Grupo Bimbo

Grupo Bimbo is the world's largest baking company. Founded in Mexico City in 1945, it produces and distributes bread, pastries, cookies, tortillas, salty snacks and other baked goods, with a portfolio of more than 9,000 products sold under approximately 100 brands. The company operates in 39 countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa, and serves consumers in over 99 countries, employing more than 153,000 people.

Its product range covers sliced bread, buns and rolls, sweet baked goods such as cakes, toast, English muffins and bagels, tortilla and flatbread lines, and salty snacks sold under brands including Barcel and Ricolino. Bimbo Ventures, the group's corporate venture arm, invests in startups working across food technology, smart supply chain and commercial technology, areas that also feature in the company's own technical work.

Technical domains within the group include food technology, smart supply chain, commercial technology, regenerative agriculture, and sustainability initiatives aimed at zero net carbon emissions and zero waste. The company states a founding purpose of making good, nutritious, tasty and affordable bread for families.

Grupo Bimbo has been recognised by Ethisphere as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for ten consecutive years, and has appeared on Forbes' Best Employers list and TIME's World's Best Companies list.