56-398: 1990 Third Conference 1991 All-Filipino 1993 All-Filipino 1994 Commissioner's 1997 All-Filipino 2002 Governors' 2006 Philippine 2009–10 Philippine 2012 Commissioner's 2013 Governors' 2013–14 Philippine 2014 Commissioner's 2014 Governors' 2018 Governors' The Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots , or simply known as
112-498: A Mapua University standout, led the franchise to six championships and was named Most Valuable Player four times. Patrimonio retired in 2004 and currently serves as its team manager. Yap led Purefoods to seven titles including a notable grand slam in 2013–14, which is the only grand slam in the history of the franchise and received multiple MVP awards as well. While Pingris was named to the PBA's 40 greatest players playing alongside Yap as
168-569: A best-of-5 semifinals series. Despite their unexpected good showing in the Commissioner's Cup, they struggled in the last conference of the season, and never made it past the elimination round. Noy Castillo was named Most Improved Player of the 2001 season after leading the TJ Hotdogs in scoring throughout the year. In 2002, they got Kerby Raymundo from Red Bull as the new main man for the team. Altamirano concentrated his duties with
224-465: A finals appearance. Purefoods struggled in the 1999 PBA season All-Filipino Cup despite acquiring Filipino-American Al Segova and a new head coach in Derrick Pumaren . During the Commissioner's Cup, Codiñera was traded to Mobiline for Andy Seigle . The trade ended the long-time partnership of Patrimonio and Codiñera, who was known as the "Defense Minister." Segova was later banished after he
280-590: A new company, Magnolia-Nestlé Corporation, a joint-venture with Nestlé . SMC retained ownership of the Magnolia brand since it was also being used by other SMC products. SMC also retained ownership of the Aurora Boulevard property. In 1998, SMC withdrew from the Magnolia-Nestlé venture and a non-compete clause barred it from the ice cream and milk businesses for five years. Upon the expiration of
336-780: A new modern facility in Aurora Boulevard , Quezon City , known as the Magnolia Dairy Products Plant . The facility, designed by National Artist Leandro Locsin , also housed the main branch of its Magnolia ice cream parlor . In 1972, SMC entered the poultry business with its first breeder farm in Cavite . The following year, SMC established its first chicken processing plant in Muntinlupa , Rizal to produce Magnolia Fresh Chicken. The poultry business, along with its B-Meg feeds business were operated as
392-469: A record of 7–3 in the eliminations, but were eliminated in the semifinals with a record of 9–9. For the 1994 All-Filipino Conference, the team drafted three rookies – Rey Evangelista , Vince Hizon , and Peter Naron. The Stars also added another rookie in Richie Ticzon whom they acquired through a draft-day trade that sent veteran point guard Pumaren and Lago to Pepsi Mega . To add experience to
448-418: A subsidiary of Ayala Corporation ) acquired the PBA franchise of the original Tanduay team , after Elizalde & Company, Inc. announced it was leaving the PBA. In 2001, Pure Foods Corporation, including its PBA franchise, was sold by Ayala Corporation to San Miguel Corporation . The following year, Pure Foods Corporation was renamed San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc. The franchise continued to play under
504-403: A win away to clinch the best of five series. However, the team of legendary coach Baby Dalupan led a stunning comeback to win the series 3–2, giving the franchise its first PBA title. The championship was Dalupan's last but it made him the first coach in PBA history to win PBA championships in three different decades. The other coach who achieved this feat was Norman Black and Tim Cone . During
560-582: Is now the headquarters of Philippine Coast Guard ), behind the Manila Hotel . Under SMC, the dairy plant at 526 Calle Aviles in the San Miguel district of Manila stood on the same street as the site of the original San Miguel brewery (6 Calle Aviles ). In 1926, the dairy plant was relocated to Calle Echague (now Carlos Palanca Sr. Street) in Quiapo, Manila . In 1970, production was transferred to
616-424: Is one of the most exciting players in the league and his partner PJ Simon the teams supersub and later on becomes an all star caliber player and nicknamed scoring apostle. During Patrimonio's birthday celebration on November 26, 2004 (Patrimonio's birthday was on November 17), he announced his retirement in an emotional speech, ending his illustrious 16-year career to concentrate his role as team manager. His number
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#1732801304700672-563: The 2000 season and signed up with Tanduay Gold . Replacing him was the returning Altamirano for his second tour of duty with Purefoods. A distraction affected the team off the court when the Ayala Corporation sold Pure Foods Corporation (including its PBA franchise) to San Miguel Corporation . The problem with this development was that SMC already had two PBA ballclubs in San Miguel Beer and Barangay Ginebra, and it
