Chooks-to-Go is a chain of stores owned by Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. (BAVI), a privately owned company operating in the Philippines . It offers roast chicken and processed meat for take-out .
20-465: Chooks-to-Go is a brand of Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. (BAVI), a company established in 1997 that was originally engaged in selling raw poultry products. The influx of cheaper raw poultry goods from other Southeast Asian countries with the implementation of the ASEAN Free Trade Area in the late 1990s led BAVI to set up Chooks-to-Go, a retail chain that sells roast chicken products. Chooks-to-Go
40-565: A FIBA 3x3 World Tour Masters tournament, although none has qualified in a World Tour Finals. The Philippines prior participation in the FIBA 3x3 Men's Pro Circuit and had teams participate in the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Masters. Two teams had participated in the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Finals; Manila West in the 2014 World Tour Finals in Sendai and Manila North in the 2015 World Tour Finals in Abu Dhabi. In 2019,
60-555: Is a poultry company based in Pasig , Metro Manila , Philippines . As the main company of the Bounty Fresh Group of Companies, it manages roast chicken retail chains Chooks-to-Go and Uling Roasters, Reyal Litson Manok, Adobo Connection, and HeiHei. Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. was established in 1997 as a family business of Tennyson Chen. The company initially started as a supplier of dressed whole chickens and chicken parts under
80-553: Is backed by Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. (BAVI), multiple 3x3 team under the sponsorship of BAVI has been sent to the FIBA 3x3 Men's Pro Circuit which usually consists of the core of the winning team in a conference or tournament. A total of three teams under the Chooks-to-Go name participated in level 10 (Masters) competitions of the FIBA 3x3 Men's Pro Circuit namely; Pasig Chooks, Balanga Chooks, and Manila Chooks TM; all three has featured in
100-642: The Bounty Fresh brand to retailers. Chen has been involved in the poultry business as early as the 1980s, who began with a layer farm in Santa Maria , Bulacan with 5,000 chickens. The company was threatened by the gradual implementation of the ASEAN Free Trade Area of the late-1990s and faced fiercer competition from other producers in Southeast Asia, particularly in Thailand, which could offer larger chicken at
120-618: The Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 league was formed in a bid to qualify the Philippine men's national team to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo by boosting the country's FIBA 3x3 men's rankings. In each season, the league host stand-alone tournaments called conferences, with the winner of each conference made as a basis for teams sent by the league to the FIBA 3x3 Men's Pro Circuit . League commissioner Eric Altamirano would initially oversee
140-532: The 2020 Summer Olympics and the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 , a 3x3 league sanctioned by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas , the Philippines' national governing body for basketball. The company also has sent pro-circuit teams under the Chooks-to-Go name in the FIBA 3x3 World Tour . Chooks-to-Go 3x3 pro circuit teams Since the inception of the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 league in 2019 which
160-831: The Bucharest Challenger, a qualifier for the Debrecen Masters, with just three players due to Alvin Pasaol rendered unable to play due to visa issues. Pasig Chooks participated in the Kunshan Challenger, a qualifier for the Chengdu Masters. They fielded an all-Filipino lineup this time around. Pasig joined the Xiongan Challenger as well, which was a qualifier for the Los Angeles Masters. Phenom-Basilan Steel
180-649: The company's 3x3 pro circuit program. For the 2019 FIBA 3x3 World Tour , the Pasig Grindhouse Kings and the Bataan Risers were fielded by the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas league in the pro circuit as "Pasig Chooks" and "Balanga Chooks" respectively. Chooks-to-Go had both teams competing in the Doha Masters. Pasig Chooks qualified for the Doha Masters by winning the Chooks-to-Go President's Cup which
200-457: The food services arena. To keep quality at the desired level, the brand established the BAVI Academy, which provides in-house training for outlet personnel, and other areas of operations. Chooks-to-Go has a delivery service for certain areas for a minimal fixed delivery fee of ₱ 30. Customer Service Associates take telephone orders and relay these to hubs, with software automatically determining
