What should be noted is that the Thai economy is increasingly dominated by state-owned, state concessionaires or state protected companies. In the case of Glow, PTT is buying an existing plant at a time when we have a surplus of production capacity of electricity in our system. Amazon coffee, raises questions about the fairness of state-owned enterprises directly competing in the same market as SME's and "mom and pop" operations. We have also raised questions regarding the appropriateness of PTT's strategy to expand their successful Amazon coffee franchise beyond their petrol stations. We are not advocating that the Amazon shops be shut down, not least because most of the shops are owned by franchisees.

Source: Bangkok Post September 09, 2018 23:15 UTC