IS P MART CLOSING?

[Prakhonchai Nick]

I was in Buriram P Mart this morning. Only customer. More than half of the freezers were empty and turned off

Many items for sale were heavily discounted and the few items I bought were further discounted at the cash desk, with the Manager overseeing things and all transactions being done on a calculator not the till

I asked him if they were closing but he assured me that was not the case, but they were awaiting new stock.

 I somehow doubt that.

[urleft]

Went there last month and thought the same thing. 

[Smithy]

Most Thai Shops aren't known for their Stock Control Expertise 

[Starman]

Most of the empty freezers are for beef products. The beef in Pmart is imported. They often have time delays. They have not had any beef for about 2 months now. Their new stock will be arriving in about 2 weeks.

[Prakhonchai Nick]

Would seem to be rather strange that around half of the freezers in P Mart are reserved for beef products, considering many Thais avoid eating beef products.

[TBWG]

In the P mart in Roi et they had New Zealand lamb.  The boxes however were marked in english " Not for human consumption"

There is hardly ever any cars in the car park so no idea how they continue in business.

[Freddy]

Agree. Never seen it looking busy when passing. True of many Thai stores.

[Starman]

PMart do a lot of deliveries of bulk phone and online orders. I am in there often and there always seems to be a van being loaded up ready for a delivery.

Onetime I was in there and spent around 18000 baht. I was asked if I wanted a delivery service.

[DeputyDavid]

On a slightly different note, IQ house appears to not be doing well as many of the shelves are empty. Far less stock than usual. Wife asked the clerk if they were going out of business and clerk said no. I?m not so sure. There was no super discounted sale of remaining stock .....

[Wayne from Aus]

Sorry to ask but can someone advise where P Mart is. I must have walked past it with my eyes closed

[iammike]

P-Mart is on the corner at the junction with the traffic lights when coming from the city drving towards HomePro / Big C / Makro

Link: https://goo.gl/maps/Ef4WgWkEdWP2

[Wayne from Aus]

Thanks Mike

[DeputyDavid]

Regarding IQ, apparently they lease out half their warehouse and furniture shop. Those folks have moved but not IQ itself.

[Starman]

IQ is soon to have an indoor market. Based on the style that you see in a field by the side of the road in various locations.

[Prakhonchai Nick]

As I suspected, and mentioned in my post of 1st August above, P Mart Buriram appears to have shut down,

Passed by this morning and all was dark and the doors padlocked shut.