Where has all the beer gone ?

[chris2004 501]

Tried to buy some beer today but everywhere seems to be sold out. 7/11, Tesco even Macro. Only top end brands like Carlsberg/Heineken available. No Chang, Leo, Singha.

Own up who's hoarding all the beer.

[Jingthing 71,045]

Expecting a price rise soon?

[OMGImInPattaya 6,966]

Shades if the Pepsi Max crisis of awhile back.

[PoorSucker 6,925]

The tax increase has made people hoard.

Expect 5 baht more / bottle now in 7/11.

[cooked 6,024]

same thing in Buriram

[Gsxrnz 6,966]

I'm staying home tonight. There'll be Falang rioting in the streets if the Bar Beers have run dry.

Oh wait, no beer, no drunk Falang? It's a chicken and egg sort of situation.

Nuh, I'll stay home.

[craig 14]

My Thai wife tells me that her aunt's country store has beer & that the storage room behind has cases of recently purchased (before the price hike) in reserve.

[MB1 625]

The tax increase has made people hoard.

Expect 5 baht more / bottle now in 7/11.

Remeber the floods last year, beer was at a premium price, supply and demand, if the Thai's can hoard it now and get a better price in the near future then they'll do it, 5 baht x 24 = 120 per box..

[kurnell 4,679]

Guess I'll have to make do with my stash of Coronas, Carlsbergs, Budweisers and Hoegaardens.

[Spoonman 2,335]

mom and pop store next to me is packed to the rafters with all the assorted flavours.

[RabC 1,251]

Guess I'll have to make do with my stash of Coronas, Carlsbergs, Budweisers and Hoegaardens.

Why would you stash Bud, run out of drain cleaner?

[BruceSmith 77]

I am only here for the beer!

Are you trying to tell me

that the beer is not

here for

me?

BS

[Guderian 5,376]

It's probably due to the government's beer pledging scheme, introduced after the huge success of the rice pledging scheme.

[rickb 341]

There has been an increase in the tax on beer, as well as on red and white liquor. Most middle-man suppliers are still uncertain as to how much they will be selling each product. Until the mom and pop minimarts are told what the new selling price will be, they don't want to sell their old product, bought prior to the tax increase, because they view that as losing money. When they sell older, cheaper beer at the new, higher prices, they will make much more profit per bottle. So they sit on that older product until they know the new price. It looks from where I am that Leo will sell for 50 baht per bottle, Chang at 48 baht per bottle, and Singha at 60 baht per bottle.

[KittenKong 15,881]

Where's the beer gone? The usual place.