Provincial franchises as well as Filipino-owned foreign brands are seen as the next generation of franchises that will steer the course of the local industry and propel it to the ASEAN market.
Samie Lim, chairman of the Francorp, presented yesterday nine brands which just opened their businesses to franchising scheme for the first time at yesterday’s opening of the Franchise Asia Philippines 2015 Expo at SMX Convention Center.
http://www.rappler.com/business/features/96198-citi-microentrepreneur-honoree-teresita-valdezToday, Nanay Tess continues to work with her top client after giving them affordable repayment terms on their debt.
Having sold to customers in the US, Nanay Tess is now eyeing to be the "no. 1 exporter of bagoong in the country."
At least for now, Nanay Tess said she will just “depend on hard work, a strong support team, and faith in God,” to pursue her goals of being a direct exporter. – Rappler.com
MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has forged a partnership with Robinsons Supermarket for the sale of locally-made products under the agency’s One Town, One Product (OTOP) program.
Manalo said the partnership is intended to support local producers, particularly the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the regions.
http://www.philstar.com/business/2015/06/27/1470304/armscor-brings-philippines-worldArmscor has grown so fast globally that their pace is dizzying. Under the dynamic leadership of Martin, they have been introducing new products and have been showing the face of the Philippine firearms and ammunition industry through their excellent products. They are featured on television in the United States through shows like Shooting Galleries where recently, a one-hour block was dedicated specifically for Armscor products.
And Guns and Ammo, the shooters’ bible (my favorite gun magazine) and currently the largest publication of gun magazines in the world has also formally recognized the company as outstanding and worthy of a Guns and Ammo cover. It is the first time a Filipino product has graced the cover of this prestigious hand gun magazine, and Armscor is mighty proud of this feat.
http://www.manilatimes.net/solid-group-boosts-2015-capex-for-myphone/195783/Solid Group Inc., the listed holding company of the Lim family, has set aside up to P1.5 billion in capital expenditure this year, mainly for the benefit of mobile phone maker My|Phone.
“We plan to be the top mobile phone brand for the Filipino masses, from our current standing being the third largest,” he added, noting the My|Phone brand is behind Samsung and Cherry Mobile in the mass market category.
ARGAO - A village deep in Cebu’s southern region processes raw coconut meat into food wraps, an all-coconut substitute for bread, burritos, sushi and lumpia wrappers. It has invaded the world stage, bringing work and income to poor coco farmers and workers.
“Paleo Wraps”, the trademark, is made from coconut water, unrefined coco oil and mostly coco meat that is dried in a process Dr. Priscila Kimes calls a trade secret. It is sold in North America and Europe. Add “gluten-free and all natural” and the value-added tag hikes the price as well as the demand.
The local government of Marikina City hopes to attract the youth and breathe new life to its local shoe industry with the launch of an online shop this Wednesday.
“Through the use of modern technology, we can introduce and bring them the products of our city, especially now that the competition is tight in the global market,” De Guzman said in a statement.
Among the shoe brands that will be featured on Marikina’s online shopping website are A-fit-zer, Check Point, Fontelle, Medz Shoes and Valentino. Also included are Pads Shuz, Ellen & Mae, Gibson Shoes and Alicia.
The locally made products—ranging from casual, formal and school shoes for men, women and children, to industrial and military shoes—can be viewed and bought on www.marikinashoes.theshop.ph.
https://www.google.com.ph/url?sa=i&...phEEd7D1jGwz-Kh5RgDDLlmg&ust=1436229135134761Although recent years and the onset of globalization have been challenging for Marikina’s shoe industry, it continues to be a source of pride for Filipinos, as the city’s shoemakers and retailers cope with the changing times. Here, Nelson Valentino of Valentino Shoes, Gilda Salonga of Le Donne, Erlinda Salonga Pastoral of Ohrelle, and Anita Salonga of Milani bring us on a shoebiz tour of their Marikina and their SM, which significantly started its business as a shoe store.
“Marikina has benefited from the success of SM, which started its business over 50 years ago with shoes. Over the years, SM has offered quality shoes manufactured by Marikina shoemakers, and this business relationship has increased the employment rate of the city and has given entrepreneurs a new good start.”
If you love Filipino food, or are yourself a native of that island nation, you'll know that there are few Filipino restaurants in Los Angeles. Although there are some Filipino family restaurants — and of course, Jollibee — most of this town's Filipino chefs cook other kinds of cuisine: Gary Menes at Le Comptoir, for example, or Andre Guerrero at Maximiliano's and Oinkster. Chef Charles Olalia and business partner Santos Uy mean to change that.
