by packworksadmin | Feb 22, 2023 | Packworks Blog
By Andres “Andoy” Montiel, Packworks’ Chief Data Officer In recent weeks, “sari-sari” stores have already felt the dwindling delivery of stocks of beverages, particularly carbonated drinks, due to the supposed shortfall in the country’s sugar supply. In fact, the...
by packworksadmin | Feb 9, 2023 | Packworks Blog
Big dreams start small. The truth in this saying can be seen in the journey of Dubduban family and their sari-sari store that serves as a testament of resilience and inspiration for 39 years now. Taking a leap from farming in the mountains to building a sari-sari...
by packworksadmin | Feb 9, 2023 | Packworks Blog
Taking the leap of faith – this was how Jhoan Amoranto Bautista and her husband described it when they transitioned from having a ready-to-wear (RTW) business to starting a sari-sari store with her husband’s relatives as partners. Although earning by selling clothes,...
by packworksadmin | Feb 2, 2023 | Packworks Blog
Sari IQ, the sari-sari store market intelligence platform run by startup Packworks, recorded a five-fold increase in beer sales despite the liquor ban at the Sinulog Festival that drew an estimated crowd of 2 million this year. The total gross merchandise value of...
by packworksadmin | Nov 3, 2022 | Packworks Blog
If your holiday celebrations include fruit salad, leche flan, and halo-halo, you may need to rethink your menu. As the Packworks Sari IQ reports, prices of culinary milk, cream, canned fruits, and cooking oils increase in sari-sari stores, jeopardizing Filipinos’...
by packworksadmin | Oct 28, 2022 | Packworks Blog
Many people worldwide turn to alcohol when coping with grief, usually from watching a loved one pass on, breaking up with a partner, or dealing with a personal or financial loss. However, on some occasions, alcohol is widely considered as something that makes people...