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Drug distributor seeks gov't help on shipping costs
Drug distributor seeks gov't help on shipping costs
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Published Apr 29, 2020 09:33 AM PHT
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Updated Apr 29, 2020 02:03 PM PHT
MANILA -- Government should finds ways to cut logistics costs during the quarantine period, according to a medicine distributor that resorted to chartering flights.
MANILA -- Government should finds ways to cut logistics costs during the quarantine period, according to a medicine distributor that resorted to chartering flights.
Metro Drug Inc said chartered flights were necessary to ship medicine to the Visayas and Mindanao. The additional cost was not passed on to consumers, said its CEO Jannette Jakosalem.
Metro Drug Inc said chartered flights were necessary to ship medicine to the Visayas and Mindanao. The additional cost was not passed on to consumers, said its CEO Jannette Jakosalem.
"That's the last thing we want to do," Jakosalem told ANC, when asked about price increase.
"That's the last thing we want to do," Jakosalem told ANC, when asked about price increase.
Metro Drug, a joint venture between Zuellig Corp and Marsman and Co, continued operating during the lockdown.
Metro Drug, a joint venture between Zuellig Corp and Marsman and Co, continued operating during the lockdown.
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"We have to adjust to a different way of working... Face to face with customers now are converted to electronic... Payment is also being done electronically," she said.
"We have to adjust to a different way of working... Face to face with customers now are converted to electronic... Payment is also being done electronically," she said.
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