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Month: April 2013

  • UK’s Pride in Biscuits is Well-Loved by Filipinos

    UK’s Pride in Biscuits is Well-Loved by Filipinos

    Filipinos have a special affinity with the United Kingdom and all things British. Fish and chips, the late Princess Diana, world-renowned British royalties and entertainers like Elton John, Boy George, Sting, Adele and One Direction are some of the ”icons” from UK that many Filipinos love.

    Perhaps it is time to add McVitie’s Digestive, UK’s pride in biscuits, to that list. Some Filipinos were first introduced to this treat whenever their relatives would come home for a vacation and bring packs of McVitie’s Digestive with them. But this time, its pure biscuit goodness will be shared to more Filipinos now that it is available in the Philippine market.

    Now what made McVitie’s Digestive a well-loved biscuit brand? Perhaps it is the “just right” sweet taste, which is good for coffee and tea, the English’s favorite beverage. Or probably because it is plain and simply delicious.

    Credit, then, would most likely go to the passion for baking that father and son McVitie—William and Robert—demonstrated for the past 120 years as they turned a simple baking endeavor to become a major business empire.

    It was in 1830 when Robert McVitie and his father William opened that provision shop whose basement was devoted entirely to baking. Pretty soon, Robert’s reputation as a baker grew and the name McVitie’s became synonymous with delicious baked goods. Because of this, Robert was soon able to open more shops.

    By the 1880s, the business was already inherited by Robert McVitie Jr., Robert Sr.’s son, who partnered with Charles Price and together, had grown the baking business and made it a

    household name. An employee named Alexander Grant then developed the “Digestive” line back in 1892 where he came up with a secret recipe that is still used to this day.

    Then known as McVitie & Price, the company gained further recognition when it received the royal seal of approval when they were asked to bake the wedding cake of Princess Mary of Teck and the Duke of York in 1893, who later inherited the throne and became Queen Mary and King George V. Thus, it became a tradition that McVitie & Price would create cakes for royal weddings and christenings.

    In 1925, McVitie & Price made the first blending of chocolate and biscuit which is now called McVitie’s Chocolate Digestives. After the union of McVitie & Price and Macfarlane Lang to form United Biscuits, the company’s London Harlesden facility became the first biscuit factory to be fully automated in 1956.

    Given its tasty attributes, McVitie’s Digestive is now more loved not just in the UK but also globally, where it is sold in more than 100 countries, which includes the Philippines. Now that it is available here, many Pinoy biscuit lovers will soon discover its uniquely delicious taste that is unrivaled in the market today.

    If you want to know more about this UK and global biscuit favorite, or simply try out its distinctive taste, head off to any leading supermarket nationwide and grab a box of McVitie’s Digestive biscuits.

    For details, please visit the McVitie’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/McVitiesDigestives or visit their Website, www.mcvities.com.

    Reference: Nadine Tan

    0917.5837125

    AMPR Publicity and Communications Inc.

  • Summer UT Designs Showcased at UT POP-UP! T-shirt Shops

    Summer UT Designs Showcased at UT POP-UP! T-shirt Shops

    Innovative Approach Aimed to Make Fashion Accessible to Everyone, in Unique and Interesting Metropolitan Locations.

    UNIQLO opens UT POP-UP! T-shirt shops in central locations in major cities worldwide, as a new marketing concept and a first in the company’s ten-year history of selling UTs (UNIQLO T-shirts). Here in the Philippines, UT POP-UP! MLA was launched today at Ayala Triangle, Makati City.

    Fast Retailing Philippines, Inc. Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Katsumi Kubota personally congratulating UT Grand Prix 2013 (UTGP ’13) runner-up karlo Victoriano, at the UNIQLO UT POP-UP! MLA held at the Ayala Triangle, Makati City.

    The innovative approach builds on the traditional pop-up shop concept, with large-scale pop-up shops in central metropolitan locations offering a limited, dedicated product mix. The initiative aims to broaden UNIQLO’s reach to its customers, to make fashion accessible to everyone and in unique and interesting locations.

    As part of the latest initiative, UT POP-UP! shops offer UT CAMERA, a new smartphone video app that turns one second personal looped video portraits into animation. Users can download the UT CAMERA app to their smartphone (iPhone and Android) to convert their video. The footage can then be uploaded to the official UT website (ut.uniqlo.com) for those sporting UT apparel, and linked to Facebook, Twitter, and more for all users.

    Filipinos can expect the same UT experience at other UT POP-UP locations worldwide. A huge UT sign is set-up right at the center of Ayala where one can see the various UT designs as well as other culture and arts display. UT CAMERA was also set-up and everyone is welcome to pose for a photo that can be seen globally. Those who wish to purchase new UT designs at a huge discount, a UT store is just across Ayala Triangle, at the 2nd floor of Paseo Center.

