F&a Oriental Food Store

I was surprised to find that this food store is Filipino owned selling Filipino food. It’s a small store located next to other stores with parking, but at the corner of Ritchie Hwy. I have a suspicion that the dry and frozen food have not moved from their shelves and freezer since the 80’s. The store is disorganized. I spoke to the owner and she said she simply cannot manage it and was hoping to get out of the business. She always go out of the store and close it even though it is supposed to be open during the day. She is one person operator of the store and has other business that she attends to. Personally, I would not trust the integrity and freshness of the food at F&A (Fililpino & American = Fe & Al) because this store does not have a high traffic of Filipino customers in the area; it seems that there are very few Filipinos know that this store exists. Even though there is a big billboard sign by Ritchie Hwy, and even if Filipinos know it, they would probably go at Tampakan instead which is not too far from F&A. At Tampakan, it’s guarantee that you get what you need without worrying that it is new and fresh from the distributors and suppliers.