Beer Price Rise - Over 10%!!

Post by **Bandung_Dero** » September 23, 2013, 6:24 am

2 surprises yesterday, Mom and Pop selling Leo at 570 where the distributor was 580

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AND Eddies making so much money out of his bar he can afford to fill his fish pond with bottled water, says the town water is killing them! Nothing to do with the nip of Scotch he gives em each day.

Post by **stattointhailand** » September 23, 2013, 8:26 am

If he's still charging B100 for a lge Leo the fish should be getting Evian Alpine spring water not cheap Thai drinking water

Post by **papafarang** » September 23, 2013, 8:34 am

stattointhailand wrote:If he's still charging B100 for a lge Leo the fish should be getting Evian Alpine spring water not cheap Thai drinking water

price has come back down to 570,and if eddie is charging 100 baht for a big leo,does that mean he's dropped his price

Post by **jackspratt** » September 23, 2013, 9:26 am

Eddies price has been 100 baht ever since his rent was doubled overnight, earlier this year.

The good news is that, despite the (likely) 15% price rise for Leo, his price will remain the same.

The even better news is that there are other options in Ban Dung, and no-one is forced to drink at Eddies - but I haven't noticed any diminishing (in a quantitative sense

) of his clientele.

Post by **papafarang** » September 23, 2013, 9:34 am

jackspratt wrote:Eddies price has been 100 baht ever since his rent was doubled overnight, earlier this year.

The good news is that, despite the (likely) 15% price rise for Leo, his price will remain the same.

The even better news is that there are other options in Ban Dung, and no-one is forced to drink at Eddies - but I haven't noticed any diminishing of his clientele.

good news at last,either theres more people in ban dung, or your all turning alchoholic. been a pain with all the new rises going on.wih ligh at the end of the tunnel

Post by **rick** » September 23, 2013, 6:05 pm

Price settling down now the extortionists have made there killing. 568 baht for Leo in Big C. Still a big rise though, but i guess they have to find the money to pay for the rice and rubber.

Post by **Barney** » September 23, 2013, 7:38 pm

Rick, They are all still extorting unless someone can confirm the 10% tax is supposed to be on the retail price and not the wholesale price.The original leo in most shops was 495 now 568. Little bit more than 10% even on retail.

Cigarettes have gone up at least 5 bht a pack in the local shop but not in makro today, still at the old price.

Our local shop has done their dash with me as i have given her a chance to be reasonable with her price rises( now 15bht more than makro ) and it appears she wants her customers to pay directly for their large concrete drain pipes being installed across her property on the main road.

Post by **pompui** » September 24, 2013, 6:58 am

rick wrote:Price settling down now the extortionists have made there killing. 568 baht for Leo in Big C. Still a big rise though, but i guess they have to find the money to pay for the rice and rubber.

Never saw any boxes of Leos in there,just small bottles of Heineken.Prices settling down then hopefully hysterical bar owners can put the price back down on large Leos now $\:D/$

Post by **noosard** » September 24, 2013, 12:35 pm

Makro had large leo fo 568bht yesterday

Post by **BigBubba** » September 24, 2013, 4:51 pm

Today at Tang Ngee Soon nadee:

Big Leo(12) - 570
Small Leo(24) - 720

Chang Classic(12) - 539

PLENTY of stock on Leo, Chang, and Singha (no Singha Light)

Post by **BobHelm** » September 24, 2013, 5:30 pm

My local 7/11 has not had any Thai beer since I have been back.
Today fridges full..
4 packs of small Leo in cans -144 baht. From memory these were 129 baht just before I left - so a 15 baht or 11.6%
The surprise (to me) was that they also had 4 packs of small Singer cans for 145 baht. So only a baht a pack dearer.
I have no idea what the Singer was before but I can't believe that there was only a baht difference then...

Post by **pompui** » September 25, 2013, 12:47 pm

Old Tesco going to lose out to Ngeesoon and Makro,had only small bottle boxes for Heineken and Carlsberg,only one large bottle box for Chang Export,nowt else

Post by **nkstan** » September 25, 2013, 12:52 pm

LOL...Somebody bought all the Leo stock at the Tesco in Nong Khai.That was a lot of beer....lol

Post by **chipthepoodle** » September 26, 2013, 9:21 am

Yes but how come the price in Presha has gone up by 15 baht a bottle, probably the same in other places although 1 shop in U.D town only up 5 baht. Tax hike is only a part of the cost of a bottle, case of O.K guys Farang will pay. Welcome to the land of smiles.

Post by **Adhoc** » September 27, 2013, 11:09 pm

In 7 - 11 the two packs of Leo that were 92 B, are now 108 B. A rise of just over 17%

Post by **pompui** » October 13, 2013, 10:42 am

Old Big C this morning,loads of Leos boxes priced at 568 baht $\:D/$

Post by **kubotatim** » October 13, 2013, 10:57 am

If everybody stopped drinking beer for a couple of months as a protest maybe they would reconsider their ripoffs

Post by **pienmash** » October 13, 2013, 12:22 pm

kubotatim wrote:If everybody stopped drinking beer for a couple of months as a protest maybe they would reconsider their ripoffs

Indeed kubo ,,,, that would really make the powers that be take note cos of the lost revenue from booze taxes ,,, its a fact the world over ALL GOVERNMENTS when needing to boost their dwindling treasury funds the first thing they hit are the addictive products like smokes and booze ,,,, sad but true ... its all part of the game and usually after the general consumers blustering things quieten down and its back to the norm ....

I dont drink Thai beers etc so cant comment on any increases ie bottle prices on the ground ,, tho i do know a few of the imported suppliers have been able to swallow the increases by getting better deals in the country of origin to compensate ,, exactly what has happened with reference to the products i will be dealing with .

Thai laws ref compulsary VAT on booze is a pain in the bottom as well ... also way more difficult and expensive to get an Alcohol distribution , storage and sales license now ,,, i know cos just done it .... again its easy revenue for the treasury .

mash

Post by **Khun Paul** » October 13, 2013, 5:04 pm

Now I know why I only drink Coke light and bacardi.

Post by **jimbeamm36** » October 19, 2013, 7:17 am

This new round of alcohol sin tax needs to be repealed. My favorite 1 ltr bottle of Kentucky Bourbon went from 550 B up to 700 B. The shop keepers said the price increase is due to the tax rate.

I for one think it's time we boycott the purchase of alcohol products. Imagine the outcries from shop keepers, restaurants and bars if we all drank water instead of our favorite beverage.

Any ideas how to start an effective boycott ? Maybe we could start by not purchasing alcohol on one day per week? Friday or Saturday might be a good start?

JB