Where has all the beer gone ?

[jayceenik 246]

Right after the tax increase announcement I bought the last 5 Chang Classic big bottles on the shelf at BigC Central Rd at the old price.

A few days ago I bought same at Friendship at new price : 48b.

[sunshine51 14,617]

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.

Where you live?

[drdoom6996 435]

Quit drinking, don't care!

[retell 1,612]

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.

gonna be weird when foreigners start drinking laokao instead of beer

[possum1931 11,417]

Quit drinking, don't care!

Never ever drank alcohol, don't care either.

[smotherb 6,143]

perhaps the God of beer is trying to tell you something--don't drink that cheap horse piss.

[HUAHIN62 596]

If you have a Makro close to you try them our one still have plenty beer at the old price.

[Gatorade 249]

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

What time shall we come round?

[Foxglove 2]

This tax hike is very confusing, on the 10th of this month I ordered new wine stock for my wife's shop from Siamwinery.

They do the Mont Clair range, the local rep. said I can't have it until next month and he has no idea what the price will be.

Surely large companies like this can work out the tax, or maybe the government are still unsure.

[cbluck58 288]

Drink whiskey ......

[bartender100 1,882]

I noticed my local Family Mart was low last night, also people were buying as much as they could. Now I know why

[Ling Kae 488]

Best supermarket has put up their prices already. LEO before was 46 baht a big bottle, now 54 baht. That is an 18% increase in prices!

[rosst 1,037]

Mine is coming over the Mekong tonight, Yea Beer Laos

[Chang_paarp 8,076]

Last I heard, the government had announced the tax increase and the date it is to start, but it is yet to go through parliament. (I could be wrong here.) So the problem is no one knows if the tax increase is going to happen. This would explain the confusion in the supply chain as to the cost.

[PoorSucker 6,856]

If you have a Makro close to you try them our one still have plenty beer at the old price.

Makro Samui run out of beer last week.