BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand might introduce zoning legal guidelines to rein in foreign-owned supermarkets which would possibly be edging out their local Thai opponents, officials stated Tuesday. Under the table mentioned the cabinet was contemplating taking action after reports that competition from worldwide hypermarkets such as Tesco Lotus and Carrefour is choking old-fashioned (high-priced) native Thai retailers. Kuthep said the flashy chain shops claimed as much as 40 percent of the market share for groceries and were prone to expand further, with a median of 70,000 to eighty,000 Thais availing themselves of the better prices in these retailers every day. Figures displaying the sturdy position foreign-owned supermarkets hold in Thailand have triggered a stir in the authorities as local shops that produce their very own items or promote inferior, off-brand products are clearly having trouble competing. But Kuthep famous the proposals to introduce laws limiting the expansion of environment friendly, bargain-priced worldwide grocery chains with ample