    The event was also graced by one of the UT Grand Prix 2013 (UTGP ’13) runner up, Karlo Victoriano, a motion graphics designer in one of the country’s biggest TV networks, also a graduate of Bachelor of Arts major in Multimedia Arts at Asia Pacific College.

    UTGP is an annual competition in which design professionals and enthusiasts from all over the world are asked to design a UT (Uniqlo T-shirt) centered on a set theme and submit it to the contest. The submitted designs are shortlisted and then judged, and the winning designs will become part of UNIQLO’s UT Collection that will be sold globally.

    This year’s theme for UTGP centered on iconic music artists of the past decades, namely, AC/DC, David Bowie, Madonna, Kiss, Sex Pistols, and The Who. The beauty of this year’s UTGP edition, however, is that not only are these artists going to be featured in UNIQLO’s UT shirt but they will also be judging the submitted UT designs themselves.

    PHOTO CAPTION/ Katsumi Kubota ,Fast Ratailing of Phil. Chief Operating Officer of UNIQLO congrats Young Pinoy Graphic Artist Karlo Victoriano for winning the top of Uniqlo;s UT Grand Prix 2013 (UTGP 13) T-Shirt design competitation during the Uniqlo launches new concept UT POP-UP T-shirt shop held at Ayala Triangle Garden Makati City …photo by; RHOY COBILLA

    Karlo based his design on the portrait of Madonna seen on her “True Blue” album, her third studio album released back in 1986. The portrait was drawn with various geometric shapes overlaid with colored triangles.

    Catch the winning and runner up designs, including Karlo’s, at UT POP-UP! MLA. The designs will be available in all UNIQLO stores worldwide this summer.

    Reference:

    Richard Mamuyac
    09283274911

  • Your Sweet Chill This Summer

    Your Sweet Chill This Summer

    Chill… Chill out….

    These connote positive thoughts such as relaxation, hanging out, and having fun. And such a word is appropriate this season, because “to chill” is the best thing to do this summer.

    The heat of summer provides more reasons to celebrate life—it gives you more ways to enjoy and relax. On top of the list is hitting the beach. It’s the best time of the year to enjoy the wonders of the country’s islands and explore its magnificence. Bonding with family and friends or your special someone can make the experience even more enjoyable.

    With summer comes the scorching sun and for those who would like to enjoy the sunshine with less heat, best option is to head off to the mountains of the Cordilleras and take pleasure in the summer breeze. Trek, hike, harvest strawberries, or simply tour around the City of Pines—take your pick!

    Meanwhile, those who are out of budget for an out-of-town getaway can always go on a “staycation” mode. How about a barbecue party? With less chances of rain, the season is apt for any outdoor activity at home like barbecuing where you can marinade the best meat you can buy and grill your way to fun, gastronomic, bonding.

    Whatever your escapades may be, the real objective is to relax and make the best memories out of your summer adventures. It is also important to make sure that every activity is perfectly paired with refreshment that guarantees chill this summer.

    “We believe there’s a reason to celebrate life every day. The beauty and warmth that summer gives are more than enough to be happy about life. This is why we bring the perfect companion for making every moment this summer even more special,” says Von de Torres, Managing Director at Emperador Distillers.

    Emperador Distillers brings Rossi Sweet Red, a sweet red wine crafted from grapes grown in California’s sun-drenched vineyards and bursting with flavor and aroma. It has layers of vanilla, bright cherry and wild raspberry flavor creating a different kind of sweetness.

    According to De Torres, Rossi Sweet Red is perfect for the summer season. “While one may be hesitant to have wine during hot days, Rossi Sweet Red isn’t your regular kind of wine. It is best consumed ‘on-the-rocks.’”

    Rossi on-the-rocks unleashes the best taste in Rossi Sweet Red where the ice brings out the flavor and makes for a smoother finish. It doesn’t compromise the taste and even brings out the best in wine. Even when the ice melts, the taste stays perfect allowing you to savor the sweetness in real red wine.

    Because of its different kind of sweetness, Rossi Sweet Red can be perfectly paired with any kind of food. “Whether you are out on the beach having some fresh fruits, or feasting on grilled food, or at home munching on chips, Rossi Sweet Red is perfect company for your sweet chill,” concludes De Torres.

    Reference:

    Richard Mamuyac
    09283274911

  • In pursuit of true excellence both in world class products and unmatched service to its customers

    In pursuit of true excellence both in world class products and unmatched service to its customers

    It was in 2007 that GanoiTouch Philippines, Inc., the authorized exclusive distributor of Gano Excel products in the country, was established. Thus far, its objective of achieving true excellence—both in world-class products and unmatched service to its thousands of customers provided by the company’s leaders—is well on track.

