00:00Mega oil price hike muli ang nakaambang patupad ngayong linggo ayon sa Department of Energy.
00:05Ang epekto niyan sa mga produkto sa mga supermarket, talakayan natin kasama si Stephen Kua,
00:10ang Presidente ng Philippine Amalgamated Supermarkets Association Incorporated.
00:14Magana-umaga po Sir Stephen, si Maris po ito. Live po tayo sa Unang Balita.
00:18Hello Maris, good morning.
00:20Una po sa lahat, tataas po ba ang presyo ng mga produkto dahil nga sa malakihang oil price hike ngayong
00:25linggo?
00:25Ano po ang inaasahan natin?
00:27Inaasahan natin talagang tataas ang presyo ng mga bilihin.
00:31Hindi lang dahil sa oil price hike.
00:33Pagdaan mo, there's a salary, minimum wage hike very soon.
00:39And then electric costs are going to go up also.
00:43And then dollar exchange rate for the imported raw materials.
00:48So for sure, tataas ang presyo ng mga bilihin.
00:50Ano po specifically mga produkto ang posibleng maapektuhan ng taas presyo at kailan ito posibleng maramdaman?
00:56Agad-agad po ba?
00:58Yung agad-agad, syempre yung magtaas ng presyo ng crudo is yung delivery ng mga fresh produce.
01:04Kasi random ka agad yun.
01:06That day na din deliver, mataas na ka agad ang cost of delivery.
01:09Pero for the other processed and manufactured food items, probably a few weeks from now.
01:17Kasi kailangan gumalaw yan dahil otherwise, hindi magsasurvive ang mga small and medium-sized enterprise.
01:24We're not talking about how to make ends meet.
01:27Pero we're talking about survival.
01:29Survival mode na talaga.
01:31And what are these products specifically, sir?
01:33Well, depends.
01:34It's a management decision, no?
01:36Pricing, no?
01:37So for those who feel na kailangan ka agad, otherwise they'll have to close shop, no?
01:42Eh, tataas na ka agad, no?
01:43Ang mga presyo ng binin.
01:44And we're not talking about manufactured goods lang.
01:46I mean, even retailers like us, no?
01:48Tataas na lang aming salaries, no?
01:50Aming gaya lang bayaran, no?
01:52So, yun.
01:53Tataas ka agad, no?
01:54I mean, it's a 9.5% increase, no?
01:58Itong impending increase, no?
02:00Salary increase.
02:01So, hindi pwedeng sabihin siya shoulder na lang ng manufacturer because kapag di kami,
02:07mag-i-increase kami ng salary sa mga tawad natin.
02:10So, gano'ng kataas approximate yung presyo na maidadagdag dun sa mga bilihin na ito, on the average, sir?
02:20I'd say around 7, maybe even 9.5%, no?
02:24Yung iba, we'll add everything in, no?
02:26Kasi ang point nila, ano yung pambayad mo sa mga tawa ko?
02:29Remember, sales, hindi logical na sales will increase by 9.5% or 10%, no?
02:35Automatically, on the day, nag-increase ang salaries, no?
02:38So, kahit na may swelda ng tao, di naman lahat gagastasin sa pagkait or sa tindahan mo.
02:44Ilang piso po ito? Ilang piso?
02:47Ah, depende yan sa item, no?
02:49So, in say 10% of an item, kung 10 piso, magiging 11 piso.
02:54Kung 100 piso, magiging 110, gano'ng.
02:56Alright. Ayon sa Department of Trade and Industry, kasi wala pang humihiling sa kanila ng price hike sa mga produkto
03:01sa gitna nga nitong nakaambang mega oil price hike, no?
03:04Kayo po ba ay hihiling sa DTI nito, yung grupo po ninyo?
03:10Well, I, you know, supermarkets will have no need to ask for a price increase, no?
03:15I mean, unless we continue to operate on a loss and closed out eventually, di ba?
03:20Oo. So, we'll have to increase without asking any permission.
03:24Oh, okay. So, magugulat na lang yung mga tao or aasahan na rin nila.
03:28Anyway, ano po yung nakikita ninyong kompromiso para hindi masyado mabigat sa mga consumer naman sakaling tumas na nga itong
03:35presyo ng mga produkto at hindi rin naman malulugi ang mga manufacturers at supermarkets?
03:41Um, wala na. I think it's already done, no? I mean, you know, it's a done deal, no? Na talagang
03:46kailangan magtaas na ng salary.
03:49So, for sure. Kasi last year lang, increase in salaries was, you know, really a pinch, no? Napaka sakit na
03:55for medium to small-sized industries, no?
03:57Uh, businesses. Eh, ito pa, talagang kailangan paulit, talagang suntok na, no? Kumbaga, uh, one-two punch na it. So,
04:05medyo mabigat, no? And then, January, another, you know, small, malint lang, 3% increase, no?
04:10Pero yun na nga, uh, this one is really big, so it's the biggest and I'm afraid it will have
04:15to, it will lead to the closing of the smaller, you know, enterprises or businesses, not just supermarkets.
04:22Alright, huwag naman sana, pero mas maghigpit pa ng mga sinturo ng ating mga kababayan.
04:26Maraming salamat po, Stephen Kua, Presidente ng Philippine Amalgamated Supermarkets Association Incorporated.
04:31Magandang umaga po sa inyo.
04:33A great day to you too, Maris.
