Rappler's latest stories on supermarkets
'Bodies wrapped in plastic bags': Coronavirus panic spreads across provinces
An entire barangay in a Pampanga town is mistakenly banned from entering a supermarket. Batangas residents panic as social media goes abuzz with claims that busloads of infected foreigners are making their way to the province.

LIST: Cebu and Davao supermarket schedules, Holy Week 2020
Check out the list of store hours for certain areas in Visayas and Mindanao

LIST: Metro Manila supermarket schedules, Holy Week 2020
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Chuzon Supermarket operating without LGU permit in Apalit town
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered all branches of the supermarket in Pampanga closed after the branch in Porac collapsed and killed several people

WATCH: Inside Chuzon Supermarket in Pampanga during the earthquake
Here is a glimpse of the panic and destruction inside the Chuzon Supermarket in Porac, Pampanga, as shown in CCTV footage

Duterte to Año: Check if 'shortcuts' led to Chuzon store collapse
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año reports to President Rodrigo Duterte that local government units have been told to suspend business permits of Chuzon Supermarket branches

OCD: 'No signs of life' under Chuzon Supermarket Pampanga rubble
Civil Defense Central Luzon director Marlou Salazar says the exact number of missing people has yet to be verified

DPWH to order inspection of Chuzon grocery stores after Luzon earthquake
In Guagua, the municipal engineer temporarily suspends the operations of the Chuzon Supermarket branch there, following the collapse of the Porac branch

UK retailer Tesco restructuring threatens 9,000 jobs
'We expect that around 90 stores will close their counters, with the remaining 700 trading with either a full or flexible counter offer for our customers,' the supermarket says in a statement

Here's one way to shop at S&R even without a membership
Online food and grocery delivery service Honestbee welcomes S&R into the fold

'Bag rage' as Australia supermarkets impose plastic ban
Woolworths and Coles plans to voluntarily remove free lightweight plastic bags from their stores nationally and instead offer more environmentally friendly reusable bags

France pays tribute to victims of jihadist attack
'The [Muslim] community has been stabbed, Islam itself has been stabbed... by people who use symbols that are dear to our hearts,' says Carcassonne imam Mohamed Belmihoub

IN PHOTOS: Inside Unimart at Capitol Commons
After a long wait, Capital Commons' Unimart supermarket is finally open!

Hamburg knife attack stokes refugee debate as German vote nears
4th UPDATE The attack had been motivated by hate Mayor Olaf Scholz says although he stops short of declaring it a terrorist incident

10 held over attack on Paris Jewish store
Investigators are trying to piece together how France based jihadist Amedy Coulibaly obtained the weapons used in the January 9 2015 attack

Rustan’s Supermarket now open in Ayala Malls The 30th
Pasigueños can now conveniently shop for their needs at Rustan s Supermarket s latest branch

Ayala Land's H1 net income rises 19%
ALI president and CEO Bernard Vincent Dy says building large scale mixed use developments strategically located in the country’s emerging growth centers will continue to be ALI s focus

Lucio Co's Puregold acquires BudgetLane supermarket chain
Puregold did not disclose acquisition cost but says it accounts for less than 10 of the company’s total book value

Ayala, Puregold launch supermarket in UP Town Center
The 50 50 joint venture of Ayala Land and Puregold Price Club calls its debut supermarket Merkado which is catering to middle income segment

Villar details All Home expansion; eyes eventual listing
The group plans 6 to 8 All Home stores over the next 3 to 5 years and to expand outside Luzon

Paris supermarket hostages sue media over live coverage
News channel BFMTV is said to have lacked the most basic precautions and endangered the lives of those who survived a gunman attack at the Hyper Casher Jewish supermarket

Puregold to spend P5.5B in capital expenditures for 2015
The amount will be used to finance store expansion and possible acquisitions

Puregold downgrades 2014 revenue target
Despite adjusting its revenue goal for the year the company says it is on track to meet its target 26 store openings

Puregold to open 5 more stores this year
The stores will be in Metro Manila Cavite and Pampanga

Cocaine cake joke in 'bad taste' - Carrefour Argentina
Carrefour Argentina reassured its customers that their cakes do not have illegal drugs as ingredients apologizes
Latvian leader dubs supermarket cave-in 'murder'
Hope is dwindling in finding survivors from the Maxima supermarket after its roof caved in the worst disaster since Latvian independence in 1991
Death toll of Latvia supermarket collapse mounts to 45
2nd UPDATE At least 51 people have died after the roof of a supermarket collapsed in Latvia making it one of Europe s worst roof disasters of the last 30 years
Watch closely how, what rural shoppers are buying
Consumer spending in rural areas is growing faster than in urban areas a study showed
Revisiting Brocka's 1971 gay classic
Tubog sa Ginto has married businessman Eddie Garcia in steamy affair with driver Mario O Hara Sounds familiar?
Who is the BPO consumer?
Retailers watch out for consumption and lifestyle trends of Filipino workers in outsourcing companies
Puregold profits up 75.9% in 2012
Aggressive store expansion and new acquisitions in 2012 allowed the annual net income of Lucio Co led retail firm Puregold Price Club Inc soar by 75 9
Lucio Co-led Puregold to increase outlets to 200 by 2014
The operator of Puregold S R and Parco is eying expansion of its nationwide outlets to 200 by 2014
AFP store quizzed on costly deals
COA wants the AFP Commissary and Exchange Service to explain P149 63 M purchases that it could have gotten at a cheaper amount
After S&R deal, Puregold buys Parco Supermarkets
After acquiring a stake in the operator of high end S R Membership Shopping for P16 5 billion Puregold takes another step toward its goal of doubling its its stores in 3 years by aiming to close another deal with the owners of Parco Supermarkets within the month