Grupo Lala expands its operations in Central America

Grupo Lala, Mexican company that offers healthy food of the highest quality, and Eskimo, S.A., Nicaraguan food company with more than 72 years of operation, celebrated an agreement in which the Mexican company acquired the assets of the Nicaraguan company, and its affiliates in various countries of Central America. This acquisition will allow Lala to continue expanding its operations in Central America and will strengthen the portfolio of products of added value of both companies in the region and in benefit of the consumers.

The acquisition of Eskimo comes to strengthen the presence of Lala in the Central American market, allowing it to continue to offer products of the highest quality to the consumers.

This expansion was possible thanks to the leadership of the legal team of Grupo Lala, under the direction of Efraín Tapia, with the support of Rodolfo Aranda and Ricardo Ortega, among others. All this was led by the team of García & Bodán Nicaragua, through Terencio García (Regional Director), Blanca Buitrago, Melvin Estrada and Mayra Navarrete (Senior Associates), Margina Baca and Paul Rodríguez (Associates); as well as García & Bodán Honduras, through Jazna Vanessa Oquelí (Managing Partner), Ricardo Duarte (Partner), and Graciela Cruz (Associate). It also had the support of representatives of foreign firms, including Eduardo Téllez of Romero Pineda of El Salvador, Carla Baltodano and Minor González of Zurcher Odio & Raven of Costa Rica, and Rafael Robles and María Luisa Petricioli of Robles Miaja Abogados of Mexico.

The main product categories of Eskimo, S.A. are ice creams, milk, yogurt and beverages, being Nicaragua its main market. Eskimo is local leader within the milk industry and its brand is synonym of ice cream. It has a distribution network that serves over 15,000 points of sale within the modern and traditional channels of distribution; with operations in Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica. 

For its part, Grupo Lala is the most recognized Mexican company in the industry of healthy and nutritious food. It counts with over 60 years of experience in the production, innovation and merchandising of milk and its derivatives under the highest quality standards. Lala operates 17 production plants and 160 distribution centers in Mexico and Central America; and counts with the support of over 31,000 collaborators.