Close-up of MMPC's signboard showing registration number with the CDA.
Rice and other grains sold at the co-op.
Some shoppers posing for a souvenir snap inside the newly-opened cooperative store.
A customer picking a milk item from the shelf.
By AP HERNANDEZ
THE first consumer
cooperative formed in Mambulao, CamNorte in about 20 years was launched recently
to provide cheaper food items and to create livelihood opportunities for its
less-privileged members.
The Mambulao Multi-Purpose
Cooperative (MMPC), which was launched on Feb 8, was organized by overseas and
locally-based Mambulaoans.
Initially, MMPC offers
consumer items such as dry goods and frozen meat products, according to Elsie Dimaunahan, co-op treasurer..
MMPC buys its goods from
bulk suppliers in Daet and elsewhere.
Dimaunahan said the store’s
opening sales hit Php36,325, and since then, the average daily sales were about
P3,500, with rice, sugar, milk and coffee being the fast-moving items.
Elsie Dimaunahan, the co-op
treasurer, said the store will try its best to sell consumer goods at
comparatively cheaper prices.
Located at Baranggay
Plaridel, the store is being patronized by Mambulao-based members, LGU employes
and baranggay officials.
The co-op is registered with
the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA).
Thank you for adding my Mother [Celia Gonzales Suzara] as one of the early buyers lol....more power to MWBuzz for bringing news update to all subscribers and to everyone. Interesting piece.
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