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    Mariano Que built Mercury Drug from humble beginnings with just P100. Starting as an employee in a drug store before World War II, he was orphaned during the war. He saw an opportunity to sell the "miracle" drug Sulfathiazole to poverty-stricken communities in single doses. With his P100 investment, he was able to open the first Mercury Drug store in 1945. Through quality products and fair prices, Mercury Drug expanded to over 1,000 stores nationwide under Que's leadership over 70 years, becoming the largest drug store chain in the Philippines.

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    Mariano Que built Mercury Drug from humble beginnings with just P100. Starting as an employee in a drug store before World War II, he was orphaned during the war. He saw an opportunity to sell the "miracle" drug Sulfathiazole to poverty-stricken communities in single doses. With his P100 investment, he was able to open the first Mercury Drug store in 1945. Through quality products and fair prices, Mercury Drug expanded to over 1,000 stores nationwide under Que's leadership over 70 years, becoming the largest drug store chain in the Philippines.

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    Mariano Que built Mercury Drug from humble beginnings with just P100. Starting as an employee in a drug store before World War II, he was orphaned during the war. He saw an opportunity to sell the "miracle" drug Sulfathiazole to poverty-stricken communities in single doses. With his P100 investment, he was able to open the first Mercury Drug store in 1945. Through quality products and fair prices, Mercury Drug expanded to over 1,000 stores nationwide under Que's leadership over 70 years, becoming the largest drug store chain in the Philippines.

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    Mariano Que built Mercury Drug from humble beginnings with just P100. Starting as an employee in a drug store before World War II, he was orphaned during the war. He saw an opportunity to sell the "miracle" drug Sulfathiazole to poverty-stricken communities in single doses. With his P100 investment, he was able to open the first Mercury Drug store in 1945. Through quality products and fair prices, Mercury Drug expanded to over 1,000 stores nationwide under Que's leadership over 70 years, becoming the largest drug store chain in the Philippines.

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    Cyril Grace A.

    Booc September 30, 2020


    BSA-1C 10618-ENTREP 100 12:00-1:30 TTH

    How Mariano Que built Mercury Drug with P100

    From a wooden pushcart to


    1,000 stores nationwide, the
    late Mariano Que peddled
    pharmaceutical products for
    Filipinos for over 7 decades,
    leading to the creation of the
    country's largest drug store
    chain, Mercury Drug
    Corporation.

    He was not born rich like other successful entrepreneurs. Que came from humble
    beginnings. As a survivor of World War II, he was orphaned and was deprived of
    the chance to study early on.

    The Mercury Drug founder, who just passed away, initially worked as an
    employee of a drug store chain during the pre-war era. After the devastation of
    World War II, Que knew Filipinos needed Sulfathiazole – a "miracle" drug used to
    cure many diseases and illnesses.
    But since pharmacies that time hardly sold Sulfathiazole, Que then decided to
    invest his P100 to buy the drug and sell these in single doses to reach the poverty-
    stricken communities.
    Selling Sulfathiazole by individual pieces, Que was able to save enough to open up
    the first outlet of Mercury Drug in Bambang, Manila on March 1, 1945.
    Que set himself apart by building a reputation for quality products and fair prices
    in a market that was filled with sellers who sometimes sold fake, expired, out of
    date, or even dangerous medicines at exorbitant prices.

    Mercury's first product: Sulfathiazole


    Mercury Drug remained a one-store operation till the 1960s, but Que started
    buying vehicles to deliver medicine to customers in 1948.
    In 1952, Que expanded store hours to 17 hours a day, 7 days a week.
    The nascent firm expanded in 1963, opening its second branch in the developing
    Makati central business district on the invitation of Ayala Corporation. It was then
    when Mercury Drug pioneered the self-service concept. In 1965, Mercury Drug
    opened its 3rd store in Quiapo, which, to this day, operates 24 hours a day, 7 days
    a week. Mercury Drug expanded beyond Metro Manila in 1976, after it bought
    Medical Center Drug Corporation, which produces medical supplies and
    equipment.
    It was in 2012 when Mercury Drug opened its first drive-thru service in Greenhills,
    San Juan. Today, the firm has over 1,000 branches across the country having
    pioneered services like delivery of drugs and 24/7 operations which is featured in
    select stores.
    INSIGHTS:

    Mariano Que has a great success story to which inspires a


    lot of people especially myself who dreamt to be one of those
    successful entrepreneur. Since Mariano was an orphan it was
    not a hindrance to his success, being an orphan he was
    deprived a chance to study. Which in our generation today it is
    really hard if a person doesn’t have an educational background,
    the case they only attain jobs base on their education level.
    Through his experience working in a drug store he saw the
    needs of the people. Those time the miracle drug called
    Sulfathiazole was hard to find since it was hardly sold my
    drugstores. Mariano saw the opportunity to invest, he bought
    drugs and sell to poverty-stricken communities. It was a big
    brain and he showed an entrepreneurial mind set upon those
    times which is really inspiring. The needs and opportunity that
    he saw. Upon selling Sulfathiazole, it was the starting up of his
    line that he was able to save money.
    His humble beginning portrays an inspiring reality of
    success. No matter what we came from an orphan or came
    from a poor family and even what we attain it is how we
    perceive opportunity. It is not starting in a huge one but
    starting to build a humble one.

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