Sigma Alimentos facts for kids
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| Private | |
| Industry | Food processing, refrigerated distribution |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Headquarters | , |
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Area served
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Americas and Eurozone |
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Key people
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Armando Garza (Chairman) Rodrigo Fernandez (CEO) |
| Products | lunch meats, cheeses, yogurts, prepared meals, beverages |
| Brands | Lunch Meats Fud, San Rafael, Chimex, Tangamanga, Bernina, Hidalmex, San Antonio, Bar-S, Campofrío, Longmont Yogurts Yoplait, Yopli, Chen Cheeses Fud, La Villita, Nochebuena, Chen, Camelia, Franja Other Café Olé, Guten, El Cazo, Nobre, Norteñita, Eugenia |
| Revenue |  US$ 6.9 billion (2021) |
| US$ 57.4 million (2021) |
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Number of employees
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45,000 (2018) |
| Parent | Alfa |
Sigma Alimentos, S.A. de C.V., often called Sigma, is a big food company from Mexico. It makes and sells many kinds of refrigerated foods. You might know their products like lunch meats, cheeses, and yogurts.
Sigma is one of the largest companies that makes refrigerated foods in Mexico. Some of its famous brands are Fud, Chen, San Rafael, Guten, and Yoplait. Sigma is part of a larger Mexican company called Alfa.
What Sigma Does
Sigma makes and sells food that needs to be kept cold. This includes things like ham, turkey, different kinds of cheese, and yogurt. They have many factories and places where they send out their products.
How Big is Sigma?
In 2021, Sigma sold about $6.9 billion worth of food. That's a lot of food! The company has 67 factories and 152 distribution centers. These are places where they make and store food before sending it to stores.
Sigma employs over 38,000 people. These people work in 18 different countries around the world.
Where Sigma Operates
Sigma sells its products in many places. In Mexico, you can find their products in big supermarkets, small local shops, and convenience stores.
In the United States, Sigma has a company called Sigma Foods and Bar-S Foods. Their main office in the U.S. is in Phoenix, Arizona.
In Europe, Sigma works through a company called Campofrío. They bought this company with another group in 2014.
Global Reach
Sigma has a presence in many countries.
- In North America, they are in Mexico and the United States.
- In Europe, they are in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain.
- In Central and South America, they are in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru.
