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Free rice for every 6 bottles of beer? Here's what people say

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<p>MANILA - San Miguel Corp. is offering Filipinos something to enjoy during their supply runs amid the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p>The beermaker on Tuesday announced that the public can get half a kilo of rice for free for every 6 bottles of San Miguel Pale Pilsen they buy at selected sari-sari stores or community-based retailers.</p><p>&quot;Available in participating sari-sari stores in areas without liquor ban,&quot; it said in a Facebook post.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/SanMiguelPalePilsen/posts/3616408715047266" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Filipinos were quick to react at the promo announcement.</p><p>&quot;Para sa mga nag-uulam nang pulutan (For those who eat pulutan),&quot; a netizen quipped. Pulutan is a Filipino word for food or snacks provided as an accompaniment to alcoholic drinks.</p><p>Another one said: &quot;Dapat pala sang dosena bilihin ko parang isang kilo kulang yung 1/2 kilo sa pamilya ko ayokong ayoko na gugutom pamilya ko.&quot;</p><p>(I should buy a dozen to get 1 kilo of rice free, 1/2 kilo isn&#x27;t enough, I don&#x27;t want my family to starve.)</p><p>&quot;Isang sako target ko... ilang bote kaya bibilhin ko,&quot; another said.</p><p>(My target is one sack. How many bottles should I buy?)</p><p>The promo will run until Nov. 15, 2021.</p>

<p>San Miguel Corp. is offering Filipinos something to buy during their supply runs amid the coronavirus pandemic.<br /> </p>

San Miguel Corp. is offering Filipinos something to buy during their supply runs amid the coronavirus pandemic.