220-694: The group stage of the Jeddah Masters, losing all of its two games. For the 2020 season of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour, Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 has fielded a team, which was named Manila Chooks TM. Manila Chooks TM entered the Doha Masters with the same squad as the 2020 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 President's Cup titleholders, Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines Aldin Ayo was named coach of Manila Chooks TM in November 2020. He replaced Eric Altamirano who resigned after two years of service. The team failed to progress to
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#1732901797791240-681: The nearest hub based on customer location. For marketing, Chooks-to-Go periodically conducts promotions, which may be on a national or local level. Site selection guidelines are strictly observed, while pre-opening campaigns for new stores are held and in-store merchandising is standardized. In 2024, Chooks-to-Go has 1,800 take-out stores with 37 dine-in restaurants nationwide. CEO Kenneth Cheng announced its expansion with additional 100 take-out stores and 40 more dine-in stores, in line with its "Food Made Better" and #Manok Ng Bayan advertising campaigns . Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. ( BAVI ), also known as Bounty
260-716: The qualifying draw against two other teams; Doha and Graz where a berth for main draw was contested. Manila won in overtime against Doha but lost to Graz. Graz advanced to the main draw but defeating Doha. Manila finished 13th out of 14 teams in the Doha Masters. They later joined the Montreal Masters finishing 11th out of 12 teams. In the Abu Dhabi Masters in October, they finished 11th place again out of 14 teams. In that tournament's dunk contest, Manila Chooks player David Carlos bested Vadim Poddubchenko of Ukraine. Cebu Chooks
280-454: The same price Bounty offers. The implementation of the free trade area led to Bounty's later expansion to sell cooked chicken. By 2002, Bounty started serving its chicken products under vacuum packaging, being the first company to do so in the local market. At around that time Bounty has a ten percent share of the market. In 2008, Bounty launched the Chooks-to-Go rotisserie chain, which
300-415: The semifinals, losing all two of their games in the preliminary round. Manila Chooks TM joined the FIBA 3x3 pro circuit once again for the 2021 season, but with a different squad from the previous season. They are set to participate in the Doha Masters with a roster of players coming from different Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League teams with Aldin Ayo still the team's head coach. They had to play in
320-412: Was considered a quest-level tournament in the FIBA 3x3 pro circuit. The Chooks-to-Go also hosted the Chooks-to-Go 3x3 Asia Pacific Super Quest, a quest-level stand-alone tournament not part of its league structure in which Balanga Chooks qualified for the Doha Masters via their second-place finish. Pasig Chooks was bolstered by two European imports for the Doha Masters. Balanga Chooks also participated in
340-676: Was formed to participate in the 3×3 Dubai Expo Super Quest in April 2022. They would qualify for the Manila Masters after clinching the Chooks-to-Go Asia Pacific Super Quest title. Aside from Cebu, Manila Chooks is also set to participate in the Manila Masters. Both teams finished as quarterfinalists. In August 2022, Aldin Ayo resigned as head coach of Chooks-to-Go's 3x3 program. Veteran basketballer, Chico Lanete replaced him as interim head coach. Liman coach Milan Isakov
360-518: Was initially known as Bounty Fresh Oven Roasted Chicken. It set up a second brand, Uling Roasters which sells charcoal-roasted chicken. Bounty Agro Ventures has been involved in Philippine 3x3 basketball sponsoring events under its Chooks-to-Go brand. It has organized the Manok ng Bayan–SBP 3X3 , a youth tournament meant to garner FIBA ranking points as part of the 3x3 national team's qualification bid to
380-467: Was launched by BAVI in 2008. Its name combines " chooks " (the Australian casual term for chicken) with "to-go" to indicate its take-out -only format. Store personnel are trained and constantly evaluated to maintain high standards of operation and quality of service. Recent results from a UAI study by Consumer Vibe Asia (2012 Project Seneca) showed a satisfaction score of 7.5 out of 10, for Chooks-to-Go in
400-494: Was supposed to form as the basis of Chooks-to-Go's entry to the Jeddah Masters as the winners of the league's Patriot Cup but FIBA did not allow Chooks-to-Go to include Basilan player Troy Rike who has already played for Pasig within the 2019 season. Chooks-to-Go fielded Balanga Chooks instead for the Jeddah Masters and Basilan was given a place in the Manila Challenger and Sukhbaatar Challenger instead. Balanga did not get past
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