Thai President Foods PCL is based in Bangkok. Established in 1972. It makes the instant noodle brand MAMA. It is the largest instant noodle manufacturer in Thailand with 53% of the market in 2015.
The company has a sordid history due to Thailand politics. The name changed, the ownership changed, the laws changed, the government changed along the way all leading to suppressed sales.
The company has factories in Lamphun, Si Racha, Rayong with two factories in Ratchaburi in Thailand with additional factories in Myanmar, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Hungary with two production lines. The company is building additional factories in Myanmar and in Cambodia.
They had 15.8 billion baht in sales in 2015. They also sell parboiled rice, baked products, confectionery, wheat flour, dry vegetables, noodles and seasonings, soft drinks, fruit juice, herbal juice and dairy products. 1 Thai bat = 3¢. It turns out about 511 million US dollars in sales. I think.
These packages were ordered through Amazon marketed as Mama Rare 9 Flavors Instant Noodles Best Sellers. Come on. They're either best sellers or they are rare. Maybe they're rare for Amazon in America and best sellers elsewhere.
These took so long to be delivered I forgot that I ordered them. Ordered on June 21 delivered July 26. Amazon doesn't even know they've been delivered. They're still expecting them to be delivered by August 2. They were $15.10 for 8 packages, that's $1.89 each.
The packaging has no English. The translator app is virtually useless except in rare cases such as "fried prawns" for example and "hot and spicy" for another. The rest says "instant noodles" and the like with other words in a foreign language switching around. We have to guess by the photos on the package.
Other Mama products are labeled in English.
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