The Business Development Department under the Commerce Ministry has teamed up with 25 partners from both the government and private sectors to raise the competitiveness of local grocery shop operators amid stiffer competition in the domestic retail market.
According to the Business Development Department's director-general Thosapone Dansuputra, the 25 partners are from five business groups comprising suppliers, technology and platform operators, service providers, financial institutions, and micro-enterprises or micro-SME networks.
Mr Thosapone said his department in tandem with the 25 partners would cooperate to lay out an entire system of local grocery store development, aiming to upgrade the stores to become smart grocery stores through the "smart grocery plus" programme.
