- CEO
- Ernesto Salmon Castelo
- Full Time Employees
- 39,812
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Agricultural Farm Products
- Address
- Avenida TecnolOgico No. 401 Celaya GJ Mexico 38010
- IPO Date
- Oct 11, 2016
- Business
- Industrias Bachoco, S.A.B. de C.V. (Bachoco) operates as a vertically integrated poultry producer and processor, leading the Mexican poultry industry and ranking among the world's largest poultry companies; it engages in breeding, processing, and marketing chicken products including live chickens, fresh and frozen whole birds, cuts, and value-added items; egg production encompassing white, red, and free-range table eggs as well as egg dishes; swine operations covering live pigs, pork processing, and distribution; balanced animal feeds; other by-products such as beef, turkey, pet food, and veterinary vaccines produced through its laboratory. The company serves retail consumers, foodservice providers, quick-service restaurants, and industrial clients with commodity and further-processed proteins, operating through extensive facilities including over 1,000 farms, 9 processing plants, 9 further-processing plants, 2 swine plants, 23 feed mills, 22 hatcheries, and more than 100 distribution centers organized in nine complexes in Mexico and one in the United States. Bachoco maintains a multi-protein portfolio via subsidiaries such as OK Foods in the US for chicken products, SASA for pork industrialization, RYC Alimentos for multi-protein processing and retail stores in Puebla, Oaxaca, Veracruz, and Tlaxcala, Pecuarius for animal vaccines and pharmaceuticals, and others focused on feeds and value-added meats. Founded in 1952 by the Robinson Bours family in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, and headquartered in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, Bachoco became publicly listed in 1997 on the Mexican Stock Exchange and NYSE; it is controlled by the Robinson Bours Family Trust and employs over 34,000 people across primary segments of poultry (chicken and eggs) and others (swine, feeds, by-products). Recent developments include the completed acquisition of RYC Alimentos in early 2022, adding two processing plants in Puebla and 21 stores across four Mexican states to enhance multi-protein value-added offerings and diversification; ongoing integration of prior US expansions like OK Foods and Albertville Quality Foods for further-processed chicken; and sustained capital investments supporting efficiency and growth amid fluctuating market conditions, as reflected in 2024 annual reporting.