Joan's Pharmacy is the leading drugstore chain in the Zamboanga Peninsula region, providing low-cost medicines and good customer service to wholesalers and retailers. It was launched by Jose Chiong with a staff of only two and a capital of Php10,000.00, using his and wife Anita’s names for the store to symbolize their combined vision of a dependable leader in offering low-priced medicines to the typical Zamboangueño. Later on, they started increasing their business operations to medium-sized groceries. Now, it has expanded its pharmacies into 22 branches around Zamboanga City:
1. Main branch (located along Governor Lim Avenue, Corner Barcelona Street)
2. ZAEC branch (located at ZAEC building, Climaco Avenue)
3. Gateway branch (located along Governor Lim Avenue, inside Shopper’s Center Gateway)
4. Nunez Branch (located along Nunez highway extension)
5. Veterans Branch (located across Zamboanga Doctor’s Hospital, Veterans Ave. Extension, Tumaga)
6. WMMC Branch (located beside WMMC hospital, Veterans Avenue Extension)
7. Guiwan Branch (located along Maria Clara Lorenzo Lobregat Highway, Guiwan)
8. San Jose Gusu Branch (located at San Jose, Gusu Labuan Limpapa Hi-way )
9. Putik Branch (located along Maria Clara Lorenzo Lobregat Highway, Putik-Lunzuran)
10. Maria Branch 1 (Sta. Maria- Pasonanca Road )
11. Maria Branch 2 (Budgetwise Sta. Maria LB Supermarket, Veterans Ave. Extension, Tumaga)
12. Boalan Branch (located along Maria Clara Lorenzo Lobregat Highway, Boalan Road)
13. Sangali Branch (Budgetwise Sangali located along Maria Clara Lorenzo Lobregat Highway)
14. Talon-Talon Branch (Budgetwise Talon-Talon Branch located along Talon-Talon Highway)
15. Talon-Talon Loop Branch (Talon-Talon Loop Branch located along Talon-Talon Highway)
16. Tetuan Branch (Tetuan Highway)
17. Tugbungan Branch (Tugbungan Highway)
18. Ayala Branch (Budgetwise Ayala Branch located along Labuan-Limpapa Highway)
19. Gaisano Ipil Branch (Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur)
20. Budgetwise Ipil Branch (Budgetwise Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur)
21. Imelda Branch (Zamboanga Sibugay , Municipality of Imelda)
22. Sindangan Branch (Alba City, Bantayan, Quezon Ave. Zamboanga del Norte, Municipality of Sindangan)
For 62 years, Joan's has been creating a transforming difference to hundreds of small scale to medium scale drugstores across Mindanao, wholesaling and retailing diverse types of products. Being recognized as the exclusive distributor of Johnson & Johnson, Silka, Sisters, Tentay, and Wyeth products in different parts of Mindanao, mainly Zamboanga City; the corporation has commenced with business enterprises in this territory, including outbound sales and distributions to areas such as Basilan, Bongao, Cebu, Davao, Jolo, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Sibugay, Tawi-tawi, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, and even as far as Malaysia.
