hi, what is the CM equivalent to Foodland and where is it?

There are lots of supermarkets around, but where are you located? There is a good Rimping market very close to Guitarman, if you are staying nearby.

What is Foodland?

the less well-known sequel to kevin costner flop 'waterworld' i think.

to solve this riddle: It is a farang-food-oriented supermarket chain that is open 24 hours a day and stocks good quality food - unlike Big C and the likes. We have that in Pattaya.

I was going to ask the same thing....

Waterworld actually made money!

There are four excellent Rimping Supermarkets in Chiang Mai...check the web for details:

www.rimping.com

I know of no 24-hour supermarket in northern Thailand, besides 7-11, Lotus Express, etc.

The posters are right in recomending Rimping, its the closest thing you are going to get to either Foodland or Friendship all under one roof there may be a few specialist places dotted around CM like Bread etc but Rimping is the place to go albeit a lot more expensive than FLand or Fship

Rimping just entered the auspicious ranks of approved vendors to raro's household. Similar offer as Foodland and Friendship (combined!), nicer shop but not open 24 hours.

The Tesco food department is cheaper than Rimping, but Rimping has food items you can find anywhere else in Thailand. For fruit and vegetables I find the Thai markets much better. China town is also great, but finding a place to park is a nightmare.

Ian has the system figured out. There is no one stop shopping in CM. Rimping has most of the hard to find imported items, The Chinese lady has some (at better prices), Lotus. Makro have bulk items, local veggie/fruit markets have good quality (if you look) and prices, best pork at 0500 in local shops, best quality fruit off back of truck (again be observant) in early morning. A Walmart, type operation here would eliminate half the shopping time for a resident (Thai or Farang) cut out the gossip/visiting time and they would be hard pressed to justify the cleaning lady who comes in 2 or 3 times a week.

There is a parking garage right next to Worarot Market. I can always get a spot in there.

Not sure about the Tescos in CM, but in Pattaya they are one notch up from Big C, but yet not good enough to become an approved vendor to raro's household. Call me a snob, but I don't like mass production food items. Sausages made by Bei Otto are more or less homemade. The CP sausages at 7/11 just don't do it for me...

When I tell friends in my home country that I spend a lot of time shopping, I'm sure they have images of shopping for fine clothing, home decorating items, artwork, etc. Hah, I spend much time shopping for food. Actually it's an art-form here. Hubby says I'm getting back to my cave-woman hunter-gather background. It's part of the fun of Chiang Mai. So where do I go? Well there's Rim Ping for nice meats, imported items and really good Thai-produced equivalents of imported items (like Mexican sausa) There's Tanin Market for fresh veggies, Warorot Market for fruit and flower arrangements, street vendors for cut fruit and the Tops across the street for everything else. I don't have a car, motorcycle or large refrigerator, so you really think about all your purchases. Tops and Rim Ping do home delivery. I've been to Lotus and Big C and haven't seen much I would like to buy. It really wasn't worth the song thaew fare. I didn't even bother to ask if they do home delivery.