More articles about: sari-sari stores

With all the convenience online shopping has afforded a lot of us, it's easy to forget that a large swath of our population still gets their food, grocery, and other goods from humble sari-sari stores. In fact, there are over ...

Imagine you're a sari-sari store owner. You're probably selling all the usual stuff-shampoo sachets, canned goods, candy, coffee, etc.-from the front of your house. You or another member of the household man the store during the day, ...