SARI-SARI STORES
You cannot stand behind every counter.
Sari-sari operations run on cash, on trust, and on volume so granular that no inventory system captures it. For an owner running more than two or three stores, there is currently no way to know what is happening at the counter — only what the remittance says at the end of the day.
RISK PROFILE
Where a sari-sari store actually loses money
⊘ CASH ONLY
No card trail, no digital record. The POS — if there is one — is the only record, and it is voluntary.
⊘ TINGI-TINGI VOLUME
Retail-by-piece produces hundreds of tiny transactions a day that no one reconciles individually.
⊘ FAMILY AND UTANG
Informal credit and family purchases are normal practice and almost never recorded.
⊘ OWNER ABSENCE
The moment an owner runs more than one store, direct supervision stops entirely.
WHAT ARGUS FLAGS HERE
The events worth reviewing
Argus timestamp-matches each of these to its exact frames of footage, so a shift becomes a handful of clips instead of eight hours of scrubbing.
- →sales completed with no POS entry
- →stock handed over on credit with no record
- →drawer opened between transactions
- →staff purchases and consumption
- →opening and closing time compliance
RECOMMENDED STARTING POINT
LITE fits most sari-sari stores
LITE
₱2,000/mo
1 camera / branch.
List price. Partner and annual-prepay discounts apply.
One camera, self-upload, core platform. Start cheap on the store you are most unsure about and move up if it finds something.
FAQ
Sari-sari store questions
We do not have a POS.
Then the bounty package is the right entry: our admins review footage and report findings, and you pay per finding. No POS integration needed.
Our staff are relatives. This feels like distrust.
That is a real concern and worth being straight about. Most owners who deploy this tell staff it is running. The measurable effect is usually behavioural — findings fall sharply after month one, which is the outcome you actually want.
ALSO SERVING
Find out what your sari-sari store is losing.
Tell us about your setup — branches, cameras, POS — and we’ll come back with a recommendation within one business day.