date:Feb 01, 2013
ting [department] will want a product survey, which takes time. A lot of times I give in to them, but I try to balance the organization. Everyone can do market research. We also need gut-feel.
Tan has been following his instincts since he stumbled into the food business while still in college at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. He was earning a degree in chemical engineering. I never thought I would be in the food business, he says. I liked numbers so I thought I would be an engineer.