Mekeni gets MVP Bossing Award, picks 2nd batch raffle winners

PORAC -- What started as a lowly homemade tocino maker is now a well-recognized national brand with its recent conferment of a prestigious award for top Filipino entrepreneurs.

Mekeni Food Corporation (Mekeni) received last week its MVP Bossing Award. It is one of seven winners this year that were selected from 200 nominees all over the country. This, as Mekeni continues to give back to its customers as it held its second raffle draw for its “Masarap na, May Papremyo pa” promo.

Mekeni and its founders join the ranks of top Filipino brands and entrepreneurs as it was conferred MVP Bossing Awards by no less than Cabalen Manny V. Pangilinan, chairman of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT).

This recognition by PLDT SME Nation in partnership with Go Negosyo is hailed as the biggest search for Filipino entrepreneurs who embody the spirit of perseverance and success through technology.

Mekeni President Prudencio S. Garcia said the latest recognition is a product of various contributions of the employees and the community who had supported the company from the beginning.

“We recognize our employees’ contributions in making other people happy and in building a better community as they also helped us through those difficult periods. Tatang Felix, myself and my brothers are more than thankful and elated for this inspiration,” Garcia said.

“We are also sharing our blessings to people who patronize us. They deserve not only reasonable prices but also products with superb quality,” he added.

Winners of this year’s MVP Bossing Awards include Catherine Dizon-Posas (Dizon Farms), Dr. Mary O. Chan (Ideal Vision Center Inc.), Michael H. Deakin (Lifeline Ambulance Rescue Inc.), Genevieve Ledesma-Tan (Southville International School and Colleges), Glenn Yu (Seaoil Philippines), and Ambassador Alfredo Yao (Zest-O Corporation) who was named as the MVP Grand Bossing Awardee.

Mekeni’s MVP Bossing Award came few days after the company was conferred Tripartite Certificate of Compliance with Labor Standards (TCCLS) by the Department of Labor and Employment. The award acknowledges Mekeni’s voluntary compliance with standards on general labor, occupational safety, health and child labor.

On Monday, Mekeni raffled off second batch of winners in its “Masarap na, May Papremyo pa” where over P5 million prizes were given to consumers and partner stores or Suking Tindahan.

Five lucky consumers won major prize worth P15,000 each, including Melanie C. Abareta from Caloocan City, Fredezwinda Y. Espiritu, Olongapo City; Roselia M. Morales, Antipolo City; Mary Jane Romero, Pasig City, and; Lhorie Lei C. Laroco of Cainta, Rizal.

Their partner stores which will get P10,000 each are Popular General Merchandise, Vanie Girls Store, Cora Store and Ofelia Sanchez.

There were also 10 minor prize winners who will get P10,000 each. They are: Eleonor Lawag from Subic, Zambales; Michael Bautista, Mabalacat City; Dioscora Verzosa, Quezon City; Mary Grace L. Ola, Angono, Rizal; Marilyn Piad, Mandaluyong City; Loida G. Hilario, Pandi, Bulacan; Merly S. Subala, Naguilian, La Union; Cristie M. Pontanes, Arayat, Pampanga; Mary Jane C. De Leon, Paranaque City; and, Jessica Bucasas of Dinalupihan, Bataan.

Their partner stores are: Sario Store, Alejandro E. Roque, William Verzosa, Lenny P. Genove, Gladys store, Rosalina S. Pascual, Azon Chicken Stall and Frozen Foods, Gloria Sagum, Aybe Store. They will get P5,000 each.

The grand raffle will be held next month at the Mall of Asia where one consumer will win P1 million and his partner seller P500,000.

To qualify for the raffle draw, a buyer should fill out a stub which he can get from buying any MFC product. The raffle stub should be sent along with empty packs of Mekeni classic pork tocino and Mekeni picnic jumbo red hotdog.

Mekeni was started by couple Felix and Meding Garcia as a backyard tocino business in Balubad, Porac in 1986. It now employs more than 1,000 workers and has been conferred various awards and certifications from various government agencies and local and international private organizations.

This Pampanga-based company was recognized to be the first ISO 22000- certified meat processing plant in Asia and second in the world. Recently its hotdog and marinated meat products like tocino, tapa and teriyaki were certified as compliant to the Food Safety System Certification (FSSC) standard, the latest and most integrated international standards on food safety and quality. (PR)

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