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Ramar Foods is the American company known for pirating famous food brands from the Philippines — Magnolia and Pampanga’s Best.

Ramar Foods’ Ice Cream Possible Listeria Risk

Ramar Foods, the California company known for pirating the Magnolia brand from the Philippines’ San Miguel Corporation, is recalling 14-ounce packages of Peekaboo branded Mint Chocolate Chip with Hidden Spinach Ice Cream product because of the potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Read more

Filipino Food Movement


What is The Filipino Food Movement?

The Filipino Food Movement is a marketing ploy created by Ramar Foods to deflect criticism of the company’s piracy of Philippine brands such as Magnolia ice cream and Pampanga's Best.

It is part of the #OMGpeke scandal involving the American company Ramar Foods, which pirated San Miguel’s brand Magnolia — including the widely recognized logo — to use on ice cream manufactured by Ramar in Northern California with no licensing from San Miguel.

Ramar Foods is owned by the Quesada family, which started marking their ice-cream products with the Magnolia name in the 1970s without San Miguel's permission. San Miguel had been developing that brand and its goodwill among Filipinos in the Philippines since the 1920s.

According to Judge Richard R. Clifton of the Ninth Circuit Court, Ramar has been surfing on the name recognition and goodwill that San Miguel had cultivated among Filipinos.

Who Owns The Filipino Food Movement?

The "Filipino Food Movement" is officially registered as a corporation in the state of California under the name of Primo Quesada.

The Quesada family owns and operates Ramar Foods, the company that stole the Magnolia brand of ice cream from the Philippines.

Filipino Food Movement

Contrary to what casual observers have said about “The Filipino Food Movement” being non-proprietary, it is in fact an entity that was founded by and is under the stewardship of the same family and company that have pirated at least two food brand names from the Philippines — Magnolia and Pampanga’s Best.

Each time you use the #FilipinoFoodMovement hashtag, you’re essentially promoting the “sponsor” Ramar Foods, which has still not been held accountable for their theft of Philippine intellectual property.


We strongly encourage Filipino Americans and Filipino Canadians to boycott all of Ramar products and activities. There are other Fil-American and Fil-Canadian companies that are honest and more deserving of our hard-earned dollars.

Support decent business practices. Do not condone trademark piracy.

Do NOT buy Orientex lumpia. Do NOT buy Magnolia Ice Cream USA.

Email the stores that carry these products and inform them about what this unethical company has done to Philippine intellectual property.


The #BoycottRamar movement was galvanized in 2015-2016 by the immoral actions of what turned out to be a rabid OMGpeke seller based in New Jersey, the Ramar Foods flunky Erwin Santos of PhilAm Food. That small grocery store is notorious for being the subject of various lawsuits.

Check the label of "Magnolia" products on store shelves in the United States and Canada. If it doesn't say "San Miguel" on it, then it is NOT the Magnolia that Filipinos grew up with in the Philippines. It is OMGpeke.
 

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Which Products to Boycott?

Filipino Americans and Fil-Canadians are boycotting all products made by Ramar Foods, the OMGpeke company.

Bestaste Dimsum

Orientex lumpia
Manila Gold Frozen Calamansi
Baguio
So Naimas
Bestaste Siopao
Turo-Turo Gourmet [sic] Frozen
Kusina ni Maria
Magnolia Ice Cream USA (OMGpeke)
Magnolia Meats: Frozen Cocktail Hotdogs, Tocino, Beef Tapa, Longanisa

Pampanga's Best USA (OMGpeke) - not associated with the original Pampanga's Best of the Philippines.

Pampanga's Best Chicken Shanghai 28 oz.
Pampanga's Best Pork Shanghai 28 oz
Pampanga's Best Pork Sweet Garlic Longanisa 12 oz
Pampanga's Best Pork Lumpia Shanghai 40oz
Pampanga's Best Sweet Hamonado Longanisa 12oz
Pampanga's Best Chicken Tocino 12oz
Pampanga's Best Pork Tocino 12oz
Pampanga's Best Chicken Longanisa 12oz
Pampanga's Best Beef Tapa 12oz
Pampanga's Best Pork and Shrimp Shanghai 28oz

Frescano Rellenong Bangus
Frescano Deboned Bangus Ffd
Frescano Bangus Belly
Frescano Marinated Baby Bangus Bsm
Frescano Smoked Baby Bangus Sdb
Frescano Smoked Bangus Sd

Turo-Turo Frozen Pork BBQ 20oz
Turo-Turo Frozen Chicken BBQ 20oz
Turo-Turo Frozen Ukoy Vegetables and Whole Shrimp Fritters 3.50 pounds
SKU: 0011547500601
Turo-Turo Frozen Chicken BBQ 12 oz
Turo-Turo Fully Cooked Embotido 12oz
Turo-Turo Frozen Pork BBQ 12oz
Turo-Turo Frozen Calamari on BBQ Stick 16.92 oz
Turo-Turo Frozen Chicken BBQ 30oz
Turo-Turo Frozen Pork Sisig with Chicken Liver 10oz


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Orientex Foods: Boycott!

Boycott Orientex Foods!!!

Huwag po tayong magpaloko, mga kababayan!

Orientex Foods is the same company as Ramar Foods, the trademark pirates who stole the brand names Magnolia Ice Cream and Pampanga’s Best from the Philippines.

Orientex Foods International
1101 Railroad Ave, Pittsburg, California 94565
Phone number: (925) 439-9009

filamfood.org/ramar-foods-usda-suspension/

filamfood.org/worker-fingers-amputation-ramar-foods/

filamfood.org/ramar-violations-hawaii/

Do Not Buy Orientex Lumpia!!!

Don’t let your hard-earned money go to the pockets of this unethical company that steal intellectual property from the Philippines.


Logo commissioned by Primo J Quesada

Manuel Bautista | Vice President Finance at Orientex Foods


Boycott action courtesy of Wage-Theft Victims in Jersey City

Ramar Foods Suspended by USDA

QUARTERLY ENFORCEMENT REPORT July through September 30, 2016 United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service RAMAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 17480A M17480A P PITTSBURG, CA Suspension in Effect: April 29, 2016 Basis for Suspension: Sanitation performance standards (SPS)

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Pampanga’s Best

Note that the Philippine brand PAMPANGA'S BEST is not the one of the OMGpeke company in the USA.

The ORIGINAL Pampanga's Best has been in in business in the Philippines since 1967.
 

How to tell the difference between the original Pampanga's Best from the Philippines vs. the OMGpeke of the United States?

 
Pampanga's Best in the Philippines has an image of the founder Lolita Hizon as part of the branding. The knockoff Pampanga's Best in the United States does not.

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