    The Chief Operating Officer of GanoiTouch Philippines, Inc., said that for the past 5 years, the company was relentless in pursuing excellence not just in the executive level and within the rank-and-file,but also distributors, leaders & product outlets.

    “We believe that excellence is about meeting the standards of quality performance and continuously exceeding and surpassing them. There is no second-guessing here when it comes to our mantra of excellence, and the people of GanoiTouch Philippines know that,” explains COO Leo Esteves

    In order to achieve true excellence, GanoiTouch Philippines provides continuous training at all levels, from the new recruits up to the leaders, and even conducts training for personnel of official product outlets. He said that the strategy is to make all GanoiTouch empowered and independent as well.

    Esteves further notes that regular training will hopefully motivate the employees and the distributorsto work hard in order to succeed. “Regular feedback on their performance is also a must so we could monitor their success orassess and even assist them on key performance areas where they need improvement.”

    The past 5 years for GanoiTouch has also been a true test of the company’s stability. It also helped that the parent company, Gano Excel, is a hallmark of stability, which contributed in portraying GanoiTouch’s stature in the Philippine market as a solid and stable organization that Filipinos can rely upon in building not only their financial goals but also mental and physical health through its superior ganodermalucidum-based products.

    Gano Excel, based in Malaysia, plants, manufactures, markets and distributes its wide range of products made of ganodermalucidum, a type of red mushroom touted to be better than ginseng, as its main component. At present, Gano Excel products are available in 65 countries, including the US, Canada and most parts of Europe and of course, the Philippines.

    Despite its success during the past 5 years, Esteves claims that challenges for the business remain. The fact that the company operates its business under a “multi-level marketing or MLM” strategy, commonly known as “networking,” remains one of them. However, he is not a bit worried.

    “GanoiTouch’s networking business is absolutely legitimate, fair and sustainable. We have never been complained about because we provide real and effective products that are proven around the world, and that’s a fact. In fact, I can see the company’s continued growth and become one of the top networking companies in the country,” he said.

    He said that there is no other direction for the company but to grow. “Gano Excel is continuously expanding its plantation of ganoderma and upgrading its manufacturing facilities in order to manufacture more products and make them world class yet affordable.”

    Among its most popular products among Filipinos are the PIOIR Coffee and Chocolate, the Tongkat Ali, Ganoderma and Excellium. He even hinted that Gano Excel is currently testing possible additions to its product lineup but declined to specify.

    For the Philippines, Esteves also confirmed that sustainability plans are already in place, specifically in relation to company and brand visibility in other areas. “We have to make sure that we are actively present in all major areas in the country, yet we will make sure that our inventory will be able to meet consumers’ and distributors’ demands and expectations.”

    Succeeding in the business is already in the horizon, according to Esteves, and counts on 3 factors—world-class quality products, a stable and successful global company that’s built to last and finally, a legitimate and fair business that’s sustainable for life.

    And to honor their most exemplary performers that contributed to the success of the company during their 5th anniversary, GanoiTouch Philippines, Inc. is throwing a glitzy and glamorous bash entitled “In Pursuit of True ‘Excel-lence: Faster, Higher, Stronger.” This 5th year celebration of GanoiTouch Philippines, Inc. will be held this coming March 23, 2013, 1 p.m., at the Aliw Theater located at the CCP Complex, Vicente Sotto Street, Pasay City.

    To make things even more exciting, a brand new Toyota Innova is up for grabs during the anniversary raffle.

    “This grand anniversary celebration is our way of saluting the leaders of GanoiTouch Philippines, Inc. for helping develop excellence not only in mind, body and soul, but also in health and in wealth. Our goal to enrich people’s lives and provide hope and economic stability through better health as provided by our superior products and legitimate income opportunity will definitely remain for the years to come,” explains Esteves.

    To know more about GanoiTouch Philippines, Inc. and how it can enrich your life, visit www.ganoitouch.comor call 706-3137/706-3152.

    Reference:

    Ms. Ana Manansala / 0917-583-5958

  • FINE Hyaluron & Collagen for Men, too!

    FINE Hyaluron & Collagen for Men, too!

    Men, how do you like to standout in the next reunion? Admit it, you’re just as curious as women are about how to stay younger-looking and good-looking as you begin to age. It’s just being normal. Fact is, health and beauty are the mainstay twin concerns people the world over continue to research on. Women and men alike seek not only the best breakthroughs to feel fine, but also the best ways to look fine as well.

