{"id":311054,"date":"2019-10-31T06:06:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T20:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=311054"},"modified":"2019-10-31T06:06:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T20:06:37","slug":"keeping-the-business-sustainable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/keeping-the-business-sustainable\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Keeping the business sustainable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Herman’s Modern Bakery’s assistant general manager and operations manager Michael Robert Guerrero oversees the renovations currently going on to expand the Tun Marikita’s Cafe along Airport Road. (BEA\u00a0CABRERA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For a business that has been running for 75 years, Herman\u2019s Modern Bakery is potent proof that ensuring a company\u2019s sustainability depends in large part on focusing on a vision and creating a business strategy that stimulates growth.<\/p>\n

Change is also driven by growth and is inevitable in order for the business to be effective, according to Michael Robert Guerrero, Herman\u2019s Modern Bakery assistant general manager and operations manager.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the next 50 years, I hope to be around [and] I hope to be successful in running the business by meeting the needs of our customers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

One of the major plans that is currently being executed is the renovation and expansion of the Tan Marikita Caf\u00e9 on Tun Herman Pan Road (formerly Airport Road)<\/p>\n

The current caf\u00e9 used to sit 35 people. \u2026With the expansion, we are doubling that capacity and caf\u00e9 hours,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really gets busy here on the weekends, especially during breakfast and lunch, and we want to accommodate as many people as we can and make them feel comfortable,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Modernizing the bakery\u2019s equipment is also one of the goals to improve operational efficiency.<\/p>\n

Reorienting the playing field to suit Herman\u2019s Modern Bakery\u2019s strengths is on the table, with plans of opening a branch\/bakery in Guam. \u201cPutting up a branch, a physical location in Guam is one of the goals I want to accomplish while I am here. It makes economic sense to have that,\u201d Michael Guerrero said.<\/p>\n

This was echoed by Herman\u2019s Modern Bakery CEO Herman T. Guerrero. \u201cWe are working on Herman\u2019s plan to open another bakery in Guam,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt one time, we had a distribution center [in Guam that was] providing bread for people and the U.S. military base but it was hard as people were expecting fresh bread and, that time, we didn\u2019t have a bakery in Guam. We shipped the bread, which became expensive.
\n\u201cSo we said, \u2018Perhaps, this was not the time yet but keep looking on how we can make it happen in Guam\u2019 and I know it is possible,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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