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Type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Supermarket |
Founded | 1985 |
Founder | John L. Gokongwei, Jr. |
Headquarters | Quezon City, Philippines |
Area served | Philippines |
Key people |
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Parent | Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc. |
Website | www |
Robinsons Supermarket (formerly known as Big R Supercenter or Robinsons Big R Supercenter) is a supermarket chain in the Philippines and a division of Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc. (RRHI). It is the second largest supermarket chain in the Philippines with 274 stores (as of 2020) across the Philippines.
Robinsons Supermarket is part of RRHI along with Robinsons Department Store, Handyman Do It Best, Robinsons Appliances, Toys "R" Us (Philippines), True Value (Philippines), and Southstar Drug.
On November 21, 2018, RRHI completed the 100% acquisition of Rustan Supercenters, Inc., comprising Rustan's Supermarket, The Marketplace, Shopwise, Shopwise Express, and Wellcome Philippines. [1]
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