Our first order!
The first stores to order our product, Rimping supermarkets, are based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. From their website:
“Rimping Supermarket aspires to make everyday shopping a dignified & pleasurable experience,combining fair pricing and high standards of customer care with an enduring commitment to the welfare of the local community, and to the environment”
We are a little different to other supermarkets.
Our beginnings date back over 60 years to a small grocery shop on the east bank of the River Ping. At that time, most parts of Chiang Mai outside the old city were rice fields and forest. The ‘Superhighway’ was a dusty track. There were few motor vehicles; local people travelled either on foot, bicycle or pedal rickshaws. Although the railway line opened in 1921, a surfaced road was not completed until 1972. Before that time, driving a car from Bangkok was often an adventure!
From that simple “Mom & Pop” venture, we have grown into a chain of nine stores. In other respects, little has changed. We remain a family-run business. We have no international affiliations. We love what we do, and we think that shopping should be a pleasant and dignified experience. Promotional announcements are unheard of, and light classical music plays in the background. Browsing can often be a discovery, as we stock many unusual products not sold elsewhere.
Learn more here.
The Supermarkets
RIMPING SUPERMARKET, PROMENADA
Located in Building A of the elegant Promenada Resort Mall, this is the largest of the Rimping stores, where a very wide selection of products share the tranquil ambiance with some excellent dining options, including a Bistro, an Oyster Bar, a Japanese restaurant, a ‘Thom’ Coffee Corner and a convivial Wine Bar, where regular wine tastings and ‘free flow’ evenings are arranged. A separate kitchenware section is devoted to high quality ceramics, crockery and cutlery. The ‘Oven’ bakery’ a pharmacy, drugstore, vitamin store and bookshop complete the elegant line up of shopping choices.
Open: 8:00 AM — 9:00 PM
1st Floor — Building A 192 M.2 Tha Sala,
Muang Chiang Mai 50000
Tel: 053 142 722 Fax: 053 142 721
RIMPING SUPERMARKET, MEE CHOK
This popular store is integrated into a quality shopping plaza, and features a wide choice of food and wines, together with a kitchenware/glassware section, plus a useful selection of local and international magazines and newspapers.
208 Moo.6, T. Faham, Chiang Mai 50300
Tel: 053 266 629 Fax: 053 266 635
Open: 8:00 AM — 9:00 PM
RIMPING SUPERMARKET, NIM CITY
Located near the airport, this easily accessible store also has a separate ‘walk-in’ wine department storing our rarer vintages. It also features a wide selection of organically grown produce, an in-house ‘Oven’ Bakery and a ‘Thom’ Coffee Corner where many customers love to congregate.
Open: 8:00 AM — 9:00 PM
199/8 Mahidol Rd., T.Haiya, A.Muang,
Chiang Mai 50100
Tel: 053 904 841 Fax: 053 904 809
RIMPING SUPERMARKET, NAWARAT
Close to the Ping river, and the original site of the small ‘Mom & Pop’ shop from which Rimping Supermarket evolved over 60 years, this downtown store is close to several markets, hotels and tourist areas, and popular with both residents and visitors. Very good selection of products here, including an integrated ‘Oven’ Bakery, a magazine & newspaper section, a ‘Daiso’ 60 Baht one-price store, plus an ice cream and a coffee corner
129 Chiang Mai — Lamphun Road, T. Watked, Chiang Mai 50000
Tel: 053 246 333–4 Fax: 053 247 433
Open: 8:00 AM — 9:00 PM
RIMPING SUPERMARKET, MAYA MALL
On the ground floor of the city’s newest shopping mall, a few steps from the vibrant shopping and entertainment centre of Nimmanhaemin Road, this branch features a wide choice of products and gourmet items, as well as over 1,000 imported Japanese products, a Japanese restaurant, and the city’s one and only Cheese Bar.
Floor B1, Maya Shopping Mall
Huay Kaew Road, T. Suthep
Chiang Mai 50201
Tel: 052 081577 Fax: 052 081578
Open 6.00 AM — Midnight
Grocery
RIMPING GROCERY, KAD FARANG
Located close to the well-known wood handicrafts centre of Bahn Tawai, the current store will be expanded and integrated into the adjoining Kad Farang Shopping Centre, currently under construction, and opening late 2014, When this happens, this ‘Grocery’ store will become a full Rimping Supermarket, offering more convenience and quality shopping choices..
225/4 M.13 Chiang Mai-Hod Road, T. Baanwan, Chiang Mai 50230
Tel: 053 435 303–6 Fax: 053 435 303–6
Open: 8:00 AM — 9:00 PM
RIMPING GROCERY — JJ MARKET
Nestled in an elegant shopping mall close to Chiang Mai’s main flower and plant market, this tranquil venue is a preferred shopping sanctuary for many customers which also offers a variety of other tasteful shops and galleries.
45 Atsadathon Road, T. Patan, Chiang Mai 50300
Tel: 053 231 721 Fax: 053 231 720
Open: 10:00 AM — 7:00 PM
RIMPING GROCERY — STAR AVENUE
The easily accessible Star Avenue Mall is centrally located on the main Superhighway close to the city’s main bus terminal. This Grocery branch is deal for either family shopping, or just simple purchases. An integrated pharmacy and a Brompton folding bicycle shop add to the convenience.
Ground Floor, Star Avenue Lifestyle Mall
10 Superhighway Chiang Mai-Lampang Road, Wat Kate, Chiang Mai 50000
Tel: 053 240 550 Fax: 053 240 551
Open: 8:00 AM — 9:00 PM
RIMPING GROCERY — MALI PLACE
Well-positioned on the road leading to the Chiang Mai Night Safari, and close to many upscale residential projects, this branch also operates a small and highly popular restaurant called the “Chef’s Table”
32/5 Moo 2, Cholprathan Road, T.Mae Hia, Chiang Mai 50100
Tel: 053 273 904 Fax: 053 273 905
Open: 6:00 AM — 10:00 PM
Originally published at www.tuktuksnacks.com on October 20, 2014.
