Julie’s Bakeshop Eyes 80-100 More Branches

BusinessWorld Online:

Local baker Julie’s Franchise Corp. will put up 80 to 100 more stores next year as it targets returning Filipino migrant workers for its franchise.

“We feel we can still open 80 to 100 branches next year… Maybe a number of people dislodged from their jobs [abroad] and some Filipino workers coming home from abroad are potential franchisees who can join the business,” Virgilio G. Espeleta, president and chief operating officer of Julie’s Bakeshop, said in an interview.

Julie’s Bakeshop, established in 1981, has more than 560 branches operated by more than 200 franchisees nationwide, Julie’s Bakeshop Chief Executive Officer Jose Enrico R. Gandionco said in a separate interview.