CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—The pioneer in home-depot business concept opened its first provincial branch here on Tuesday. MC Home Depot, which started providing what homes and offices need 19 years ago, opened its branch at Pampanga’s capital city. The MC Home Depot Pampanga is along Jose Abad Santos Avenue, Dolores and the third branch of the firm owned by the family of Lawrence Chung, president of MC Home Depot. He and Jose Chung, chairman of MC Home Depot, led the grand opening of its Pampanga store in the 5,000-square-meter property. Claire Ragunton of MC Home Depot said “our research showed that Pampanga’s economy, especially in the city of San Fernando, is thriving.”
“We have a very good chance of making it here,” she said. Ragunton said MC Home Depot “is a one-stop shop.” She said “we have everything you need” for roofing, plumbing, flooring, sanitary wares and other small and big restoration or repair activities in residential and commercial buildings.
“We are also open to adding up the new and latest in home development,” said Ragunton. “Our prices are very competitive and affordable.” MC Home Depot Pampanga General Manager Charles Filamor said owners of the MC Home Depot “vouch and bet at the standard and integrity of each product sold in our store.” “MC Home Depot makes everyone champion builders,” said Filamor, stressing the trademark slogan of the store.
MC Home Depot is known to value tenants, describing them as “partners.” “We have been successful for almost two decades because there is synergy between us and our tenants,” Filamor said. He said the tenants of MC Home Depot are located at the front area of the store. “The customers see our tenants first. Then they see our hardware and home- depot store at the back. The home depot pulls the customers for our tenants,” he said. MC Home Depot first opened a store in 1995. It has branches in Ortigas, San Juan and the Fort in Taguig City.
MC Home Depot Pampanga will initially have 90 workers, excluding those hired by the tenants. It initially has 12 tenants and it can accommodate a total of 40.