Mary Ann Improves Family’s Standard of Living With Snack Business

Business Name: Tol’s Food Cart

Business Nature: Street Food

Country: Philippines

Struggling to find good jobs, Mary Ann and her husband turned to Academy training, where they were inspired to start their own business and believed they could with the little capital they had. After their initial success in making and selling candies slowed down, the couple decided to implement the Rule of Thumb “Differentiate Your Business” and started selling delicious street food that appealed to both children and adults.

Of their journey, Mary Ann declares, “The result of our efforts is that we have improved our lives and gradually changed our standard of living because we started from nothing. Before, we used to think about our daily expenses and where to get them. Now, we can meet them. Before, we only borrowed money when our children got sick. Now, we have savings, and we have sent our eldest to private school. Because we only sell from Monday to Friday, we can take a day off on Saturday and Sunday to go to church. Before, we could not tithe. Now, we can do it. So if we are here now, it is with the help of what we learned from ACE and SGMB; they are the ones God used to help us. We are so blessed to have this activity in the Church.”