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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the plan of Jollibee Foods Corp. to merge three of its major subsidiaries – Chowking Food Corp., Greenwich Pizza Corp. and Baker Fresh Foods Philippines.


The surviving entity would be Chowking, under the name Fresh N’ Famous Foods Inc., which will become the second-largest fastfood service company in the country next to Jollibee itself, accounting for 52 percent of group-wide sales.
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[DatePublished] => 2006-07-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212707 [AuthorName] => Carla Paras-Sison [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269560 [Title] => The P1.2-B settlement that hasn’t been paid [Summary] => Chowking Food Corp. president Rufino dela Rosa and marketing manager Virgilio Ajero have been grinning from ear to ear since flying back last Sunday from Jakarta.

Raffy dela Rosa and Jojo Ajero attended the opening of the first store in Indonesia under wholly owned subsidiary, PT Chowking International, which is headed by Froilan Manotok (whose wife just gave birth in Manila). System-wide, that’s the 320th in the Chowking chain.

So far, the numbers from Jakarta aren’t bad, even by Philippine quick service restaurant standards.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269443 [Title] => Chowking goes to Indonesia [Summary] => In terms of the number of zeroes involved, the opening day sales of Chowking’s branch in Jakarta, Indonesia has set a company record. Then again, a US dollar is equivalent to between 9,000 and 10,000 rupiah; and a Philippine peso is equivalent to about 170 rupiah.

"We are happy with our opening day sales. It was higher than we projected," said Chowking Food Corp. president and chief executive officer Rufino dela Rosa.
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Then again, it’s hard to convince workers that they need protection when benefits include complete lunch meals, including dessert, at a subsidized price of P12 – significantly lower than the P35 lunch meals that employees of Asian Development Bank boasts of.
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Mr. Leung's last month at work – that's January 2004 – will be focused on helping incoming president Cayetano Paderanga Jr. hit the ground running.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 201335 [Title] => No chaperone [Summary] => Did you know 1: Energy Secretary Vicente Perez Jr. is aware that Iloilo is projected to have prolonged power outages two years from now. Vince Perez is also aware that it takes about two to three years to put up a power plant.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Jollibee’s Chowking tops P10-B sales mark in 2007
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                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña
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                    [ArticleID] => 378338
                    [Title] => SEC okays merger of 3 Jollibee units
                    [Summary] => 



The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the plan of Jollibee Foods Corp. to merge three of its major subsidiaries – Chowking Food Corp., Greenwich Pizza Corp. and Baker Fresh Foods Philippines.


The surviving entity would be Chowking, under the name Fresh N’ Famous Foods Inc., which will become the second-largest fastfood service company in the country next to Jollibee itself, accounting for 52 percent of group-wide sales.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 350302 [Title] => Chowking is king [Summary] => Chowking Food Corp., champion of Oriental fastfood, dislodged McDonald’s in 2003 as the country’s number two chain in terms of store count. Last year, with P8.3 billion in revenues, it also became number two in terms of sales, which are projected to grow to P9.2 billion by yearend 2006.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212707 [AuthorName] => Carla Paras-Sison [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269560 [Title] => The P1.2-B settlement that hasn’t been paid [Summary] => Chowking Food Corp. president Rufino dela Rosa and marketing manager Virgilio Ajero have been grinning from ear to ear since flying back last Sunday from Jakarta.

Raffy dela Rosa and Jojo Ajero attended the opening of the first store in Indonesia under wholly owned subsidiary, PT Chowking International, which is headed by Froilan Manotok (whose wife just gave birth in Manila). System-wide, that’s the 320th in the Chowking chain.

So far, the numbers from Jakarta aren’t bad, even by Philippine quick service restaurant standards.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269443 [Title] => Chowking goes to Indonesia [Summary] => In terms of the number of zeroes involved, the opening day sales of Chowking’s branch in Jakarta, Indonesia has set a company record. Then again, a US dollar is equivalent to between 9,000 and 10,000 rupiah; and a Philippine peso is equivalent to about 170 rupiah.

"We are happy with our opening day sales. It was higher than we projected," said Chowking Food Corp. president and chief executive officer Rufino dela Rosa.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249864 [Title] => When ATMs dispense water instead of money [Summary] => United Laboratories majority owner Jose Campos doesn’t like unions and his people have never formed one.

Then again, it’s hard to convince workers that they need protection when benefits include complete lunch meals, including dessert, at a subsidized price of P12 – significantly lower than the P35 lunch meals that employees of Asian Development Bank boasts of.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 243006 [Title] => Everybody but his mother [Summary] => Did you know 1: Everybody in a society party made side bets on how much the necklace and earrings set of this lady cost. The highest price quoted was $1 million. It turns out the lady – yes, a local – bought those huge bling-blings at $6 million or roughly the cost of a building along Ayala Ave. [DatePublished] => 2004-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 239570 [Title] => That’s a lot of halo-halo [Summary] => HSBC (Phils.) chief executive officer Warner Manning has a new racket. Instead of betting that he could lose weight (that was so-o-o last year). Mr. Manning is betting that he can run the 16-km distance between the Binondo branch (the bank’s first branch, which was set up more than 100 years ago during the Spanish period) to the Fort Bonifacio branch (the bank’s newest branch) on March 25.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 232859 [Title] => Jollibee’s new baby next year [Summary] => Well, it looks like Philippine Stock Exchange outgoing president Ernest Leung isn’t going to accept any job offers for a while. When his contract ends in February, he intends to enjoy all those nature-tripping stuff like rock climbing that he hasn't had too much to do in recent years.

Mr. Leung's last month at work – that's January 2004 – will be focused on helping incoming president Cayetano Paderanga Jr. hit the ground running.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 201335 [Title] => No chaperone [Summary] => Did you know 1: Energy Secretary Vicente Perez Jr. is aware that Iloilo is projected to have prolonged power outages two years from now. Vince Perez is also aware that it takes about two to three years to put up a power plant.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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