ECHOstore expands to CEBU Another city has embraced the sustainable lifestyle trend. Now, it’s Cebu! This December we will see a sneak peek at the goodies ECHOstore will sell at BTC every weekend before it finally opens its Cebu store right outside the Maria Luisa enclave. The BTC or Banilad Town Center is a hubbub of activity especially on weekends with its own little organic and farmers market, its food stalls and other surprise finds. ECHOstore’s Cebu licensees, Johann and Meyan Young are selling at BTC for all the weekends this season starting Nov 29 and 30. ECHOstore with its tri concept( including the ECHOmarket selling fresh produce and ECHOcafe serving natural and healthy food) opened this year in Davao, and its Cebu sister comes in January. Now with its online presence as well, ECHOstore has kept its position in the market as “market connectors”, innovators and co-producers. It has a development arm called the ECHOsi Foundation which conducts trainings, workshops and capacity building seminars with other NGOs and LGUs around the country. Its Great Women platform is now on its second phase with Phil. Commission on Women, DTI and other agencies. Great Women helps identified women groups develop their products for specialty and international markets. This Christmas, ECHOstore has prepared special food and home themed gift baskets. The special selections have become a favorite of companies for meaningful giveaways and even homemakers as specialty gift packs for people wanting to start a sustainable lifestyle. All these while helping many small producers get exposed to an upscale market. An ECHOstore license costs about P200,000 and total investment depends on the size and the concepts included. But the requirement to be a licensee is to practice the lifestyle and believe in the philosophy ECHOstore founders espouse. That of providing self, community and planet with good, clean and fair choices. That of believing in traceability and provenance of local ingredients and healthy choices. The green and organic trend is a global trend that is growing by double digit rates. Today more farm to table restaurants are opening and more people are conscious about organic and natural food. ECHOstore is a good influence not just for good health but for promoting exceptional local products as well. It is one of the first consumer-oriented social enterprises when it entered the retail scene in 2008. For more information log on to echostore.ph. Shop online too!
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 02:41:53 +0000
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