I-Remit, Inc. (iRemit), the country’s largest non-bank Filipino owned remittance company, has teamed up with Jollibee Foods Corporation so that overseas Filipino workers can send meals to their families and beneficiaries in the Philippines.

According to Harris Jacildo, iRemit president and COO, the partnership helps strengthen ties between Filipinos abroad and their families or beneficiaries in the Philippines.

“With the increasing number of Filipinos leaving for other countries to be able to offer a better life for their loved ones, this project presents an invaluable opportunity to help bridge and strengthen family togetherness: a priceless pursuit that is important for both companies,” he said.

By partnering with the fastfood chain, iRemit has gone beyond providing a simple channel where Filipinos overseas can send their remittances to the Philippines.

“Aside from providing fast, reliable and secure remittance services, we are happy that this latest offering will enable us to help our OFW clients connect with their loved ones via a surprise
food remittance delivery,” said iRemit chairman Bansan Choa.

iRemit’s new drive encourages a ‘surprise-padala’ of OFW to their families here in the country in the form of meals and party packages which their beneficiaries will receive through Jollibee’s
Express Delivery service.

iRemit customers can just go to any iRemit foreign office or tie-up in Asia-Pacific, North America, Middle East and Europe, choose from a variety of meal and party packages and pay for their purchases.

A system in place to make sure that the deliveries are complete and are on time. Both companies are focusing on accuracy and prompt delivery especially with the anticipated surge of orders placed not only during family celebrations and occasions but even during ordinary days when OFWs just feel like sending a surprise ‘padala’ to their loved ones.