The company produces 2.11 million kilograms of flour and baked good a day. A 25-kg bag of flour can make about 1,600 pieces of pandesal, SMC said.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 9) — San Miguel Corporation continues to back the government’s efforts in the COVID-19 crisis. The diversified conglomerate this time supplied flour to local governments and millions worth of fuel to transport medical frontliners.
The company on Thursday donated 8,400 sacks of flour to Manila, Caloocan, Las Pinas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Paranaque, Pasay, Pasig, Quezon City, San Juan, Taguig, Valenzuela, Pateros, Batangas, Bulacan and Nueva Ecija to aid businesses in providing food to residents.
“The local government units need all the support they can get in making sure that their citizens do not go hungry and are free from illness during the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Ramon Ang, SMC president and chief operating officer in a statement.
The conglomerate also donated ₱3.9 million-worth of fuel to the Department of Transportation and the Metro Manila Development Authority. SMC Infrastructure and Petron Corporation gave 54,000 liters of fuel, which the government’s buses can use to transport health workers.
The DOTr earlier commissioned 60 shuttle buses to serve medical personnel during the Luzon-wide quarantine. Each of the buses will receive fuel equivalent to 50 liters per day through their Petron e-fuel cards.
The flour and fuel come on top of a wide range of donations the company earlier provided, namely, food, ethyl alcohol, as well as vehicles, tents, generator sets and other supplies at tollway checkpoints. SMC also provided free toll to health workers who use the tollways under SMC.
The conglomerate also committed to purchasing 10,000 sets of personal protective equipment.
