Thread: Carrefour to exit Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia

Originally Posted by thegent

I still don't understand the extent of some posters angst about the demise of Kowfoo.

Duracell Batteries - pack of 12 AA's - 150 THB. Would be double that in any of the other places (if you could even find them)

Seems they are rapidly transitioning to Big C. There are some good deals to be found as they clear their inventories of Carrefour brands. I picked up some delicious brie for half price the other day. I hope they don't screw around with the bakery too much.

My thoughts exactly, met a french person in carrefour a couple of weeks back.
i said the same thing to him, he replied no we aren't going to change anything in the bakery.

Money on that it will revert to Big c style soon,

[quote=Humbert;1772057]..........they clear their inventories of Carrefour brands........

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In Pattaya, Carrefour brands are now replaced by Casino brands.

Originally Posted by buriramboy

Typical French, run at the first sign of any trouble.

Of course you are thinking about the last World Cup

For good prices CostCo would be a nice addition

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Originally Posted by Humbert

..........they clear their inventories of Carrefour brands........

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In Pattaya, Carrefour brands are now replaced by Casino brands.

The Pattaya and Bangkok Rama IV branches have the best assortments for farangs. Ratchadapisek is fair. Ladprao has rebranded to Big C because the market there is predominantly Thai. It will be interesting to see how the Casino brand assortment compares to Carrefour's private label assortment.

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In France the range of Casino labelled products is similar to the Carrefour ones.

Originally Posted by peterpan

My thoughts exactly, met a french person in carrefour a couple of weeks back.
i said the same thing to him, he replied no we aren't going to change anything in the bakery.

Money on that it will revert to Big c style soon,

They already have ----bread previously in brown paper bags---it keeps it crisp and no doubt bags more expensive, now in the usual poly bag--so it sweats ---price still the same

Might as well buy tesco byread -not as good as Carrefour but only 75 per cent the price

In Pattaya they started to remove the Carrefour signboards as well as repaint the building in Big C colours .