1000 outlets in BANGKOK!!!!!! Yet again everything is centred around the capital. What about the much poorer people in rural areas? Will it spread to Udon Thani, Khon Kaen, Chang Mai, Nakhon Ratchasima etc, I doubt it. Just like all the free concerts, free hair cuts, free food and other events promulgated by the powers that be, to return happiness, it will only apply in the centre. Popularism, no of course not, because we are ALL officially much better off under the military :-) Read the OP again....all will be revealed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoli Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Instead of subsidizing these restaurants, wouldn't it make sense to have higher minimum wages? We should also ask why we have so many "poor" people in Bangkok? I would offer centralized government that spends its money mostly in the capital, thus most jobs are also there. More government is never a good thing. Social engineering has not been effective anywhere. It has been tried, and it has been a failure. Let's not go there again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padeakin Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 This is going to make it even more difficult for all those struggling food vendors that are not part of this scheme, if the scheme is successful it will put people out of business as they loose customers. Government interfering in markets is nearly always counter productive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatswhatuthought Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Wow. This is the best thing since the rice pledging scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtongteesood Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 WOW ! The bitterness of the red sheeple is astounding, they can never be happy about anything good that is done that shows just how bad their idols were ! The whinging and moaning at every positive story is breath taking ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiu-Jitsu Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Slight issue with spelling in the title. Not a terrible idea. Sounds like a kind of expanded work canteen, with the participants getting the benefit of bulk buying prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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