Tesco Lotus opens all outlets as usual

 Dr. Darmp Sukontasap, Senior Vice President, Tesco Lotus, said in a statement "We made the decision to maintain our normal business operation throughout the Songkran holiday period. We recognized that our job is to provide service to the public and we should do our best to fulfil that responsibility. The situation that we do not want to see is a shortage of food and necessary household items for families during this difficult period. Consumers would suffer even more if there were hoarding or price speculation as a result of political unrests. 

   "In the meantime, we have allowed flexibility for our staff to be absent from work if they have concerns over their safety or that of their families. Security around our stores have also been tightened for the safety of our customers and staff."

 He also noted that like everyone else, Tesco Lotus hopes that normalcy would soon be restored so that we can all concentrate on efforts to revive the economy and increase Thailand's competitiveness in the global arena.