Grupo Bimbo Appoints Javier Gonzalez Franco as Senior Executive Vice-President
March 17, 2014 at 04:05 am EDT
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Grupo Bimbo has appointed Javier Gonzalez Franco as the new senior executive vice-president of Grupo Bimbo, who will be responsible for the operations of the companies of the Group in Mexico: Bimbo Organization, Barcel Organization and El Globo, while also being in charge of the operations in Canada, once the purchase of Canada Bread is authorized and concluded. In Grupo Bimbo, he has been Assistant Director General of Latin America Organization, Assistant Director General of Bimbo Organization, President of Barcel, S.A. de C.V. and, since 2008, President
of Bimbo S.A. de C.V.
Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV is a Mexico-based company engaged in the food processing sector. The Company focuses on the manufacture, distribution and sale of bread, breakfast bread muffins and bagels, frozen bread, cakes and smaller cakes, sweet and non-sweet cookies, tortillas, pita bread, pizza bread, tostadas and tortillas, snacks, salads and candies, among others. Its segments comprise Mexico; North America, including the United States and Canada; Organization Latinamerica (OLA), including Central and South America, and Europe. The Company operates in over 20 countries and has approximately 100 brands. The Company offers over 10,000 products under various brand names, such as Bimbo, Barcel, Sara Lee, Oroweat, Marinela, Arnold, Entenmann's, Ricolino, Dempster' and Thomas'. It operates through Groupe Adghal.