728-557: The Alaska Aces for the third-most overall. The franchise plays under numerous brand names of the company but is best known by its original name, Purefoods . It remains as one of the most popular teams in the PBA, winning fourteen PBA titles and is the fourth team in PBA history to win a Grand Slam . The players most identified with the franchise are Alvin Patrimonio , James Yap , and Marc Pingris , among others. Patrimonio,
784-684: The Magnolia Hotshots , are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association . The team is owned by San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc. , a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation (SMC). The team is one of three PBA ball clubs currently owned by the SMC group of companies, along with Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and the San Miguel Beermen . They have 14 PBA championships, tied with
840-522: The 1991 Most Valuable Player, the first of a record-tying four MVPs he had won. Purefoods failed to defend the crown in 1992 , losing in seven games to San Miguel . In 1993 , the team was renamed as the Coney Island Ice Cream Stars , an ice cream brand owned by Pure Foods Corporation. They drafted four rookies that year – Dwight Lago, Benny Cheng, Freddie Abuda , and Olsen Racela ; and acquired veteran forward Abe King from
896-533: The 2006 Philippine Cup, 4–2, over Red Bull. It was Purefoods' first title since the 2002 Governors' Cup, and the first All-Filipino Cup title since 1997. Pingris was named as the Finals MVP. Yap became the second Purefoods player to win season MVP award and was included in the Mythical Team. Raymundo and Roger Yap were also named to the mythical team 1990 PBA season The 1990 PBA season
952-589: The All-Filipino Cup title, thus forfeiting the opportunity. Nonetheless, when the Beermen line-up was decimated with several injuries to their key players, they had to reinforce with Purefoods' Patrimonio, Codiñera, and Evangelista. Johnny Abarrientos of Alaska was also included in the team that placed fourth in the Asian Games. In the Commissioner's Cup, with Kenny Redfield as import, Purefoods won
1008-502: The Feeds and Livestock Division of SMC until it was spun-off as a new subsidiary (San Miguel Foods, Inc.) in 1991. In 1981, SMC spun off its butter and margarine production to a new subsidiary named Philippine Dairy Products Corporation (now known as Magnolia, Inc. ), a joint-venture with New Zealand Dairy Board , with its production facility based in the Aurora Boulevard plant. In 1996, SMC transferred its ice cream and milk businesses to
1064-495: The Hotdogs not to qualify for the quarterfinals. It was the first season that Purefoods failed to make the 20 win mark with a dismal 9–27 win loss card (a franchise low). The Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs acquired James Yap as the second overall draft pick in the 2004 PBA draft . Yap became the main man of the team that led Purefoods through the years. The former UE Red Warrior has won multiple Most Valuable Player awards. He
1120-720: The Magnolia brand can be traced back to 1899 when an American by the name of William J. Schober arrived in the Philippines as a cook in the United States Army . After the Philippine–American War , Schober would remain in the Philippines and introduced the "magnolia pie", "magnolia ice cream" and "magnolia ice-drop". In 1925, Schober sold his "magnolia" business interests to SMC (then known as San Miguel Brewery). Schober would move on to establish Legaspi Garden Restaurant at Pier 7, Port Area, Manila (the location
1176-610: The Magnolia trademark "since 1972" using a logo identical to that created and used by SMC. The company has no connection with SMC. SMC currently exports its ice cream in the US and Canada under the San Miguel Gold Label brand and its line of butter, margarine and cheese to the US under the Magnolia brand. In a decision dated August 27, 2015, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied the appeal filed by Ramar on
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#17328013047001232-572: The Magnolia trademark on its products in the United States. In rendering the decision, the US Court of Appeals recognized that SMC was using the Magnolia brand on its butter, margarine and cheese products to invoke the goodwill that SMC had built in the Philippines, not the goodwill created by Ramar in the United States. Although similar in name and product line (dairy products), there is no affiliation between SMC's Magnolia brand with that of
