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"SuperCheap: End of a local legacy?"
After 18 years in Phuket, the main SuperCheap store and warehouse
were gutted on Wednesday in the island's largest-ever fire.
Located on a 30-rai (4.8-hectare) plot once occupied by a factory, the main SuperCheap store - a legacy of the Anantajaroonwong family -
had grown from being a rickety warehouse supported by wooden pillars
and a corrugated-iron roof into a buzzing economic centre for local wholesalers and retailers,
with a daily sales volume worth more than Bt10 million a day.
Boasting branches throughout Phuket that also attract customers from nearby provinces,
SuperCheap's local business connections enabled it
to offer various goods at highly discounted prices.
Under the helm of Boonsom Anantajaroonwong,
the store sought no limelight, but managed to expand steadily - making it a competitor
to be reckoned with across the region. There were 25 branches in Phuket alone.
The store, which offered no luxury goods,
placed an emphasis on essential household commodities,
thus enabling it to keep costs low.
Only the cashier's area at the main store was air-conditioned, for example.
SuperCheap's other strong points included its smart choice
to shift from being a trader to a goods producer -
including investment in a rice-noodle plant and its takeover of a Phuket furniture factory.
Its decision to employ some 700 workers from neighbouring countries, particularly Myanmar, also served as a customer magnet,
since foreign employees also encouraged Phuket's huge workforce
of immigrant workers to buy the store's goods.
It came as no surprise that Burmese was widely spoken in the store.
Damages from the fire are estimated to be at least Bt500 million,
a major blow for the convenience chain's local operators.
The next challenge for SuperCheap,
which has grown particularly popular in the past five years,
will be the logistical supply of its local branches,
now that its main store is no more.
