Bangkok Post
Thai ice-cream brand for sale: Here’s the scoop
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The founder of the Thai ice‑cream brand Hawell’s is putting the business up for sale for 165 million baht, saying he is sticking to a long-held goal to enter the monkhood and renounce worldly life.
Key facts
- The founder of the Thai ice‑cream brand Hawell’s is putting the business up for sale for 165 million baht, saying he is sticking to a long-held goal to enter the monkhood and renounce worldly life.
- Siripong Akkarasriyuk, chairman of Hawell’s (Thailand) Co Ltd, made the announcement on Facebook on Friday, saying he is seeking a potential successor to take over the brand, and offering a referral fee of 5 million baht.
- This forced nearly all Hawell’s branches to close, with Central Pinklao the last to shut down in 2014.
- In 2023, the name Hawell’s returned with the launch of its first standalone model in Bang Bua Thong, Nonthaburi, which remains in operation.
- Mr Siripong is also the author of Success Derived from the Buddha, published in 2016, and has been giving talks on Buddhism for several years
Summary
Siripong Akkarasriyuk, chairman of Hawell’s (Thailand) Co Ltd, made the announcement on Facebook on Friday, saying he is seeking a potential successor to take over the brand, and offering a referral fee of 5 million baht.
Hawell’s was a familiar sight in local shopping malls in the early 2000s before a number of factors caused the business to decline. Only one stand-alone branch remains today.