KHON KAEN: A new noodle shop in Muang district is offering customers a golden opportunity - in addition to its very reasonably priced food.
The shop, Sab 29, gives one coupon to each customer who orders its noodles, which are priced between 29 and 49 baht a dish. The promotion launched on Sept 20 and will end on Dec 20.
The lucky winner of the draw will get a one-saleung gold chain (weight 3.9 grammes, or one-quarter of the normal reference price of one-baht gold) - worth around 5,000 baht at current prices.
The noodles with pork starts at 29 baht a serving.
Thanyawan Thamontri, 57, the shop’s owner, said the promotion was her daughter's idea. She had graduated in marketing from Khon Kaen University and had scouted the best location to open a shop selling pork noodles and somtam (spicy Thai salad), and found a place across the road from a school and a non-formal education centre.
The shop offered free food on the first three days, and many people had dropped in to sample it.
To keep the flow of customers coming, she suggested a promotion with a gold necklace on offer, in addition to offering reasonably priced, quality food.
"The shop is the first in the province to launch such campaign," she said proudly.
The response has been quite good. Mrs Thanyawan said the shop is busy almost throughout the day.
She said the lucky draw will be broadcast live on the shop’s Facebook page to ensure transparency.
