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Grupo Herdez completes acquisition of Nestlé ice cream assets in Mexico

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Mexico City, Mexico, March 2, 2015 – Grupo Herdez, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Grupo Herdez” or the“Company”) (MSE: HERDEZ, OTC: GUZBY), today announced the closing of the agreement with Nestlé México, S.A. de C.V. to acquire Nestlé’s ice cream business in Mexico (“Helados Nestlé”) , after the approval of the antitrust authorities.

The Ps. 1.0 billion transaction includes an ice cream manufacturing facility in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, distribution equipment and freezers, as well as an exclusive long-term license to market and sell Nestlé’s ice cream brands in Mexico, including Nestlé®, Mega®, PelaPop® and eXtreme®, among others. Helados Nestlé’s management and operational teams will join Grupo Herdez to lead
this business unit.

Annual sales are expected to be approximately Ps. 1.0 billion. Results of the ice cream business will be consolidated into Grupo Herdez as of March 1, 2015 and will be reported under the “Frozen” segment jointly with Nutrisa. The Frozen division will become the second largest category for the Company, comprising approximately 15% of total consolidated net sales.

As announced previously, this transaction was financed through existing credit lines and cash on hand.

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  • 2020: In collaboration with La Costeña® and Sanfer®, we delivered 35,000 basic food baskets to benefit more than 175,000 Mexicans affected by the COVID-19 health contingency.

    We launched the first edition of Semillero Nutrisa®, a program to support Mexican women entrepreneurs to participate in a training and business development program.

  • 2021: We became the first consumer company in Latin America to partner with Google, a global technology giant, to accelerate our digital transformation. 

    We signed an agreement with the American company General Mills® to distribute their products in Mexico, with which we entered the categories of cereal bars and prepared dessert flours.


    We celebrated the 80th anniversary of Doña María® mole with the inauguration of Casa Doña María Pons, headquarters of Fundación Herdez® in San Luis Potosí.

    We were placed in the report “Mexican Companies for the 2030 Agenda in the Decade of Action” of the Global Compact, for the actions of the Saber Nutrir® program as a reference practice to achieve Zero Hunger, one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN.

  • 2022: We acquired Interdeli and Deli, Dips & Snacks, expanding our capabilities to new categories such as hummus, cheeses, and dips, integrating brands such as Libanius, Flaveur, Liguria, and Señor Cactus into our portfolio.

    For the first time in our history, we brought the best of Mexican cuisine to the United Kingdom with the Herdez® brand, through a joint alliance with McCormick & Company, Inc.

    We issued the first sustainability-linked bond in the food industry in Mexico, committing to reduce our water consumption per ton produced by 2030.

    We signed the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPS), reaffirming our commitment to gender equality.

    We joined the UN’s CFO Coalition for the SDGs, which drives the transformation of corporate finance to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda.

    We joined the Pacto por la Comida of the BAMX Network, an initiative that promotes more sustainable food production and consumption systems, with the goal of reducing Food Loss and Waste in the industry.

  • 2023: We consolidated the integration of Chilim Balam® into the Impulse segment portfolio, with which we positioned ourselves in the candy and snack category in the retail model.

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