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Inspectors keeping tabs on food prices during festival
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 03/10/2024
» The Commerce Ministry is inspecting the prices of food raw materials in a bid to reduce costs for Thai consumers during the vegetarian festival, which gets underway today.
Thai govt to launch price reduction scheme
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 11/08/2024
» Thailand's Commerce Ministry is collaborating with the private sector to launch a price reduction campaign for goods and services three months before the much-anticipated digital wallet scheme begins.
Officials keep close eye on veggie prices
Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 12/10/2023
» With the vegetarian festival approaching, the Ministry of Commerce insists the prices of fruits and vegetables remain stable thanks to relatively high supply.
Spending uptick forecast during vegetarian festival
Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 06/10/2023
» The annual vegetarian festival, scheduled to run from Oct 15-23, is expected to generate spending of 44.6 billion baht, the highest in 10 years and a 5.5% increase over last year’s figure.
Festival spending projected to hit B42.2bn
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 21/09/2022
» Spending at this year's annual vegetarian festival, scheduled to run from Sept 26 to Oct 4, is expected to improve compared with tepid spending in 2021, when the pandemic was still raging.
Vegetarian festival expected to be pandemic's latest victim
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 02/10/2021
» Spending at the annual vegetarian festival is expected to be weak this month, forecast to shrink for the first time in 13 years because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Low energy prices tamp September inflation
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 02/10/2019
» Consumer prices, which gauge headline inflation, edged up 0.32% in September from a year earlier, the lowest level since January this year, mainly due to declining energy prices.
India seen as food export destination
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 06/02/2019
» Thailand plans to increase exports of agricultural and food products to India this year as a way to offset the impact of escalating trade wars and the slower growth of the global economy.
Consumer spirits down in September
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 05/10/2018
» Consumer confidence fell for the first time in four months in September, as people were more concerned about the impact of higher oil prices, relatively low farm prices, an escalating international trade row and the slow pace of economic growth.