Grupo Bimbo
Mexican multinational food company
Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V. (also known simply as Bimbo) is a Mexican multinational food company with a presence in over 33 countries located in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. It has an annual sales volume of 15 billion dollars and is listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange with the ticker BIMBO. It is considered the largest bakery in the world (although some sources contested this claim with the Japanese Yamazaki Baking Company).
Grupo Bimbo has 137,000 employees, 196 bakery plants, 3 million points of sale, a distribution network with 57,000 routes all over the world. The company has more than 100 brands and 13,000 products, like Bimbo, Tía Rosa, Entenmann's, Pullman, Rainbo, Nutrella, Marinela, Oroweat, Sara Lee, Thomas', Arnold and Barcel. Its strategic associations include Alicorp (Peru); Blue Label (Mexico); Fincomún, Galletas La Moderna, Grupo Nutresa (Colombia); Mundo Dulce (Argentina); among others.
Daniel Servitje has been Grupo Bimbo's chairman since 2013.
History
1945–1960
Grupo Bimbo began operations in Mexico City on December 2, 1945, with Panificación Bimbo, S.A. as the official name. The company started with 34 employees, selling cellophane-wrapped large and small white loaf bread, rye bread, and toast bread. Lorenzo Servitje Sendra, José T. Mata, Jaime Sendra Grimau, Jaime Jorba Sendra, and Alfonso Velasco, were the partners who started the bakery company.
The name "Bimbo" was chosen among other candidates such as PanRex, Pan NSE (initials in Spanish for Nutritious, Tasty, and Inexpensive), Sabrosoy, Pan Lirio, and Pan Azteca.
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