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Makro on Wheels
Makro on Wheels
Now here's a good idea for someone living in a rural area, and the investment is not big. Perfect for a Thai wife with time on her hands, or any member of your extended family in a location with a few villages nearby. Pete
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Thinking more about this, in the evenings and on holidays it could easily be turned into a mobile karaoke platform with enough room for cold beer, spirits and mixers. That will be a major selling point. 
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Ohhh allright!!!hhfarang wrote:That's kind of taking the old California "Roach Coach" idea a step further...
Memories of the good old days @ Stoneridge Prep School in are flashin before me Eyes. Back then when we have our first break @ 10am the Lunchtruck of Dave comes around then we have Breakfast! I usuall order: "Uno Pollo Bowl pequenyo por favor?!" Hey I got an Idea! Hmm.. How much would it cost to buy a Roachcoach err Lunchtruck have it shipped over to Thailand? Open a Rolling Tacoria here in Hua Hin would be a Thailands 1st. And probably the selling point too!
Open somewhere near Salasian School or near Kao Takiap in the Afternoon, then near Nightmarket in the Evening then afterdark inthe middle of the Bintablock.
Thanks Hhfarang for putting this great but possably suisidal Ideas into my head!
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There is a guy based up in Nong Ki who has a really good mobile shop.
It's quite large ten wheel truck with sides of plate steel that fold down onto legs to make a floor. Then he has shelf units in the middle that come out on rollers and a set of steps to get in so that you end up with a two aisle shop about the size of a 7/11.
It's obviously been made locally and I admire the ingenuity of it.
It's quite large ten wheel truck with sides of plate steel that fold down onto legs to make a floor. Then he has shelf units in the middle that come out on rollers and a set of steps to get in so that you end up with a two aisle shop about the size of a 7/11.
It's obviously been made locally and I admire the ingenuity of it.
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You should see now, the roach coach has really gone upscale with trucks ranging from Korean BBQ (yum!!) to Macaroni and fine cheeses!hhfarang wrote:That's kind of taking the old California "Roach Coach" idea a step further...
These trucks are being sought after by all types from the very well off to students
Re: Makro on Wheels
These things have been on display at the Bangkok International Motor Show for at least the last 3 years. There used to be one selling coffee outside one of the big shopping centers in Bangkok some time ago.prcscct wrote:Now here's a good idea for someone living in a rural area, and the investment is not big. Perfect for a Thai wife with time on her hands, or any member of your extended family in a location with a few villages nearby. Pete
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Just imagine the scope for a bit of tea money for the Manager of the shopping centre, or the Pui Yai Baan in the Village.
Just a better version of the Thai pick-up truck with attached loud speaker that they have now, and if you get companies like Makro involved in it, the Village people trying to operate it will get ripped of by them as well.
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Yeah Understudy, good memories for me too. The first job I had in California (1980) had a roach coach (or maggot wagon as some called it) come buy the office building between 8 and 9 a.m. every morning and I always got a "Breakfast Burrito". They were great, a traditional burrito with beans hot sauce and meat of your choice including fried or scrambled eggs inside... yum!Memories of the good old days @ Stoneridge Prep School in are flashin before me Eyes. Back then when we have our first break @ 10am the Lunchtruck of Dave comes around then we have Breakfast!
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"Under the scheme, DFM and Makro will co-design the mini trucks and approach grocery-store owners to buy them to transport their goods or use them as mobile grocery stores, restaurants, bakery and coffee shops, said Pitaya Tanadamrongsak, managing director of DFM, the importer of DFM multi-purpose trucks from China".
Bakery? Coffee shop? Restaurant?
Yes, I can see one of those Mini vans as a shop, servicing the smaller villages with a "limited range of goods" but not the three businesses listed above. For that you would need a much bigger vehicle IMHO.
Can we have a table for 8 please and we would like to be seated well away from the orchestra. I don't think so.
Bakery? Coffee shop? Restaurant?
Yes, I can see one of those Mini vans as a shop, servicing the smaller villages with a "limited range of goods" but not the three businesses listed above. For that you would need a much bigger vehicle IMHO.
Can we have a table for 8 please and we would like to be seated well away from the orchestra. I don't think so.
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