1288-717: The March 2013 judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in favor of SMC regarding the use of the Magnolia brand on its butter, margarine and cheese products. Additionally, the Court of Appeals had reversed the injunction issued by the District Court that prevented SMC from using the Magnolia brand for new Magnolia food products in the United States. It noted that Ramar had failed to prove that it suffered any irreparable injury by SMC's use of
1344-450: The PABL and the national team . Purefoods then drafted Alvin Patrimonio , Jojo Lastimosa , Jerry Codiñera , Glenn Capacio and the number one overall pick of the rookie draft that year; Jack Tanuan . They also added Al Solis and Totoy Marquez from Shell . However, there was a surrounding controversy on the case of Patrimonio, as his PABL team Swift denied Patrimonio's release. The issue
1400-534: The Purefoods banner until 2010. Beginning 2010, the franchise played under other brand names of the company – B-Meg (from 2010 to 2012), San Mig Coffee (from 2012 to 2014) and Star (from 2014 to 2017). Beginning the 2017–18 PBA season , the team started playing under the Magnolia Chicken brand name. As part of the deal to join the league, Purefoods was allowed to take some amateur players from
1456-469: The Purefoods fans. In 1995 , Purefoods failed to enter the championship of the three conferences allotted, showing only two fourth-place finishes in the All-Filipino and the Commissioner's Cup. It was the first time in the team's eight-year history that they failed to make it to the All-Filipino finals. It was also the first time that they didn't make any finals appearance in a single season. During
1512-565: The Turbo Chargers eliminated them in the same predicament. Prior to the start of the 2005–06 Fiesta Conference , Purefoods replaced their TJ Hotdogs moniker with the Chunkee Giants. The Chunkee Giants was a reference to the company's new chunky corned beef product Purefoods Chunkee Corned Beef. Purefoods selected PBL MVP Jondan Salvador with the fourth pick in the first round of the draft. To further strengthen its line-up,
1568-566: The Year at the end of the season. In 1989 , Purefoods lost in six games to San Miguel in the All-Filipino Conference. An incident also happened during the second round of the eliminations of that conference when Samboy Lim nearly suffered a career-ending injury when he drove over Lastimosa causing him to fall off-balance and hit head first on the parquet floor. This happened on July 18, 1989, with Purefoods winning 125–115. There
1624-640: The award. Gregorio and Coca-Cola mentor Chot Reyes was named co-winners of the Coach of the Year Award. In 2003, Gregorio was named as the head coach of the team as Altamirano was reassigned to the traveling SMC All-Stars (composed of former PBA all-stars). Purefoods each failed to enter the quarterfinals of the three conferences. In the Reinforced Conference, they had former NBA protege Lenny Cooke , but Cooke later suffered an injury, causing
1680-401: The disbanded Presto team. The Stars won the 1993 All-Filipino Cup defeating San Miguel, 4–2. Their head coach was Chot Reyes , who achieved a milestone for winning the title in his first conference as coach. Coney Island was renamed Purefoods Oodles during the Commissioner's Cup. They were bannered by Patrimonio, Codiñera, and Dindo Pumaren , with Capacio, Cabahug, King, and Racela completed
1736-524: The finals, which they lost to Alaska. Brown won Best Import honors after leading the TJ Hotdogs to the finals of the Governors' Cup, which they lost to San Miguel. It was the second time that a Purefoods import won the said award. (Brown would go on to win a second one in 2002 in the same conference). Also, Patrimonio found his way back to the Mythical Five selection. Pumaren left Purefoods after
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1792-403: The finals. Purefoods lost the series 3–1 against a veteran and rugged team of playing coach Robert Jaworski . Controversy arose during the series as Fernandez was ordered to be benched by then-Purefoods Corporation president Rene Buhain amid rumors of game-fixing. This issue led to Fernandez's transfer to San Miguel for Abet Guidaben late in the season. Lastimosa was named as the 1988 Rookie of
1848-564: The mall’s first establishments was a Magnolia-franchised ice cream parlor named Magnolia Flavor House, which operated from 2012 to 2017, as a fitting homage to the property’s roots. On May 19, 2010, Magnolia, Inc. inaugurated its main ice cream production facility in Santa Rosa, Laguna . In the United States, Ramar Foods International, a company founded in 1969 and based in Pittsburg, California , markets its own line of ice cream under
1904-406: The national team in 2002 as an assistant coach. Taking over for a while was his assistant, Ryan Gregorio . Gregorio led Purefoods to a successful championship run in the Governors' Cup defeating Alaska in seven games after trailing 0–2. It marked the second time they've beaten Alaska in a finals series despite dropping the first two games. Kerby Raymundo , acquired from Red Bull prior to the start of
