New Super Minimart in Angeles town to serve community amid Holy Week, ECQ
The Philippines’ first and only Super Minimart chain opened its latest store in Sitio Santol, Barangay Tabun, Angeles on Maundy Thursday.
The Tabun store, Alfamart’s 816th store in the country, was opened weeks ahead of schedule due to the request of the barangay.
Tabun Barangay Captain Alma Dizon-Mercado saw that her constituents needed a safer, more convenient, and more comfortable place to shop, so she wrote to Alfamart over a week before the store officially opened.
“Nakita ko rin po kasi sa social media na ang daming nagpapasalamat sa Alfamart, lalo na ngayung panahon ng Enhanced Community Quarantine,” said Dizon-Mercado. “Kaya minabuti po naming maghanap ng paraan upang makapagbukas sila sa aming barangay,” she continued.
Harvey Ong, COO of Alfamart Philippines, saw the barangay’s request as an opportunity to further advance the Super Minimart chain’s advocacy of community development. “We are more than happy to oblige Barangay Tabun. If we can fulfill a need, we are happy to provide,” Ong said. “Ever since the ECQ we have been working round-the-clock to keep as many stores open and well-stocked. We understand the urgency and need to provide the basic needs of families in a safe, comfortable, convenient place, at supermarket prices,” he concluded.
Alfamart remains open to serve communities this ECQ
With the exception of a few stores below, your #SuperMinimart will remain open to the public throughout the Holy Week to serve your family with basic daily grocery needs:
BATANGAS
Alfamart Bihis Taal
Alfamart Pinagkrusan
Alfamart Poblacion 2 Cuenca
Alfamart Poblacion 4 Calaca
Alfamart Poblacion2 Bauan
Alfamart Wawa Nasugbu
Alfamart Jp Nasugbu
Alfamart Marasigan Calaca
Alfamart Roman Ville Brgy San Carlo Lipa
Alfamart CM Recto Ave. Lipa
Alfamart RMC Building Lipa
Alfamart D Silang St Poblacion 19 Batangas City
Alfamart RVFOUR Bldg Kumintang Ibaba Batangas City
Alfamart Poblacion I Tanauan
Alfamart Calicanto Batangas
Alfamart Inosluban Lipa
Alfamart Brgy 4 Pagaspas st. Tanauan
Alfamart Bagumbayan Tanauan
Alfamart PSC Business Center Sto. Tomas
Alfamart SM Lipa
BULACAN
Alfamart Brgy. Bungahan Malolos
Alfamart Tikay Malolos
Alfamart Brgy. Look 1st Malolos
Alfamart Bantayan 1st Bulihan
Alfamart Halili Arcade Poblacion Sta Maria
CAVITE
Alfamart Tabon 2 Kawit
Alfamart Poblacion Noveleta
Alfamart SM City Dasmarinas
LAS PINAS
Alfamart Naga Road
MANILA
Alfamart LRT Doroteo Jose
PARANAQUE
Alfamart PITX
PASAY
Alfamart MAAX Building
Alfamart Five Ecom Center
Alfamart Three Ecom Center
Alfamart SM Mall Of Asia SMX
Alfamart SM NU Tower
PASIG
Alfamart Urbano Velasco Ave.
Alfamart St. Bambang
QUEZON CITY
Alfamart SM City North Edsa
Alfamart Panay Ave.
AIfamart SM City Fairview
RIZAL
AIfamart Brgy. Tayuman Binangonan
AIfamart Pantay Rd. Bagumbayan
AIfamart Mariposa San Andres Cainta
AIfamart Village East Exec. Homes
AIfamart C. Lawis Exit Brgy San Isid
AIfamart May Iba Teresa Rizal
AIfamart Blueridge Subd. Binangonan
AIfamart Cor Zamora & Burgos Libid
AIfamart Pines City Royal Antipolo
AIfamart FSI Bldg. Greenwoods Cainta
AIfamart Ridgemont Exec. Village
AIfamart Liamzon Banaba San Mateo
AIfamart San Juan Taytay Rizal
AIfamart Greenland Subd Cainta
AIfamart Masinag
VALENZUELA
Alfamart San Miguel Heights Marulas
800th store opening at Don Ramon Ave., San Fernando, Pampanga
On February 28, we opened our 800th #SuperMinimart in Don Ramon Ave. San Fernando, Pampanga! This celebration was made special by the warm welcome and support of the local residents. We are honored to be a part of your neighborhood. Dakal pung salamat mga Cabalen!
From Employee to Alfamart Partner
Martiniano “Degs” Valencia is a simple man with not-so-simple dreams. As a young boy, he was already honing his entrepreneurial spirit, selling fresh carabao’s milk and boiled corn in the streets of his hometown of Sta. Rita, Pampanga.
By the time he reached college, Valencia was supplying processed meat products from Pampanga to various stores in Manila — and then he went on to become a bagger at a major supermarket chain while on summer vacation from school.
For a time, Valencia left his retail roots behind and went into more technical work as a broadcast engineer for a major broadcasting network, and then worked as a technical controller in Dubai for ten years. His life was going well, and when his youngest child was born, he and his wife decided to move back to the Philippines for good.
After resettling in the Philippines, Valencia began developing investments left and right — buying and selling second-hand cars, selling real estate, leasing stalls, and selling fruit-bearing trees and nurseries. As a wise investor and someone who wanted to take advantage of passive income, Valencia was delighted when Alfamart, the first and only Super Minimart chain in the Philippines, became his business partner and set up a branch in his hometown.
“My wife and I were dreaming of having our own grocery store as our main business,” Valencia said. Construction was already on-going for a small commercial complex that they started on their land when Alfamart approached them with an offer to lease and build a store. “Alfamart then came in to fulfill our dreams,” he added.
After going into business with Alfamart, Valencia said his quality of life has vastly improved. He and his family have nearly reached their financial goals in just a few years following the partnership, and he is able to spend much more time with them.
“We are extremely grateful to our partners like Degs in Sta. Rita, Pampanga,” said Alfamart COO, Harvey T. Ong. “With the help of partners, we’re able to expand to more communities. Each store we open is a step towards our advocacy of promoting community development, especially in areas outside Metro Manila,” he said.
Ong also mentioned that Alfamart is looking for more partners as it continues to expand. “We are always searching for opportunities to bring the Super Minimart experience to everyone in the Philippines,” Ong continued.
Degs’s story is just one of the many others telling us to work hard and to grab opportunities at the right time.