Cebu (CNN Philippines, November 14) —The Sugbo Merkadong Barato announced that it will offer rice and chicken at lower prices in its stalls in the upcoming Cebu province’s pop-up markets.
During a meeting with Gov. Gwen Garcia at the Cebu Capitol on Monday, San Miguel Foods (SMF) General Manager for Visayas Region Rico Gomez announced that it will be joining the pop up stores on Nov. 28.
The Capitol allocated ₱100 million in purchasing NFA rice to be sold at ₱20 per kilo for poor families.
SMF will be selling Magnolia Chicken at discounted prices, according to the Public Information Office of the Cebu Capitol.
Gomez was quoted as saying that it is the decision of the “top management” of San Miguel to join and help promote the noble cause of the program.
“We will help the Governor achieve the objective to sell affordable products that even the poorest of the poor can buy,” said Gomez in Cebuano.
SMF, a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation, will also join the Cebu Provincial Government school feeding program for more than 878,000 students in all public schools in the province.
SMF will provide three metric tons of Magnolia Premium Chicken for the first five days of the feeding program which translates to about 600 kilos per day.