Olalia, who is from the Philippines, has spent most of his 12-year career in American kitchens cooking French food, including four years at Patina, where he was Joachim Splichal's executive chef until he left last July. Uy, who grew up in La Canada and went to USC, owns the restaurants Papilles and Mignon. The two men met when Uy staged at Patina and became friends, eventually talking about opening up a place together.
Francis Gerard Abacan or simply Gee, the second child of Erlinda Abacan, is slowly but surely taking the helm of Bristol Shoes and Shoe Company, one of the producers of high-quality shoes in the country’s “shoe capital”*—Marikina City.
Bristol is now considered a trusted name in the shoe industry, producing 100 pairs a day and maintaining a network of 29 stores nationwide.
“Quality shoes are not all about the materials that we use. It is all about our very own skilled workers who persevere to preserve the trademark of our shoes,” Gee says.
MANILA, Philippines - Diversifying conglomerate San Miguel Corp will be able to continue using its “Magnolia” brand in the United States after a totally unaffiliated Filipino American company in Northern California lost a court appeal over the use of the Magnolia name.
San Miguel may now also bring new Magnolia food products to the US following the decision of a US Court of Appeals, the conglomerate said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) yesterday.
A Visayas-based trading and shipping company has transformed into a land-based conglomerate with nearly 30,000 employees, by taking advantage of the growth of other economic sectors over the past decade.
From a trading and general merchandise business in Ormoc, Leyte in the late 1800s and a Cebu-based shipping company until the 1990s, Aboitiz Group emerged as a decisive conglomerate with presence all over the Philippines and recently, Vietnam.
MANILA, Philippines – Restaurant chain Max’s Group, Incorporated (MGI) is set to bring another homegrown restaurant brand, Sizzlin’ Steak, to the international market.
Max’s Group said in a disclosure to the stock exchange that it recently signed a development agreement with L Concepts Limited (L Concepts) to build a minimum of 10 Sizzlin’ Steak stores in Vietnam within the next 5 years.
A relatively new telecommunications firm owned by Antonio “Tonyboy” Cojuangco Jr. bagged contracts to supply “middle mile connectivity” for some 100 cities and municipalities covered by the P1.408-billion Free Wi-Fi Internet in Public Places project of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
Cojuangco is the second cousin of President Aquino’s late mother, former President Corazon Aquino.
DOST-Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) information officer Roy Espiritu yesterday said AZ Communications Inc. won in a string of public biddings held by the department last month to find private companies that will supply the Internet protocol transport municipalities (IPTM) connectivity for the project, which seeks to put up free Wi-Fi Internet hotspots in 987 third to sixth class municipalities nationwide.
The price for the IPTM contracts of the 100 municipalities, about 40 of which are within Region 1, totals P24,138,000.
AZ Communications was the lone bidder in all the biddings. In some biddings where there were other bidders, the competing suppliers failed to qualify.
Espiritu said the IPTM connectivity refers to the line that will be set up from the 14 points of presence to be put up by ICTO, and the municipal sites that will be provided with free Wi-Fi areas.
The ICTO is having a hard time attracting private sector participation in the tenders they are undertaking for the various lots of the project.
DOST Undersecretary Louis Napoleon Casambre, ICTO executive director, earlier stressed the crucial participation of private telecoms in the success of the program.
Jollibee is set to open in Toronto this year, and it’s causing a huge buzz in the Filipino community.
The fast-food chain has more than 800 locations in the Philippines and more than 30 in the U.S.
An opening date hasn’t been set for the Toronto store. But when it arrives, it will be the first in Canada. For many, having Jollibee at their doorstep “would be like going back to (their) home country,” said Tess Cusipag, editor and publisher of Balita, a Filipino-Canadian newspaper.
More:Stats: Filipinos in Canada
662,605 Canadians with ethnic origins in the Philippines.
250,000: Approximate number of Filipinos in the GTA.
Bathurst and Wilson in North York is considered “Little Manila.”
185,085 Filipinos in Toronto were actually born in the Philippines.
Filipinos are the fourth largest group of visible minorities in Canada.
491,075: Canadians speak Tagalog, the official language of the Philippines.
Toronto had its first Filipino food festival last year. It was called, of course, Taste of Manila.