    Feeling fine, looking fine is a universal obsession. The finest feelings are evoked with one’s newfound freedom from weakness and aches, as well as from ugliness or anything that triggers disconcerting feelings. It is everyone’s desire to somewhat get to arrest rapid deterioration of the body and face brought about by aging and negligence of body regimens. It’s not too late to do something towards feeling and looking good at past 35 and onwards—men and women alike can still do something to start feeling fine and looking fine.

    People the world over yearn to find out which among the anti-aging natural breakthroughs are effective and safe. At the onset of the decade and even that before it, the Big Breakthrough was Collagen. People scurried to get it. But the more advance countries, especially Japan, recorded as the country with the highest longevity in the global index, have already gone agog over Hyaluron, a great moisturizing natural ingredient, which inwardly works towards making skin, the largest organ of the body, and even joints, nails, hair, and gums, free from rapid deterioration. Imagine coupling Hyaluron with Collagen! That was what 39-year old ISO 9001 Fine Company Japan did years ago, and they put in some more all-natural beneficial ingredients for a potent edible powder that aids in regenerating the body more than 5 ways.

    These are the nutritional contents of every single-dose 7-ml sachet of Fine Hyaluron & Collagen: Hyaluronic Acid – 60 mg (moisturizing), Collagen – 5,250mg (firming), Elastin – 15 mg (flexibility), Biotin – 45 mcg (beautifying skin), Pearl Coix Extract- 450 mg (whitening), and vitamin C – 100 mg (antioxidant).

    The result is a product that made it to the top in a prestigious product excellence search, awards conferred annually in Brussels, Belgium. Fine Hyaluron & Collagen won the Gold Medal Award Monde Selection in the year 2011. Fine’s other products won Silver and Gold Medals in 2012.

    No less than Fine Group Ltd. HongKong Director Takeshi Hayashi during his visit to the Philippines late last year, shared something wonderful about Fine Hyaluron & Collagen that’s good news for both men and women.

    He said, “I have been using Fine Hyaluron & Collagen for 7 years now, and it has helped much, and I am not just saying that since I represent Fine. The sure thing is, if you continue to use Fine Hyaluron & Collagen daily for a couple of years, you can challenge anyone that the next time you attend a high school or college reunion, former schoolmates will look older than you do.”

    Curious, I dug up on how Mr. Takeshi could make such a confident statement about Fine Hyaluron & Collagen’s potency.

    These are the facts:

    Hyaluronic Acid is a skin-nourishing and hydrating substance; it firms up Collagen in the skin, which it nourishes and hydrates. It is the HA that nourishes and hydrates the Collagen. Fifty percent of the HA in our body resides in the skin. Hyaluronic Acid production decreases with age, causing a reduction in moisture binding capacity, resulting in dry skin and weak joints. FINE HC’s Hyaluronic Acid component, with its low molecular weight, ensures optimum absorption and utilization by the intestinal tract.

    Pearl Coix is an extract that has been used for over 30 years in Japan as a detoxifier and beauty supplement for clear, fair, and luminous skin; Biotin is useful in maintaining the health of the skin, hair, and nails; Elastin, is a Protein which works with Collagen, giving synergistic effect on elasticity and flexibility of the skin, allowing the skin to ‘spring back’ into place when stretched, so skin stays resilient and firm.

    Fine made sure to add vitamin C to Fine Hyaluron & Collagen because of this vitamin’s ability to help the body generate Collagen, a type of protein produced by the body itself, and one said to normally be found in abundance. Vitamin C thus aids the aging body in rebuilding its deteriorated Collagen-production function.

    Vitamin C is said to be the mother of all vitamins in that it is what’s needed to enhance the potency of any other vitamin taken alongside it. Vitamin C, which is also a component of Fine Hyaluron & Collagen, is a potent antioxidant that works as a catalyst to unleash the potency of all other intakes of vitamins and supplements.

    With all the above all in one small sachet that’s good tasting as a coffee creamer and which goes well, too, with choco, oatmeal, and the like, the Fine HC habit certainly fits the lifestyle of active and busy men who have no time nor the inclination to be like a walking medicine cabinet each day, carrying and ingesting one pill after another. Fine HC is a perfect beverage or food additive, even improving the taste of what it’s blended into—while working wonders on making you a more attractive man for a long, long time, ultimately imbuing you with more radiant, smoother and tauter skin and improved conditions of joints, nails and hair, too.

    Now what man would refuse hearing from an attractive woman the lines: “Hello, good lookin’!”spoken sincerely?

    More good news? Fine Hyaluron & Collagen is available in sachets and boxes for month-long consumption in Watsons Beauty outlets.

    Reference:

    Richard Mamuyac
    09283274911