chris2004 501 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 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. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jingthing 71,045 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Expecting a price rise soon? Link to post Share on other sites
OMGImInPattaya 6,966 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Shades if the Pepsi Max crisis of awhile back. Link to post Share on other sites
PoorSucker 6,925 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 The tax increase has made people hoard. Expect 5 baht more / bottle now in 7/11. Link to post Share on other sites
cooked 6,024 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 same thing in Buriram Link to post Share on other sites
Gsxrnz 6,966 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 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. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
craig 14 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 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. Link to post Share on other sites
MB1 625 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 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.. Link to post Share on other sites
kurnell 4,679 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Guess I'll have to make do with my stash of Coronas, Carlsbergs, Budweisers and Hoegaardens. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Spoonman 2,335 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 mom and pop store next to me is packed to the rafters with all the assorted flavours. Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post RabC 1,251 Posted September 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2013 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? 7 Link to post Share on other sites
BruceSmith 77 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I am only here for the beer! Are you trying to tell me that the beer is not here for me? BS 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Guderian 5,376 Posted September 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2013 It's probably due to the government's beer pledging scheme, introduced after the huge success of the rice pledging scheme. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
rickb 341 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 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. Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post KittenKong 15,881 Posted September 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2013 Where's the beer gone? The usual place. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
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