Besides paving the way for overseas Filipinos to send money back home, I-Remit Inc., a Filipino-owned remittance company, has taken steps to allow them to send food to their family in the Philippines. [Read  overseas Filipinos send record remittance in May here]

In line with this direction, iRemit is presently ironing out a partnership with Red Ribbon Bakeshop, one of the companies under Jollibee Foods Corp., for a “gift partnership” scheme. [Read Jollibee's Caffe Ti-Amo to open more stores here]

Should talks prosper, Filipinos abroad may send gifts of cakes, pastries and other items from Red Ribbon via iRemit to their family in the Philippines. The remittance firm has earlier tied up with Jollibee and Nestlé for the same program. [Read BSP to use system that will cut remittance fees here]

“…Our  Jollibee experience…was very successful. OFWs were able to prepare party packages for their loved ones in the country or have groceries and gift items delivered to their loved ones,” Bansan Choa, iRemit chairman and CEO, said in an interview. [Read lower expenses help Jollibee survive economic crisis here]
 
Meanwhile, iRemit continues to expand in Europe, planning to open their first remittance center in Switzerland, a host to a number of high-income OFWs. 

In Europe, iRemit is also operating in Austria, Greece, Ireland, Italy,  the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom. - Carlo P. Mallo