Pilmico helps small bakeries cope with quarantine slowdown

Aboitiz unit Pilmico Food Corporation has extended support to small bakeries whose operations were affected by the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine.

Aside from donating bread for frontline workers, Pilmico also partnered with community bakeries to maintain supply and help distribute the bread efficiently. These partner bakeries were paid either in flour or in cash, equivalent to the cost of bread produced and acquired. Big bakeries were mostly paid in flour, while small bakeries were paid in cash.

According to Pilmico, bakeries that were paid in cash earned an additional P4,500 to P6,000 in daily sales, while those paid in flour earned an additional P11,500 to P20,000.

The breads produced by Norlyn’s Bakery for Pilmico’s 30-day bread donation were distributed in LGUs, hospitals, checkpoints, and other sectors and frontliners in Tarlac.

According to Marlon Catmon, owner of C&G Bakery and Pilmico’s partner for bread distribution in Iligan, the assistance made him and his family feel like they were not forgotten in this challenging time.

In more than two months of operation, the initiative has produced and distributed over 645,000 pieces of bread to hospitals, police stations and military checkpoints in various parts of the country.

Pilmico also partnered with leading bread brand Gardenia for the distribution of 10,000 loaves of bread in Taguig, Tarlac and Cagayan de Oro.

“In times of crisis, when there are many things to worry about, it is important that the basic needs of people are provided for. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Pilmico has sought to address this need by bringing comfort through food. With the bread donation initiative, we continue to provide some measure of relief to the communities around us that are affected by the current situation,” said Tristan Aboitiz, Pilmico Philippines President and CEO.