Rakuten Insight in April 2020, 83 percent of Thai respondents stated that they stocked up dry food items during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey also explored reasons for making bulk purchases and it revealed that 45 percent of Thai respondents did so as they feared they might be quarantined soon and would not be able to buy groceries.
According to a survey by Preferred stocked-up items during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand as of April 2020
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Rakuten Insight. (April 8, 2020). Preferred stocked-up items during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand as of April 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117223/thailand-popular-stocked-up-items-during-covid-19-pandemic/
Rakuten Insight. "Preferred stocked-up items during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand as of April 2020." Chart. April 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed September 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117223/thailand-popular-stocked-up-items-during-covid-19-pandemic/
Rakuten Insight. (2020). Preferred stocked-up items during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand as of April 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117223/thailand-popular-stocked-up-items-during-covid-19-pandemic/
Rakuten Insight. "Preferred Stocked-up Items during The Covid-19 Pandemic in Thailand as of April 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Apr 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117223/thailand-popular-stocked-up-items-during-covid-19-pandemic/
Rakuten Insight, Preferred stocked-up items during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand as of April 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117223/thailand-popular-stocked-up-items-during-covid-19-pandemic/ (last visited September 28, 2023)
Preferred stocked-up items during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand as of April 2020 [Graph], Rakuten Insight, April 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117223/thailand-popular-stocked-up-items-during-covid-19-pandemic/