1960-598: The newly christened Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies lost in the finals of the Governors' Cup to Alaska, 4–1. Their import was the talented Mike Jones who lost in a battle for Best Import honors. Patrimonio won his fourth and final Most Valuable Player Award, tying former teammate and idol Ramon Fernandez for the most number of MVP awards won. After getting booted out of the semifinals of the 1998 All-Filipino Cup, Altamirano left Purefoods to join Mobiline . Chito Narvasa became his replacement but failed to lead Purefoods to
2016-451: The non-compete clause in 2004, SMC revived its ice cream and milk businesses through its subsidiary, Magnolia, Inc. In 2008, SMC sold the Aurora Boulevard property to Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC), a subsidiary of JG Summit Holdings, Inc. News reports stated that the property was sold for ₱ 1.6 billion . The property was developed by RLC into a mall ( Robinsons Magnolia ) and residential condominiums (The Magnolia Residences). One of
2072-497: The offseason, Purefoods retooled its lineup by drafting Rodney Santos and reacquiring former Purefoods players Pumaren and Tanuan through trades conducted with Pepsi and Sta. Lucia respectively. The TJ Hotdogs met Alaska in the finals of the All-Filipino Conference in 1996 PBA season but was defeated in five games by the eventual grand slam winning Milkmen. In the Governors' Cup, Purefoods struggled as they fielded in several imports in hopes of reversing their misfortunes. After
2128-466: The offseason, Purefoods traded Lastimosa to Alaska for Cabahug and Al Solis to Sarsi for Jun Tan. They also signed free agent swingman Elmer Reyes. In 1991 , Patrimonio was offered a 5-year, PhP 25 million deal by Pepsi Cola , which was matched by Purefoods. With the development, he became the highest paid player in the league. With this, Purefoods was able to beat Sarsi to win the 1991 All-Filipino Conference under head coach Ely Capacio . Patrimonio won
2184-584: The roster, Coney Island traded incoming sophomore Cheng to Ginebra for veteran Manny Victorino and acquired 1992 Rookie of the Year Bong Ravena from San Miguel in exchange for Kevin Ramas. The league gave an incentive to the champion of the said conference to have the honor of representing the country in the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima , Japan . But Coney Island lost in six games to San Miguel for
2240-595: The season, Reyes left the Purefoods team to become the head coach of Sta. Lucia Realty. In 1997 PBA season , rookie coach Eric Altamirano took over as coach of the Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys . In his very first conference, Purefoods won the All-Filipino Cup defeating the Gordon's Gin Boars in six games for their first title in three years. After a sorry performance in the Commissioner's Cup,
2296-409: The second consecutive time. However, on May 14, in a game against Red Bull, Eugene Tejada suffered a freak injury, which resulted to his paralyzation. In the semifinals, Purefoods won the series in seven games after trailing Alaska 1–3, becoming only the second team since the 1991 Ginebra San Miguel team to come back from a 1–3 deficit in a PBA best-of-seven series. In six games, the Chunkee Giants won
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2352-462: The supporting cast. For their reinforcement, they hired Ronnie Grandison who was able to take them straight to the finals. They had a chance to win back-to-back PBA titles but were defeated by corporate rival Swift in six games for the crown of the said tournament. Patrimonio won his second Most Valuable Player award after the season. In the Governors' Cup, Purefoods Oodles reverted to Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs . With import Tharon Mayes, they had
2408-457: The team traded future draft picks to Air21 to acquire Marc Pingris and Egay Billones . They also signed veteran guard Roger Yap . They also hired Marquin Chandler as import and went on to record a 10–6 first-place finish in the classification phase, earning them an outright semis berth. The Giants beat the up-and-coming Express in six games of the semifinals. They lost in the finals of
2464-602: The team's enforcer and rebounder. He was a vocal leader of the famous 2013 Gilas Pilipinas team that defeated South Korea and bagged a medal. Prior to joining the PBA in 1988, Purefoods was a member of the Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL, later renamed the Philippine Basketball League ) and was one of the strongest teams during its tenure with the amateur league. In early 1988, Pure Foods Corporation (then,
2520-647: The title in a hard-fought series against the formidable Alaska Milkmen. Patrimonio won the Best Player of the Conference award, becoming only the second player (after teammate Jerry Codiñera who won it previously in the All-Filipino Cup) in PBA history to win the citation. Their reinforcement, Redfield took home the Best Import of the conference honors. It was also during this tournament that he
