Rakuten Insight in April 2020, 71 percent of Thai respondents stated that they bought items in bulk in a supermarket or a hypermarket during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey also explored popular stocked-up items during the pandemic and it revealed that dry foods were the most popular item.
According to a survey by Preferred places to buy items in bulk during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand as of April 2020
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Rakuten Insight. (April 8, 2020). Preferred places to buy items in bulk during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand as of April 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 07, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117285/thailand-popular-places-to-bulk-buy-during-covid-19-pandemic/
Rakuten Insight. "Preferred places to buy items in bulk during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand as of April 2020." Chart. April 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 07, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117285/thailand-popular-places-to-bulk-buy-during-covid-19-pandemic/
Rakuten Insight. (2020). Preferred places to buy items in bulk during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand as of April 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 07, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117285/thailand-popular-places-to-bulk-buy-during-covid-19-pandemic/
Rakuten Insight. "Preferred Places to Buy Items in Bulk during The Covid-19 Pandemic in Thailand as of April 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Apr 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117285/thailand-popular-places-to-bulk-buy-during-covid-19-pandemic/
Rakuten Insight, Preferred places to buy items in bulk during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand as of April 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117285/thailand-popular-places-to-bulk-buy-during-covid-19-pandemic/ (last visited December 07, 2023)
Preferred places to buy items in bulk during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand as of April 2020 [Graph], Rakuten Insight, April 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117285/thailand-popular-places-to-bulk-buy-during-covid-19-pandemic/