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The company was founded by Corazon Dayro Ong along with her husband Jose Ong on June 25, 1975 [1] as small business in her residence in Valenzuela. The business was initially known as CDO Food Products with "CDO" derived from the initials of the founder. Their house was transformed into a home factory. [2]
The company became a real family business and grew into a chain of bookstores with branches throughout the country. In the 1990s, the chain had about 50 branches. Twenty years later, there were 145. The National Book Store became the largest bookstore chain in the Philippines and one of the largest companies in the Philippine retail industry. [3]
The cakes developed by daughter Teresita Moran are what gave Red Ribbon its prominence in the dessert market of the Philippines. In 1984, it opened its first overseas outlet in West Covina, California. [3] The company began franchising in 1999.
For proof, one need look no further than the stories of Marcia and Karen, two entrepreneurs That's the premise -- and the power -- of microlending. Tiny Loans, Tremendous Returns: Tales from the ...
Dennis Ang Uy was born and raised in Davao City [4] to an ethnic Chinese family based in Davao, which is part of the Uys' third generation. Uy's grandparents, Ega Uy and Tao Sui Eng were ethnic Chinese who settled in Davao as merchants.
A Goldilocks Bakeshop branch (2009) On May 15, 1966, Chinese Filipino sisters, Milagros Leelin Yee and Clarita Leelin Go, and their sister-in-law Doris Wilson Leelin, opened the first Goldilocks store on a 70-square-meter (750 sq ft) space on the ground floor of a three-story building along Pasong Tamo Street in Makati and started with only 10 employees.
Figaro Coffee was established in November 1993 by seven college friends, [3] including Pacita "Chit" Juan and Reena Francisco, as a small kiosk in Glorietta mall in Makati. Juan and Francisco were classmates at the University of the Philippines, where Juan had studied Hotel and Restaurant Administration. Juan, then involved in her family ...
Micro businesses in the Philippines can be defined according to the size of assets, size of equity capital, and number of employees. A typical micro business is a business that employs nine people or fewer, with assets of ₱3 million and below. In the Philippines, about 90 percent of all businesses are categorized as micro businesses.