Food prices in Thailand in 2015

The country leads in all the lists of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, as well as all previous years offers the highest service and quality at low prices.

Below is a table with the prices in Thailand for basic foodstuffs offered popular retail chains Tesco Lotus, Big C, Makro and Tops Shop.

Supermarkets Tesco Lotus, Big C and Makro

These are the three most popular brands of supermarkets in Thailand, by which the traveler can hardly take place. 7-Eleven is not in the bill, we are talking about high-grade products instead of potato chips, beer and pay phone.

The Tops Shop, as well as in the 7-Eleven food can be heated in the microwave, with the difference that in Tops Shop cuisine prepared by chefs of the supermarket.

In supermarkets Tesco Lotus and Big C is for you to cook your chosen fish or seafood - shrimp, squid, whatever you want. The cost of the product is not changed. Preparation of the simplest - the shrimp and fish steamed in their own juices.

Shrimp in supermarkets are from 170-250 baht. Salmon and tuna from 550 baht per kilogram. In markets such as the cost of seafood, but wider variety of merchants and price range, depending on the size and species.

Fruit and vegetables in supermarkets presents a much more modest than in the markets. In the markets and street vendors bunch of bananas (10-15 pieces) costs 20 baht, retail banana 4 - 28 baht.

Not all the fruits of Thailand can be seen in the shops, but markets spread all that is in this season, sellers try to offer - the choice is yours.

Feature prices in Thailand

Supermarkets are held monthly promotions, and the price of the goods is reduced significantly, almost 1.5-2 times. In the markets, and you can bargain.

In weeknights, about 19-20 hours, Tesco reassesses the dishes prepared in the local cooking, and making allowances for some dairy products, fruits and vegetables.

The Big C is the reduction of prices is carried out during the day, every three hours, reduced prices on packaged meats and herbs.

Yellow price tags in stores - a stock price lists and discounts. Red price tags - is superdiscount.

In Thailand, there is no discount for wholesale - price is the same, you buy 100 grams, for example meat, or build a piece of five kilograms. Discount wholesale (and it is only in Macro) starts from five kilograms of the product and make a difference to the usual 2-3 baht per kg price.