by Packworks FAME Team | Mar 21, 2025 | Packworks Blog
March 2025 Manila Philippines – Packworks, a Filipino tech startup with an app ecosystem for sari-sari stores, has seen a significant increase in the number of stores transacting on its app from its network of over 300,000 sari-sari stores across various regions in...
by Packworks FAME Team | Feb 21, 2025 | Packworks Blog
February 21, 2025 Manila, Philippines — Gone are the days when Filipinos only go to sari-sari stores for everyday essentials: now, they’re increasingly becoming a go-to destination for special occasion treats, such as premium chocolates for Valentine’s...
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...