Iloilo City welcomes MINISTOP

Welcome to the City of Love! MINISTOP, one of the country’s leading and fastest-growing 24/7 convenience store chains, continues to expand its presence across the country. Led by its President and Chief Operating Officer Robina Gokongwei-Pe, it open its first two stores in Western Visayas at Robinson’s Place-Iloilo and La Paz, Iloilo.

MINISTOP President and COO Robina Gokongwei-Pe (rightmost) leads the ribbon cutting ceremony at the MINISTOP opening at Robinson's Place Iloilo. With her (from left) are Executive Asst to the Mayor, JV Mabilog; CongressmanJerry Perez Treñas; Malen Locsin; Division Manager, Living Essentials Division, Mitsubishi Corp. Phils, Masanori Inuma

According to Gokongwei-Pe; "Iloilo has been chosen as the second location in the Visayas region due to its rapid economic growth and dynamic business environment"

Leading the formal ribbon-cutting ceremonies at Ministop La Paz are (from left)- Division Manager, Living Essentials Division, Mitsubishi Corp. Phils, Masanori Inuma; Mayor of Iloilo, Jed Patrick Mabilog; JV Mabilog; Cong. of the Lone District of Iloilo, Jerry Perez Treñas; VP-Merchandising & Marketing of Ministop Philippines, Faith Gokongwei-Lim;and Franchisee of Ministop La Paz, Dra. Dureza Abad.
Photo Credit Mayor Mabilog Facebook Page

The opening rites were held last July 24 at the Ground Floor, Ledesma Wing, of Robinson's Place Iloilo at 12:00 NN and IPSTA Building beside Iloilo National High School along Luna Street La Paz, Iloilo at 3:00 PM. Iloilo is the second province in the Visayas region where Ministop will have stores. Ministop first entered the province of Cebu in the Visayas region last 2012.

Having been in partnership with Japan’s Ministop Co. Ltd. for 14 years, Ministop Philippines is now ranked as the second largest convenience stores in the country both in terms of store count and systemwide sales. It takes pride of its wide variety and range of affordable quality food products and excellent customer service. Ministop, managed by Robinsons Convenience Stores, Inc. (RCSI), now boasts of its over 400 stores to date. It is set to open around 100 new stores this year.

Known for offering a wide assortment of affordable groceries and ready-to-eat products such as fried chicken, kariman, chillz, rice toppers, soft serve ice cream, dimsum, sandwiches, pastas, pastries, salads and cakes, Ministop sets itself apart from its competitors with its in-house kitchen facility that churns out freshly cooked ready-to-eat products 24/7. Ministop’s best-selling and well-loved products include Uncle John’s Fried Chicken and Ham and Cheese Kariman.

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