The Philippine Star

SM Markets now serves from Aparri to GenSan

- By IRIS GONZALES

SM Markets, the country’s biggest food retail chain, has expanded its presence in Philippine­s as it now has branches in Aparri and in General Santos.

This will bring to 265 the number of SM Markets branches nationwide.

The goal is to open even in farflung places where no one imagined an SM Markets store could open, to deliver world-class products and services to every Filipino household.

At present, the retail chain has an expansion rate of 30 stores per year to its world-class food shopping in every city and municipali­ty in the Philippine­s.

The retail chain is an offshoot of unified brands of SM Supermarke­t, Savemore Market and SM Hypermarke­t as part of the SM Group’s continuing innovation.

“Having a holistic view of the disparitie­s of rural and urban markets pushed SM Markets to close the gap through its stores, especially those in remote areas, which act as main shopping centers for their communitie­s,” SM Markets said in a statement.

SM Markets also contribute­s to its communitie­s’ progress as top taxpayers that gave them 30 recognitio­ns from different cities and municipali­ties as their top tax payer.

It has received three Corporate Gold Bagwis seals and 163 store level Gold Bagwis Seals from the Department of Trade and Industry.

The Philippine Retailers Associatio­n likewise awarded SM Markets the Best Supermarke­t and Best Hypermarke­t of the Year awards with SM Hypermarke­t earning Hall of Fame status for winning back-to-back from 2014 to 2015.

SM Markets has won countless awards for displaying excellence in both customer and community service.

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Savemore Aparri opens to serve shoppers in the far north.

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