Tropical Hut Food Market, Inc. (THFMI), started its operations as a sari-sari store. In 1962, the business has grown into a grocery store and expanded rapidly into a Supermarket. It was also in this year that the concept of a Coffee Shop within the Supermarket was launched with the introduction of Tropical Hut Hamburger. The Company was incorporated on February 26, 1965.
In 1972, Mercury Group of Companies, Inc. acquired the Company with the introduction of a Drugstore within the Supermarket. Today, THFMI has 6 Tropical Hut Supermarket branches, 33 Tropical Hut Hamburger outlets, 4 Tropical Hut Drugstores and 2 10-Q Convenience Store branches.