TO FEED THE WORLD
CMI Alimentos has a challenging goal: to almost double the business in the next five years, a process that will imply a growth of between 10% and 15% per year.
It is worth mentioning that 70% of this objective will take place organically and that it will be leveraged on innovation and knowledge of the client and consumers. The other 30% will be based on a procurement plan with a horizon of four or five years.
“Within this, something fundamental is the issue of innovation, of transforming our operating model and our business model to be more efficient, but also to be able to have new business models and new channels that allow us to reach our customers and consumers. in a more effective way ”, explains José Gregorio Baquero, CEO of CMI Alimentos.
As part of this process, the B2B Business Unit has been operating since January, integrated through the merger of Modern Mills, Flour, and Food and Consumption. This area produces balanced food.
Pollo Campero USA has 79 Restaurants, a figure that the company intends to almost double in five years
+ 1 MILLION tons of CO2 per year are no longer emitted into the environment thanks to CMI’s renewable energy projects
“THE PERMANENT SEARCH FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES, PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADAPT, CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR FOUNDER, HAS ALLOWED US T” JUAN JOSÉ GUTIÉRREZ MAYORGA – CMI ALIMENTOS
For animals, as well as wheat and corn flours that they sell to bakeries, industries and tortillerías. To this must be added by-products that result from the milling processes (such as salvadillo, granillo, germ and wheat core), which they also commercialize.
In addition to generating sales to third parties, this unit supplies other areas of the company, such as feed for the chickens and pigs they raise, as well as supplies for pasta and cookies. Thus, it seeks to provide solutions and value propositions to the customer, beyond simply selling consumables.
CMI Alimentos contemplates a strong acquisition plan for the next five years, which began to be seen some years ago, when the Strategic Investments Business Unit decided to enter Ecuador and Panama.
In 2019, it made an investment in the Toledano company, a leader in the poultry industry in the canal country, through La Estancia, an investment and management platform formed by the Bakker and Gutiérrez families, which generates value through the acquisition and transformation of leading companies in animal protein in the Andean region and Panama.
Previously, in June 2017, it made a strategic alliance by acquiring a 50% stake in PRONACA, the largest food company in Ecuador, which will boost the growth of the livestock business, since it has areas such as poultry and fish protein, balanced foods, cold cuts, pets, and sauces and preserves.
“In the end, we in Latin America, as the countries progress, we must consume more protein and one of the most affordable and most environmentally friendly proteins is basically poultry, livestock, and there we see a lot of opportunities. That is why we have entered those two countries ”, explains Baquero.
In addition to that, he sees an opportunity to migrate towards higher added value and specialized products, as well as to grow in cold cuts, frozen and formed (minced and compacted meat).
