Iloilo Supermart

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Iloilo Supermart
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Retail
Predecessor Washington Supermart
Founded1948;77 years ago (1948)
FounderQue Hua Pho
Headquarters
Iloilo City
,
Philippines
Area served
 Metro Iloilo
Key people
Alejandro Que (Chairman & CEO)
Parent Que Group
Website iloilosupermart.com

Iloilo Supermart, Inc. (shortly known as Supermart) is a supermarket chain operating in Metro Iloilo, Philippines. It is the largest homegrown supermarket chain in Western Visayas. The chain operates its anchor stores and other brands that include Paper Chase, Homestore, Tinapayan, Medicine Corner, ISX Superstore, The Atrium at the Capitol, and Right Choice. [1]

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As of October 2023, the chain had a total of ten branches all over Metro Iloilo.

History

The supermarket chain was established in 1948 by Que Hua Pho, more popularly known as "Papa George, with the name Washington Supermart, after acquiring Hoskyn & Co. It was located at the Hoskyn's Building on the corner of J.M. Basa and Guanco Streets, Iloilo City Proper. The first branch under the name Iloilo Supermart on the corner of Delgado and Valeria Streets was later established after the successful establishment of Washington Supermart. [2]

In the 1980s, the company expanded in the districts of Jaro and Molo.

In 1994, The Atrium at the Capitol was inaugurated, housing the largest Iloilo Supermart branch at the time. Subsequent expansions occurred in Mandurriao in 2004 and Arevalo in 2010. The chain continued to expand its presence, with the opening of the Tagbak branch at CityMall Tagbak in Jaro in 2015 and the ninth and largest branch at CityMall Ungka II in Pavia in March 2018, the first branch outside Iloilo City. [3]

On October 2, 2023, Iloilo Supermart opened its tenth and second branch in Pavia, in QHP Plaza in Jibao-an. [4]

Branches

NameOpening dateLocation
Washington Supermart 1948 J.M. Basa Street, City Proper, Iloilo City
Iloilo Supermart Delgado1972Marymart Center, Delgado Street cor. Valeria Street, City Proper, Iloilo City
Iloilo Supermart Jaro1980sMacArthur Highway, Tabuc Suba, Jaro, Iloilo City
Iloilo Supermart Molo1980sLocsin Street, cor. San Jose Street, Molo, Iloilo City
Iloilo Supermart Atrium1994 General Luna Street cor. Valeria Street, City Proper, Iloilo City
Iloilo Supermart Mandurriao2004Q. Abeto Street, Mandurriao, Iloilo City
Iloilo Supermart Villa2010Quezon Street, Arevalo, Iloilo City
Iloilo Supermart Tagbak2015CityMall Tagbak, MacArthur Highway, Tagbak, Jaro, Iloilo City
Iloilo Supermart UngkaMarch 2018CityMall Ungka, Benigno S. Aquino Jr. Avenue, Pavia, Iloilo
Iloilo Supermart Jibao-anOctober 2, 2023QHP Plaza, Jibao-an, Pavia, Iloilo

Washington Supermart

Washington Supermart, initially known as Washington Commercial, was established in 1948 in the Hoskyn's Building, succeeded Hoskyn's Department Store after the acquisition of Hoskyn & Co. by the Que Family. [5] [6] Washington Commercial was the Que Family's second store after Washington Grocery on Iznart Street. Washington Commercial was later renamed Washington Supermart. The supermarket, which anchors the Hoskyn's Building, remains known as Washington Supermart to this day, despite its succeeding branches being named Iloilo Supermart.

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