Chain Stores
Sep 2nd, 2003 by Jinja
Chain Stores
Vietnam’s contribution to capitalism, Trung Nguyen Coffee, has opened a store in Phnom Penh. It’s got a vaguely Starbucks-like atmosphere, and some good blends of coffee. (Pricey for your average Cambodian though.)
Dairy Queen has opened an outlet at Pochentong Airport. Will more chains follow? There’s been a fake McDonald’s in Siem Reap, and also in Phnom Penh.
There’s been a long tradition of fake chain stores in Cambodia, such as ‘Pizza Hot’.
I really can’t diss these too hard. I’m not here in Cambodia to see things just like back home. But after years of underdevelopment, I can’t blame people for wanting something foreign or different.
(Just so long as we don’t have McDonald’s on every streetcorner.)
