To be honest with reality, the food retailing industry encompasses a wide range of sellers from sari-sari stores, sidewalk vendors, wet and dry markets to groceries, supermarkets, hypermarts and warehouse and discount clubs. We have it all here in Manila. There are a great number of convenience stores (the traditional sari-sari store with a wider line up of products in a supermarket like atmosphere that is well lit, air-conditioned and strategically located) in the Philippines. The biggest chains are 7-Eleven, I-mart, Easy Mart and Mini Stop.
My pictures don't reflect those realities.