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PAGASA GENERAL MEETING FOR FIRST QUARTER OF 2021 |
Wednesday, 03 February 2021 |
On the eve of 3 February 2021, the Association held its virtual General Meeting for the first quarter of 2021. The Meet was sponsored by i-Ripple, enabler of My Suki which intends to have as its groceries providers the members of PAGASA. Online selling was a must-do proposition for supermarkets given the extended negative sales effect that the pandemic was wreaking on food retailers. |
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MEETING VICTOR “VJ” JAVIER OF I-RIPPLE AND MY SUKI |
Tuesday, 02 February 2021 |
In showing interest in developing a platform for online shopping in their stores, the following members attended the Meet with Mr. Javier: President Steven T. Cua/Welcome Supermart, Vice President Liansel Sy/Liana’s Supermarket, Treasurer Myke Teodoro/Velamart, Director Fred and Simple Gravador/Simplicity Ministop, Director Robert and Rina Go/ Prince Retail Group, Director Edna Ontiveros/Candice Megamart, Director Arjie Lim/Andrew’s Supermarket, Wesley Lao/Drugmart Group, Susan and Charlene Lim/JC Plaza, Dustin Uy/San Roque Chain of Supermarkets, Paolo Ong/Ongville, Director Desmond Chua/Daily Supermarket and Honorary e-Sec. William Villanueva. |
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VIRTUAL SENATE HEARING BY AGRI COMMITTEE ON PRICE INCREASE FOR PORK AND CHICKEN |
Monday, 01 February 2021 |
At
the virtual Senate Hearing under the Joint Committees of Agriculture,
Food & Agrarian Reform and Trade, Industry & Entrepreneurship
via CISCO WEBEX on 1 February 2021, the 3-hour Meet consulted all the
stakeholders & government agencies concerned in the abrupt increase
in the price of pork and chicken. Among the 125 attendees were Senators
Villar, Pangilinan, Zubiri, Hontiveros, Marcos, Binay and Cayetano;
Secretaries Lopez (DTI) and Dar (DA); Usec. Castello & others from
DA; Rosendo So & Jason Cainglet/SINAG, Chester Warren Yeo Tan/NFHRI,
Edwin Chen/ProPORK, Jesse Cham/MITA, Gregorio San Diego/Egg Board, Jose
Elias Inciong/UBRA, former Bats. Rep. Nicanor Briones, Ernesto Ordoñez,
Alfred Ng, DTI's Ann Claire Cabochan, Atty. Victorio Dimagiba/LKI, MMDA
GM Jojo Garcia, Senate Staff Joshel Regodon & Atty. Philip Lina and
representatives from the BAI, BoC, NEDA, the Tariff Commission, NMIS,
PSA, Toll Reg. Board, etc. Discussions revealed that prices began their
uptick in October 2020. Fear of ASF contamination coupled with COVID-19
infection prevented the swift transfer of hogs from ASF-free GenSan to
MM. DILG was tasked to coordinate with LGUs to allow the unhampered
passage of trucks carrying hogs. DA was instructed to set aside budget
for border facilities to guard against technical smuggling as MAVs were
known to be abused/sold by unscrupulous traders and savings from cheaper
imported meats not passed on to consumers. Senate was not in favor of
tariff reduction (which favors imports) and MAV expansion (which will
tilt heavily against local farmers when the smoke clears).
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FIRST NATIONAL PRICE COORDINATING COUNCIL MEETING ONLINE FOR 2021 |
Thursday, 28 January 2021 |
The National Price Coordinating
Council called a Special virtual Meeting in the morning of 28 Jan. 2021
which lasted for more than three hours to analyze why vegetables, pork
and chicken prices have shot off the roof in recent weeks. Chaired by
DTI Sec. Mon Lopez, he used fishbone analysis and had his key staff from
the head & regional offices join in to focus on what's been causing
the run-away inflation the country's been experiencing for these
commodities. Supermarket operators from PAGASA & PCCTA were asked to
label meat produce for sale as either local or imported. Local connotes
fresher but more expensive meats as compared to the imported but frozen
ones (not recently slaughtered). Consumers have a choice but must be
informed. As it seems, a lot of imported meats are thawed to make them
look like they are local & fetch higher prices. The idea of
government allowing importation is to offer the public cheaper
alternatives at a volume that does not negatively impact the produce of
local growers.
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AFRICAN SWINE FEVER HUGS THE LIMELIGHT BESIDE COVID-19 |
Tuesday, 26 January 2021 |
PH under state of calamity due to swine fever, typhoons, price manipulation newsinfo.inquirer.net |
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PAGASA INTERVIEWED ON HAVING EMPLOYEES VACCINATED |
Thursday, 14 January 2021 |
President Steven T. Cua was interviewed in his supermarket for television on 14 January 2021 whether he would allow his employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. He replied: "Naturally, to clear all doubts that there is very little chance that you'd catch the virus while shopping at supermarkets." |
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TESTING THE MARKET ON PAGASA MEMBERS |
Wednesday, 13 January 2021 |
To test the viability of physical shopping at a time when the pandemic seems to lie low, PAGASA held a face-to-face Meeting with My Suki's Victor Javier, Ivan & Chris Cataluña on the eve of 13 Jan. 2021 at the Sports Lounge 1 of the Quezon City Sports Club. It was a case of finding out if PAGASA members were willing to come out to meet with each other in the flesh. Sports Lounge 1 was air-conditioned but the staff left the glass doors wide open so the air and elements (if ever the virus was air-born) inside the room would not be contained. Results proved that people were still hesitant to go out for any reason even if My Suki’s online proposition presented an opportunity for the members of the Association. Only six warm bodies dared to taste the good food that evening. |
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PAGASA INVITED TO RETAIL ASIA’S WEBINAR |
Thursday, 05 November 2020 |
On 5 November 2020, PAGASA was invited to attend Retail Asia's webinar entitled "Success Factors for an Exceptional Online Customer Experience" by UltraCommerce, an Australian firm with an online platform like those of Lazada, Zalora, etc. |
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WARNING: FAKE MONEY ON THE LOOSE |
Tuesday, 29 September 2020 |
In view of the amount of fake paper bills circulating in the economy, PAGASA sends this advisory on how to tell what is fake from what is real:
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PINHOLES IN POWDERY PACKAGES AT A TIME OF COVID-19 |
Friday, 25 September 2020 |
A vigilant shopper sent this video to a social media platform and it went viral. Her observation that the health-hazardous puncturing of minute holes on powdery products packaged in plastic bags (like sugar, salt and the like) to let air out and make displays in supermarkets even and easier for stocking is very valid in view of the uncontained spread of COVID-19. PAGASA members were advised to refrain from this practice. |
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