The TindaJuan blog
Short reads on restocking, pricing tingi, utang, GCash, and running a lighter store day. Written for owners, not accountants.
LPG fell by 40 centavos a kilo on 1 September. But in one region alone, an 11-kilo tank ranges from ₱970 to ₱1,844. If you sell gas, the rollback is not your story. The spread is.
Read the post →Transaction data from 175,000 sari-sari stores shows the spike runs September to December, every region, every year. The stores that do well in it are the ones...
In a study of 300,000 micro-retailers, the biggest jump was not in bestsellers. Slow-moving products nearly doubled, from ₱7,361 to ₱14,429, once owners could s...
Inflation eased to 6.1% in August, but the poorest households still feel 8.2%. Here is what 80 sari-sari staples cost on an online shelf today, and how to turn...
Rice inflation hit 19.4% in August, the fastest in two years, and rice alone pushed the national rate up by 1.3 points. Here is what a sack costs today, what th...
PAGASA expects two to three cyclones in September alone. A study of 300,000 stores found sari-sari sales rose 27% during and after six typhoons. Here is what ac...
Meralco's September rate is ₱14.7424 per kilowatt-hour. Your refrigerator has a yellow sticker that tells you exactly what it eats. Multiply the two and you fin...
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