The idea to create a baking company is born.
The name of Bimbo appears for the first time.
Panificación Bimbo S.A. is founded. The Osito Bimbo© emerges as the logo.
The first products marketed were: cellophane-wrapped large and small White Loaf Bread, Rye Bread and Toast Bread.
Structuring of the Vehicles Area.
Launch of the Pound cakes line.
Starting this year, there were 9 Bimbo products
Opening of the Puebla depot, the first outside Mexico City.
Appearance of the “38: a vehicle decorated with speakers, record player, and microphones, to announce the products in ranches and small towns.
Starts the production of the “Donas del Osito,” and a new buns line with Bimbollos® Medias Noches® and Colchones®
BIMBO® initiates social responsibility activities by earmarking a percentage of its profits to open and support a school.
Keik is born, a dedicated brand to bake 3 flavors cakes: strawberry, orange, and chocolate, its name changed on 1957 to Marinela®.
On its tenth anniversary:
700 WORKERS
140 VEHICLES
The BIMBO Occidente (Guadalajara) bakery is installed.
Its first General Manager was Don Roberto Servitje.
Launch of Bombonete®, Negrito®, and Gansito® sprinkled with chopped pecan.
Gansito®, a chocolate coated cake, filled with cream and strawberry jam, topped with chocolate shavings starts to be sold in an individual package.
Inauguration of Bimbo del Norte in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León.
Start of the first administrative restructuring, creating the corporate structure, located in Ejército Nacional avenue in México City.
BIMBO® acquires the right to use in Mexico the Sunbeam® brand from Quality Bakers of America.
Lunch of strawberry, vanilla and chocolate super Submarinos® Marinela®.
Barcel® starts its operations with the acquisition of a small confectionary plant in Mexico City.
In Azapotzalco, Mexico City, Bimbo® installs Latin America’s largest bakery, and one of the 10 largest in the world.
Bimbo ventures into the jam market. The Carmel line addressed Marinela´s raw material supply need.
The Suandy® brand is born. Dedicated to produce pound cakes, cakes and cookies under the names Pastisetas®,
and Biscotel®
among others.
Conchas Bimbo® start to be produced.
Barcel launches Palomitas Barcel in different presentations: caramel, salty and with chili pepper.
Tortillinas Tía Rosa® are launched.
Ricolino® is created as Grupo Bimbo’s confectionery and chocolate leading brand.
Bubulubu® is born.
Roberto Servitje is appointed CEO of Grupo Bimbo.
Bimbo® is made up by:
3 COMPANIES
12 PLANTS
15,000 ASSOCIATES and its capital increased over: 6,000 times
Bimbo® lists on the Mexican Stock Exchange(BMV), trading 15% if its shares.
Bimbo®’s expansion starts, exporting to the United States of America.
New organizational structure through which a single industrial group is created.
Bimbo Centroamérica is created with the construction of a plant in Guatemala that opened in 1990.
Milpa Real® corn tortillas and Lonchibón® go on sale. Barcel launches Chip’s.
Bimbo Argentina starts operations and the corporate organization for the Latin America Region.
Inauguration of the new Grupo Bimbo corporate building in Santa Fe, Mexico City.
Grupo Bimbo acquires Coronado, a company dedicated to make goat milk caramel products.
Start-up of the Ideal in Chile and Bimbo Argentina plants.
Daniel Servitje becomes Chief Executive Officer.
Grupo Bimbo acquires the North American bakery Mrs Baird's®.
Acquisition of Plus Vita® and Pullman® in Brazil.
Acquisition of the baking business of George Weston Limited in the Western coast of the USA, owner of the Oroweat ® brand.
Joyco, producer of Duvalin®, Bocadin® and Lunetas®,
becomes part of the Group.
"El Globo®" and chocolates "La Corona®" are acquired
Acquisition of Panrico, a Beijing baking company; thus, Grupo Bimbo starts having a presence in the Asian market.
In Brazil, the baking company Nutrella® in acquired.
Acquisition of George Weston Foods Ltd. In the USA.
Grupo Bimbo acquires Dulces Vero® in Mexico.
Consolidation of Grupo Bimbo as the largest baking Company in the world with the acquisition of Sara Lee North American Fresh Bakery® in the United States of America, Fargo® in Argentina and Bimbo Iberia in Spain and Portugal.
The largest and most important conversion to renewable energy done by a food industry company is completed.
With the inauguration of the Piedra Larga wind farm, Grupo Bimbo supplies green electric power to almost all its facilities in Mexico.
Grupo Bimbo inaugurates the First Green Sales Center of the largest baking company in the world, in order to reduce its operations’ environmental impact, mitigating climate change effects.
The Green Sales Center is powered with the energy generated by the Piedra Larga wind farm. Its electric vehicles are moved by the air in that site.
This effort consolidates Grupo Bimbo as a modern and innovative company, firmly committed to protect the environment.
Grupo Bimbo acquires Canada Bread, with operations in Canada and the UK, to drive its global growth strategy, reaffirming its position as the largest baking company in the world. That same year makes inroads in the Ecuador market with the integration of Supan®, reinforcing its presence in Latin America.
Grupo Bimbo acquired all the stock of Saputo Bakery, Inc., the cakes leader company in Canada, strengthening Canada Bread’s position in the country.
This same year, it celebrates its 50th Anniversary in Spain and inaugurates in Azuqueca de Henares, Guadalajara, the most innovative bakery in Europe, through Bimbo Iberia, GB’s subsidiary.
Acquisition of General Mill’s in Argentina and frozen bread business in Colombia. Completing the offer in the South american market.
Grupo Bimbo acquires Panrico S.A.U. in Spain and Portugal, excluding the branded loaf bread category. The acquisition includes leading brands such as Donuts®, Qé!®, Bollycao®, La Bella Easo®, and Donette® among others.
Grupo Bimbo enters into a joint venture agreement for 65% of the shares of Ready Rotti in India and acquires Grupo Adghal in Morocco.
These actions consolidate the Group's global expansion and its introduction to the market of India and the African continent.
An agreement has been reached to acquire East Balt Bakeries, one of the food service industry's leading producers. This acquisition boosts Grupo Bimbo's global growth strategy in high-potential markets and categories.
Bays English Muffins are also acquired in the United States and Stonemill Bakehouse in Canada.
Grupo Bimbo acquires International Bakery in Peru, El Paisa in Colombia and Nutra Bien in Chile.
The acquisition of Mankattan Group, a relevant player in the baking industry in China, is completed, strengthening the presence of Grupo Bimbo in the country and boosting the growth of branded bakery products and fast food channel.
Today is the most important baking company in the world
We operate in 32 countries throughout four continents: America, Asia, Europe and Africa
we produce more than 13,000 products
under more than 100 brands of recognized prestige
Grupo Bimbo expands its operations and arrives in Kazakhstan. Through Bimbo QSR, an strategic partnership agreement was signed with Food Town, the exclusive buns and McDonald’s franchisee in that country. With this agreement, we now have presence in 33 countries.
