The country’s first flour mill is Republic Flour Mills . It started operations in 1958 and still churns out thousands of bags of flour daily at its plant in Pasig City.
The other flour mills are San Miguel Mills Inc., Philippine Foremost Flour Mills, Morning Star Milling Corporation, Delta Flour Mills, Monde Nissin, Atlantic Grains Inc.,Mabuhay Interflour Mills Inc., AgriPacific Flour Mills , Asian Grains Inc., Great Earth Inc, California Flour Mills, New Hope Flour Mills North Star Milling Company. Munchen/Big C Milling Company, Crown Asia Flour Milling Corporation. among others.
Competition in the wheat flour business is intense to say the least. With more flour mills vying for their share of the market, mills have come up with various strategies to get ahead of the competition. Through the wheat flour business is traditionally centered on the production of flour for consumption of bakeries, restaurants, food companies and hotels among others, the industry has began diversifying its product line taking advantage of the versatility of its raw material wheat and the market’s demand for delicious snacks and other goodies. Thus, a number of flour mills now produce pasta products, instant and wet noodles, cookies and biscuits.