Robinsons Supermarket at the Banilad Town Center

A day after Good Friday is a good day to restock our supplies of grocery items after a couple of days of hibernation from the outside world and with most shops closed for the long holiday. We did our grocery shopping at nearby Robinsons Supermarket at the Banilad Town Center or BTC. Robinsons Supermarket is the most convenient for us because it is one nearest our place in Banilad. However, unlike Rustan's Fresh Supermarket at Oakridge A.S. Fortuna, there is no indoor parking area at BTC but their parking is also for free, but only for a maximum of one hour with a charge of 5 pesos thereafter. That is why nothing beats Rustan's when it comes to parking.

 

The counters at Robinsons Supermarket on a Black Saturday

This store scores less when it comes to pricing; there's a much significant difference here compared to the lower prices at Gaisano Countrymall and Metro Gaisano Supermarket. But when it comes to Robinsons grocery shopping, convenience is the key word. Here I can buy medicines and transact at MLhuillier Kwarta Padala in one air conditioned setting of the grocery area. There is also a money exchange shop upstairs at the main mall, GPC Exchange which is known for its higher foreign exchange rates.

The South Star Drugstore at Banilad Town Center

M Lhuillier Pawnshop and Money Remittance Service at the grocery store area in BTC

Since it was a day after Good Friday, it was not surprising to see the fish and seafood section almost empty of items while the meat section still full of pork and beef. Filipinos by tradition avoid eating pork and beef meat during the Holy Week.

Meat so available

No more fishes

One minus side of Robinsons Supermarket in BTC, though, is their bad practice of still putting on their displays rotten or overripe fruits. I had one bad experience of buying overripe Mangosteen fruits last year (one could not tell if they are spoiled or not because of their hard purple body texture). Today, some of the fruits in display were obviously way past their prime, like the the avocados below.

Caveat emptor (buyer beware) when it comes to fruits at Robinsons

NAME OF SHOP: Robinsons Supermarket BTC
STORE HOURS:  7:30 AM – 8:30 PM Mondays to Thursdays; 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM on Fridays to Sundays
LOCATION: Banilad Town Center (BTC), Gov. M. Cuenco Avenue, Banilad, Cebu City (Google Maps Link)
FAX: (032)3467188
TELEPHONE NUMBER: (032)344-1389 / (032)346-8139 [Customer Service]
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