This Holiday Season may be the best time to try shopping at the
Best Value Factory Food Outlet, one of the best kept secrets in the industry. And
best of all, unlike other warehouse outlets, you don’t need a membership.
People in the food industry and those with small and medium scale food
businesses have been flocking to Best Value even before they opened their doors
to the public at large – and now you can, too.
When you name your store Best Value, you need to have the goods to
back it up – and they do. They offer factory prices on a host of goods
particularly Cooking Oils, Specialty Fats, Baking and Culinary Ingredients and
a whole sundry of items you won’t normally find at the supermarket and normal
retail outlets. Best Value has a wide assortment of goods at great value and superb
quality. Most of their products come from Oleo-Fats, an affiliate company which
already manufactures products for food industry leaders and famous food chains.
Initially, the store was just an outlet to sell to Oleo-Fats
customers who didn’t meet the larger volume orders,
according to Princess Guia, Best Value’s ebullient Sales and Operations
Supervisor. But this year they realized that expansion meant choices, and so
they decided to carry other brands as well, making them a full-fledged store.
One of the reasons the store expanded to include more and more
items is simply because the customers kept asking. For instance, since they already sold the
soft serve mixes, customers also looked for the cones, the syrups and the
toppings. “They wanted basic commodities, like flour and sugar, so our goal is
to complete the product lines,” says Guia.
This is why you’ll also see products adjacent items such as packaging
material and chocolate and cookie molds.
Predictably, Food Service and Horeca (Hotel, Restaurant, Café)
industries make up a large portion of their customer base. The rest have food
kiosks/stalls bakeries, some are hobbyists and homemakers. Pretty much anyone
will benefit from their products. “For all your culinary needs” is not just a
tagline. They have a range of mixes, syrups, sauces, toppings, flavorings, spices,
breadings, among other dry goods and even frozen meats. While food items are
their primary product, there are also other like soaps, cleaners and laundry
detergents because the food service companies also need those and their parent company,
D&L Industries, manufactures those products as well.
The company also encourages entrepreneurship with their HANEP
(Buhay) Negosyo Packages. The store sells equipment such as soft serve
ice-cream makers, granita slushee mixes, juice mixes, 3-in-1 Vendo, and Popcorn
Maker. It’s a smart move as they’ve become a one-stop shop for all your
entrepreneurial needs. The streamlining just makes it easier. They also conduct
free seminars and demos to educate interested customers.
As always, it’s the people who really make the experience shopping
here an enjoyable experience. Best Value knows their customers not just because
they’re often repeat customers, but because they engage them, and it’s those
personal touches that really make the customers feel heard. When some of their
shoppers went looking for Organic Apple Cider Vinegar in the shop because there
was a shortage in the usual places, Guia herself searched for other suppliers
and it wasn’t long before they were on the shelf. It is this kind of
personalized service and the products themselves that have brought fast growth
to the company and definite expansion plans for next year. As Guia puts it, “We
are also learning from the customers.”
Best Value Factory Food Outlet is located at 62 Calle Industria,
Bagumbayan, Quezon City, (02) 635 0680 loc 386, 0918 903 9328. Store Hours: 9AM-7PM
daily. Visit and like their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/BestValueFFO/
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