7-eleven

  • Bangkok NewsSlurpees, phonecard top-ups, snacks and now you can do your washing
    ThaigerFriday, February 14, 2020
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    Slurpees, phonecard top-ups, snacks and now you can do your washing

    …well, in one store anyway. Maybe more to come. You can pay your bills there, buy a Slurpee, get a good coffee and, now, do you washing too. A Bangkok 7-Eleven store has rolled out its own laundry service, not that anyone is going to be actually doing your laundry, but they will provide the washing machines. The laundromat at a…

  • Environment NewsMajority of Thais support single-use plastic bag ban
    ThaigerMonday, December 16, 2019
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    Majority of Thais support single-use plastic bag ban

    PHOTO: The Nation A survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University (Suan Dusit Poll), indicates that a vast majority of the Thai public see the value in banning single-use plastic bags. A number of Thailand’s major retailers are rolling out a ban on giving out single-use bags from January 1. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment aims to encourage people…

  • Environment NewsThailand’s big retailers will stop handing out plastic bags in January 2020
    ThaigerSaturday, September 7, 2019
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    Thailand’s big retailers will stop handing out plastic bags in January 2020

    “These partners have vowed to stop giving out single-use plastic bags to customers starting January.” The Thai environment minister has announced a major agreement from large retailers, plastic manufacturers and department stores to stop handing out single-use plastic bags to customers. The new program will start from next year. Over the past year several large retailers have come up with…

  • Environment NewsCalls for total ban on use of single-use plastic bags
    ThaigerMonday, August 19, 2019
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    Calls for total ban on use of single-use plastic bags

    PHOTO: World Wildlife Fund The death of baby dugong Mariam, which was found to be caused from problems associated with plastic bags blocking her digestive system, has brought about renewed calls for stricter control, or a complete ban, on the use of single-use plastic bags. Marine scientist, and vice dean of the Faculty of Fisheries of Kasetsart University, Dr. Thon…

  • Northern Thailand NewsSacked female ex-employee arrested over 7-Eleven heist in Nakhon Ratchasima
    ThaigerWednesday, July 3, 2019
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    Sacked female ex-employee arrested over 7-Eleven heist in Nakhon Ratchasima

    Police have arrested a former female 7-Eleven shop staff member in Nakhon Ratchasima for an alleged robbery that netted 2.3 million baht in cash. Read the original story HERE. Police arrested 25 year old Rojana Chongklang at her house yesterday, about 36 hours after the robbery. She used to work at a 7-Eleven store in the Ban Pho community but was…

  • Phuket News7-Eleven hands over a cash advance to a lady boy from retiree’s stolen credit card
    ThaigerTuesday, February 5, 2019
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    7-Eleven hands over a cash advance to a lady boy from retiree’s stolen credit card

    FILE PHOTO ThaiVisa is reporting that an American retiree, living in Bangkok, claims a lady boy stole his wallet in Phuket. She then used his wallet to get a 13,550 baht cash advance at a local 7-Eleven store. The card was signed and the receipt issued to ‘Gregory M Field’ in English. But, explains ThaiVisa, the lady boy was handed…

  • Thailand NewsA reduction of 100 million+ plastic bags at 7-eleven stores in one month
    ThaigerMonday, January 14, 2019
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    A reduction of 100 million+ plastic bags at 7-eleven stores in one month

    More than 100 million plastic bags have not bee used at Thailand’s 7-eleven stores in the past month, valued at more than 20 million baht. CP All Public Company, the sole operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores in Thailand, announced its intention to reduce and, eventually, to eliminate the use of single-use plastic bags at all their stores throughout the country.…