New businesses include a three-month-old Jollibee outlet that has people, including fisherfolk and cowboys, lining up as early as two in the morning for its breakfast offerings.
Mind you, the food is not bad at all but, as its new chef has probably realized, serving Peking duck in a buffet setting just doesnt, well, cut it.
The idea here is for the family to determine early on the kind of maternity package it wants and then to set aside money for it every month until the expected date of delivery.
The way Medical City chief executive officer Dr. Alfredo Bengzon sees it, the family will not have to worry about inflation (read: the package price will not go up between the time the mother learns she is pregnant to the time she gives birth) and about paying in one big blow.
Heres how general manager Simplicio Umali Jr. explains it. Because Gardenias trucks cannot get into eskinitas or narrow streets or subdivisions, the company is looking for would-be partners who would be given territories where it can push any or all of the company 40 shelf-keeping units or different kinds of breads.
No bond is needed nor, come to it, capital. The first day delivery is payable the next day when he should have collected from his buyers.
At the end of the day, a person who decides to go door-to-door gets a 25-percent profit while a person who distributes to sari-sari stores or small bakeries will get only 15 percent since the balance 10-percent mark-up will go to the specific sari-sari store or small bakery.
Jun Umalis example. Someone who was responsible for the C.M. Recto (Manila) business generated P100,000 a month, for which he netted P15,000. Whether that someone has raised enough money for something else or has become an overseas Filipino workers, that location is now up for grabs.