2576-423: The tournament to Red Bull in six games. But their runner-up finish was the best since winning the 2002 Governors' Cup. Chandler won Best Import honors while Raymundo lost to Enrico Villanueva for Best Player of the Conference honors. In the 2006 PBA Philippine Cup , the Chunkee Giants finished with a 12–4 record and a first-place finish in the classification phase, earning them an outright semifinals berth for
2632-483: The tournament, was the Finals MVP. Brown was the conference's Best Import while Evangelista was the Best Player of the Conference. However, Purefoods became a mediocre team in the Commissioner's Cup and the All-Filipino Cup finishing dead last in the succeeding conferences of the season. After the season, Ronnie Magsanoc won the Comeback Player of the Year Award and announced his retirement after he received
2688-400: Was a huge public outcry after that game with many fans decrying Lastimosa's actions as dirty. In the season-ending 1990 Reinforced Conference, Purefoods took on Alaska Air Force for the title. This conference featured two imports and Purefoods tapped the services of Daren Queenan and Rob Rose , who replaced Walker Russell during the elimination round. The Air Force took a 2–0 lead with
2744-526: Was dubbed "Triple-Double Artist" by the media, as a testament to his all-around skills. Patrimonio won his second consecutive MVP and third overall. Evangelista was a prime candidate to win the Rookie of the Year award but lost to Swift's Boybits Victoria. Another disappointment for Evangelista was that he was not included in the All-Defensive Team, contrary to what was expected by most, especially
2800-526: Was edged out by San Miguel import Lamont Strothers in the balloting for best import honors. In the 2000 All-Filipino Cup, a forfeiture of games won by Tanduay Gold during the semifinals series (for fielding fake Filipino-American Sonny Alvarado in Games 2 and 3 won by the Rhum Masters) set the stage for Boyet Fernandez ' buzzer beating shot in overtime of game 4. That shot catapulted the TJ Hotdogs to
2856-536: Was named Best Import of the conference, was hired as Purefoods' reinforcement for the Open Conference this time. In their first conference, Purefoods made a historic run to the finals against the Norman Black -led San Miguel Beermen in seven games. In the next conference, Cris Calilan replaced Fernandez as head coach after the first round of the eliminations. They met crowd favorite Añejo Rhum 65 in
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#17328013047002912-667: Was not allowed by the league for a company to own three teams in the league. This meant that either the Ayala group had to retain their team under a new banner or for SMC to disband the team after the season. Eventually, the PBA Board of Governors adjusted the rule and allowed the Purefoods PBA franchise to be acquired by SMC and to remain an active team. In 2002, Pure Foods Corporation would be renamed San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc. The TJ Hotdogs lost to Batang Red Bull 2–3 in
2968-445: Was proven to be a fake Filipino-American. Purefoods failed to get past the quarterfinals of the first two conferences. They were ousted by Alaska Milk in a 3-game sweep despite finishing first at the end of the elimination round with a 7–1 card and lost their last 4 games after winning 6 in a row (8–1 record after the quarterfinals) in the season ending Governors' Cup. Derrick "The Flight" Brown led all imports in scoring and rebounding but
3024-457: Was retired in December, becoming the first Purefoods player to have his jersey retired. Purefoods was the only team Patrimonio played for in the PBA. The rebuilding process began for Purefoods despite a dismal showing in the 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference . In the 2004–05 Philippine Cup, Purefoods was eliminated by Shell in the quarterfinals. Same can be said in the 2005 Fiesta Conference, when
3080-402: Was settled before the All-Filipino Conference though, and Patrimonio joined the team. Purefoods also took the core of the defunct Tanduay squad, namely, Ramon Fernandez , who was designated playing-coach, Freddie Hubalde , Padim Israel , Willie Generalao, Victor Sanchez, JB Yango and Onchie dela Cruz . David Thirdkill , who led Tanduay to the previous year's Open Conference championship and
3136-415: Was the 16th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The muses for the participating teams are as follows: 1989 Magnolia (SMC brand) Magnolia is a food and beverage brand owned by San Miguel Corporation (SMC) and used by its various subsidiaries. The brand was commercially established by SMC (then known as San Miguel Brewery) as an ice cream brand in 1925. The history of
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