Who owns Alimentos Melo?
Alimentos Melo is owned by Grupo Melo (Panama, Latinex: MELO).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Empresas Melo, S.A. informe anual 2025 / annual report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Empresas Melo, S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇦 Panama, Panama City
- Origin
- 🇵🇦 Panama
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Fresh meat & poultry
- Parent ticker
- Latinex: MELO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Alimentos Melo
Alimentos Melo is the poultry business at the centre of the group, integrated from animal feed and hatcheries through to processing and marketing, and its range runs from chicken fillets and formed products to cold cuts, sausages and eggs. In 2025 it recorded the best broiler production index and the second-best chick hatchability rate in the division's operating history, and both chicken and animal feed volumes grew.
Ownership timeline of Alimentos Melo
- Current owner Grupo Melo [1] reported
Where Alimentos Melo sits in Grupo Melo
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Grupo Melo
Grupo Melo controls 6 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in fresh meat & poultry, and who owns them
The 60 brands in fresh meat & poultry on Brandtree belong to 29 owners. The largest is LDC, with 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Doux | LDC | 🇫🇷 France |
| Assilah | MHP | 🇨🇾 Cyprus |
| Bostock's | Inghams | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Sopraval | Agrosuper | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Kaišiadorių Paukštynas | Akola Group | 🇱🇹 Lithuania |
| Pollo Indio | CMI | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
| Friboi | JBS | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Mr. Chancho | Pronaca | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
About the owner: Grupo Melo
Grupo Melo is a publicly listed company headquartered in Panama City, Panama. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as Latinex: MELO.
Empresas Melo is a Panamanian holding company whose businesses run from hatcheries and feed mills to hardware shops, pet stores, vehicle dealerships and a fried chicken chain. It describes itself as 100 per cent Panamanian, with more than seventy years of agro-industrial and commercial activity, and it employed 5,528 people at the end of 2025. Sales that year were $477.61 million, of which foods were 37.9 per cent, its retail warehouses 30.2 per cent, machinery and vehicles 20.0 per cent, restaurants 10.8 per cent and real estate 1.1 per cent; net income was B/.15.9 million, up 10 per cent on 2024.
🇵🇦 Alimentos Melo and other Panamanian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 13 brands that began in Panama. 5 of them (38%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Alimentos Melo is not one of them.
- La Chiricana — Dos Pinos 🇨🇷
- Toledano — CMI 🇬🇹
- Air Panama — Air Panama 🇵🇦
- Banistmo — Grupo Cibest 🇨🇴
- ConnectMiles — Copa 🇵🇦
- Inteligo — IFS 🇵🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Alimentos Melo?
The parent company of Alimentos Melo is Grupo Melo, a publicly listed company headquartered in Panama.
Is Alimentos Melo Panamanian?
Yes. Alimentos Melo originated in Panama and its owner, Grupo Melo, is also headquartered in Panama.
Is Alimentos Melo still owned by Grupo Melo?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Alimentos Melo is still owned by Grupo Melo. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Empresas Melo, S.A. informe anual 2025 / annual report 2025 — Empresas Melo, S.A., Annual report; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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