The Battle for Convenience: 7-Eleven, Tesco Lotus, and Family Mart

Thailand is one of Southeast Asia’s most significant and fastest-growing convenience store markets with over 20,000 stores across the country.

Key Points

• 7-Eleven is the dominant player with 12,740 stores and plans to expand by 700 more stores in the next 12 months.
• Convenience stores in Thailand have one of the highest shares of the packaged grocery market of any country globally with over one-third of all sales going through the channel .
• The convenience store market in Thailand is expected to grow by 18% in 2022, driven by increased demand for on-the-go and ready-to-eat products.

Convenience stores account for over one-third of the packaged grocery sales in Thailand, and attracts shoppers with its on-the-go and top-up offerings. The dominant player in the market is 7-Eleven, owned by CP All, with more than 13,000 stores and plans to open 700 more in the next 12 months.