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  • Pandora Thailand distributor plans to expand food, and beverage sections

    Pandora Thailand distributor plans to expand food, and beverage sections

    Tanachira Retail Corporation Co, the importer and distributor of lifestyle fashion brands including Harnn, Marimekko and Pandora, is eyeing the acquisition of health lifestyle food & beverage operators to help reduce business risks and sustain the company’s long-term sales growth.

    Tanapong Chirapanidchakul, Tanachira’s chief executive, said the company is exploring opportunities to acquire food and beverage firms and is seeking know-how to support its expansion into the sector.

    “Our overall business suffered a lot from the Covid-19 crisis, with sales in 2021 plunging by 50% from a year before,” said Mr Tanapong. “Whenever the economy is in a bad condition, people generally opt to spend their money on food rather than luxury products, which will be the first items to be cut.”

    According to Mr Tanapong, the company moved into the food and beverage business several weeks ago when it invested 5 million baht to open the world’s first Marimekko pop-up café in Bangkok’s Central Embassy mall.

    The company plans to open two more permanent cafes in the city next year. It expects Marimekko to account for 25% of total sales, up from 16% now, once two more pop-up cafés open next year. There are currently 10 Marimekko lifestyle stores in Thailand.

    According to Mr Tanapong, the company is now looking to expand the Marimekko shop at the Lotte Department Store in Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi this year.

    Tanachira is also scheduled to open a Cath Kidston cafe in CentralWorld in December this year.

    The company aims to have a total of five cafes under the Marimekko and Cath Kidston brands in Thailand next year.

    In addition, Mr Tanapong said the company intends to ramp up its online business this year. Before the pandemic, Cath Kidston was the only brand that sold its products online, but all brands are now available on the internet, contributing 12% of the company’s sales in the first half of this year. The company’s target is for online business to account for 15% of its sales in 2022, and double to 30% over the next three years.

    Moreover, Mr Tanapong said the company plans to open three new Pandora branches this year. The company expects its sales to reach 1.15 billion baht this year and 1.4 billion baht in 2023. Of the total, 50% of sales will come from Pandora, 20% from Marimekko, and the remaining 30% from other brands.

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  • SSP wins contract to operate eight F&B concessions at Phuket International Airport

    SSP wins contract to operate eight F&B concessions at Phuket International Airport

    SSP Group, a leading operator of food and beverage outlets in travel locations worldwide, has consolidated its position in the Thai market with a number of new contract wins.

    At Phuket International Airport, SSP has been awarded a four-year contract to operate eight concepts in the new international Terminal 2. Valued at approximately 1.5 billion THB (£33 million*) the new deal will make SSP the leading concessionaire at the airport.

    Landside, SSP will run all food and beverage operations on the mezzanine floor. Its offer will include Burger King, Bill Bentleyn Pub, Ajisen Ramen, Thai Express, Airport Kopitiam, Dairy Queen and The Coffee Club. Airside, passengers will be able to choose from Burger King and Bill Bentley Pub.

    Commenting on the win, Chris Rayner, CEO SSP Asia Pacific said; “We have been running food and beverage concessions in Thai airports, where we are the clear market leader, since 1995 in cooperation with our Thai partner Minor Food Group. SSP Thailand’s strong track record in delivering great brands, great customer service and great sales all contributed to us being awarded the contracts in Phuket, and we are delighted to be building on our success in this strategically important region.”

    Separately, at Suvarnabhumi Airport, SSP has extended all its existing contracts by four years. It has also extended its contracts at Chiang Mai International Airport by two years until July 2018.

    Phuket brand line-up:

    Thai Express is the world’s largest chain of modern Thai restaurants. Serving traditional Thai cuisine in a relaxed and yet contemporary environment, today the brand can be found at over 30 locations from China and Malaysia to Vietnam and Singapore.

    Japanese brand Ajisen Ramen is the country’s leading ramen restaurant and can now be found across the Asian continent. It serves a range of Asian dishes in a format that is simple, tasty and healthy as well as convenient.

    Founded in 1954, the Burger King brand is the second largest fast food hamburger chain in the world. The original home of the Whopper, the Burger King system operates more than 14,000 locations in approximately 100 countries and U.S. territories.

    Bill Bentley Pub is a classic English pub, styled to create the warm welcome of the traditional local.

    Airport Kopitiam, is a bespoke SSP concept which draws inspiration from the ever popular café culture of Malaysia. Its menu features simple meals, including kaya toast and white coffees.

    Founded in the 1940s in Illinois, USA Dairy Queen is famous for its dessert treats and much more. Today it is hugely popular across Asia.

    The Coffee Club, which originated in Australia, is a growing coffee chain in Asia Pacific with over 400 stores across nine countries including Thailand.

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