Grupo Lala
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Grupo Lala is a Mexican dairy company, founded in 1950 in Gomez Palacio
, Durango
. It expanded into the United States
in 2009, acquiring National Dairy and Farmland Dairies. The Company's chairman is Eduardo Tricio and the CEO is Arquimedes Celis. LALA is now the largest dairy company in Latin America. The Company name makes reference to its origin "La Laguna", a Region located in Northern Mexico where the Mayran Lagoon was present.
Although no public figures have been released, Rabobank International estimates in their list of the Global-Top 20 dairy companies that Grupo LALA should make the list should their numbers become public. Grupo LALA is the only dairy company with a presence nationwide in Mexico.
Gómez Palacio
Gómez Palacio is a city and its surrounding municipality in northeastern Durango, Mexico, located at 25°33′40″N 103°29′54"W adjacent to the border with the state of Coahuila...
, Durango
Durango
Durango officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is located in Northwest Mexico. With a population of 1,632,934, it has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja...
. It expanded into the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 2009, acquiring National Dairy and Farmland Dairies. The Company's chairman is Eduardo Tricio and the CEO is Arquimedes Celis. LALA is now the largest dairy company in Latin America. The Company name makes reference to its origin "La Laguna", a Region located in Northern Mexico where the Mayran Lagoon was present.
Although no public figures have been released, Rabobank International estimates in their list of the Global-Top 20 dairy companies that Grupo LALA should make the list should their numbers become public. Grupo LALA is the only dairy company with a presence nationwide in Mexico.
Brands
- Nutri Leche
- Los Volcanes
- Monarca
- Mileche
- Vive
- Siluette
- Natural'es
- Bell (Lala has a minority stake)
- ParmalatParmalatParmalat SpA is a multinational Italian dairy and food corporation. Having become the leading global company in the production of ultra high temperature milk, the company collapsed in 2003 with a €14 billion hole in its accounts in what remains Europe's biggest bankruptcy...
USA
- BordenBorden Milk ProductsBorden Milk Products L.P. is a privately held American corporation owned by the Dallas, Texas-based Milk Products LLC, a subsidiary of Grupo Lala.- Borden's Beginnings :...
- Clinton
- Coburg Dairy
- Cream O' Weber
- Dairy Fresh
- Dairymens
- Farmland
- Flav-O-Rich
- Gilsa Dairy
- Frusion
- La Creme
- Goldenrod
- Meyer Dairy
- Sinton's
- Special Request
- Velda Farms
- Welsh Farms
Factories
- TijuanaTijuanaTijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...
- TorreónTorreónTorreón is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2010, the city's population was 608,836 with 639,629 in the municipality. The metropolitan population, including Matamoros, Coahuila, and Gómez Palacio and Lerdo in adjacent Durango,...
- MonterreyMonterreyMonterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...
- GuadalajaraGuadalajara, JaliscoGuadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...
- Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
- Irapuato
- MazatlánMazatlánMazatlán is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa; the surrounding municipio for which the city serves as the municipal seat is Mazatlán Municipality. It is located at on the Pacific coast, across from the southernmost tip of the Baja California peninsula.Mazatlán is a Nahuatl word meaning...
- VeracruzVeracruzVeracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...
- AcapulcoAcapulcoAcapulco is a city, municipality and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay and has been a port since the early colonial period of Mexico’s history...