The Rebisco Group of Companies, doing business as Rebisco (an acronym of its legal name, the Republic Biscuit Corporation) and also known as the Rebisco Group, is a Philippine privately held multinational snack food company headquartered in Ortigas Center, Pasig, Metro Manila. It was founded in 1963 by Jacinto L. Ng Sr.[1]
History
Rebisco was founded by Jacinto L. Ng Sr. (born 1942) on August 15, 1963, as England Biscuit Factory, producing biscuits from a tiny, rented second-hand bakery, located at F. Blumentritt Street corner M. Salvador Street in the then-municipality of San Juan[2] with only US$5,000 in start-up (approximately ₱15,000 to ₱20,000). The company's first products were Krema (cream-filled crackers) and Sodatine (plain crackers). Eventually, the company moved out of its San Juan site to a new and more spacious factory in Novaliches, Quezon City.
In 1972, England Biscuit Factory was renamed the Republic Biscuit Corporation (Rebisco) and adopted a new image. In 1983, Krema was relaunched as Rebisco Cream Sandwich, that became the flagship product of the company. Through the years, Rebisco put up several companies to dominate other segments of the market: JBC Food Corporation (JBC) in 1989; Suncrest Foods Inc. (SFI) in 1995; Multirich Foods Corporation (MFC) in 1999; and Pinnacle Foods Inc. (PFI) in 2000.