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The price point of contention
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 22/06/2014
» I thought I would not mention Chatuchak plant market again for a long while after the article on June 8 about how it seems to be dying a slow but natural death. However, please bear with me just one more time as I set the record straight for a reader who is convinced that rising prices have caused the market’s decline.
Grow your own when prices go bananas
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 20/05/2012
» During my last visit to the Philippines in November last year, I bought bananas for 100 pesos (73 baht) a hand or bunch. I thought those were the most expensive bananas I had ever bought. I told my sister, who simply loves the fruit, that they would have cost me only about 20-25 baht in Bangkok. I never dreamed that only six months later, I would see bananas of the kluay hom variety selling for 75 baht a hand at Klong Toey market, and 80 baht at Pak Klong market.