Makro puts grocery stores on wheels

SiamMakro Plc, the operator of Makro cash-and-carry stores, has joined with DFM Mini Truck (Thailand) Co, to roll out mobile grocery stores to attract small retailers. Under the scheme, DFM and Makro will co-design the mini trucks and approach grocery-store owners to buy them to transport their goods or use them as mobile grocery stores, restaurants, bakery and coffee shops, said Pitaya Tanadamrongsak, managing director of DFM, the importer of DFM multi-purpose trucks from China. DFM will organise roadshows at all 45 Makro outlets to introduce the minitrucks to prospective investors.