Who owns Bodega del Canasto?
Bodega del Canasto is owned by Jerónimo Martins (Portugal, Euronext Lisbon: JMT).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Jerónimo Martins Annual Report 2025, Jerónimo Martins SGPS, S.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Jerónimo Martins SGPS, S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇹 Portugal, Lisbon
- Origin
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Founded
- 2017
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Retailer own brands › Grocery own brands
- Parent ticker
- Euronext Lisbon: JMT
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Bodega del Canasto
Bodega del Canasto is a mini cash and carry format Jerónimo Martins runs in Colombia, selling to the traditional corner-shop trade rather than to shoppers. It accounted for 70 of the 1,653 stores the Ara business reported at the end of 2025, and offers a mix of the group's private brands and manufacturer brands.
Ownership timeline of Bodega del Canasto
- Current owner Jerónimo Martins [1] reported
Where Bodega del Canasto sits in Jerónimo Martins
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Jerónimo Martins
Jerónimo Martins controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
Other brands in grocery own brands, and who owns them
The 170 brands in grocery own brands on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is Cencosud, with 12; Jerónimo Martins has 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bretas | Cencosud | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Lucerne | Albertsons | 🇺🇸 United States |
| City Gross | Axfood | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Chalo | Empire | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Checkers | Shoprite Group | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| K-Citymarket | Kesko | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Farmer's Market | Loblaw | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Chef Direct | AML Foods | 🇧🇸 Bahamas |
About the owner: Jerónimo Martins
Jerónimo Martins is a publicly listed company headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, founded in 1792. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as Euronext Lisbon: JMT.
Jerónimo Martins is a Portuguese food group that dates itself to 1792, when a young Galician opened a modest store in the Chiado district of Lisbon. It reported 36 billion euros of sales and 147,709 employees in 2025, and food distribution accounts for more than 98 per cent of that. The company is Portuguese and family-controlled, but most of its business is not in Portugal: the Polish discounter Biedronka alone is about 70 per cent of group sales and 80 per cent of EBITDA.
Jerónimo Martins: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇨🇴 Bodega del Canasto and other Colombian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 108 brands that began in Colombia. 10 of them (9%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Bodega del Canasto among them.
- Alutions — Tecnoglass 🇨🇴
- Argos — Cementos Argos 🇨🇴
- Carulla — Grupo Éxito 🇨🇴
- Ternium Colombia — Ternium 🇱🇺
- Activade — Quala 🇨🇴
- Agua Cristal — Postobón 🇨🇴
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Bodega del Canasto?
The parent company of Bodega del Canasto is Jerónimo Martins, a publicly listed company headquartered in Portugal.
Is Bodega del Canasto Colombian or Portuguese?
Bodega del Canasto originated in Colombia in 2017, but it is owned today by Jerónimo Martins, which is headquartered in Portugal. So Bodega del Canasto is a Colombian-origin brand under Portuguese ownership.
Is Bodega del Canasto still owned by Jerónimo Martins?
Yes. As of 25 October 2026, Bodega del Canasto is still owned by Jerónimo Martins. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Jerónimo Martins Annual Report 2025 — Jerónimo Martins SGPS, S.A., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] Jerónimo Martins Annual Report 2017 — Jerónimo Martins SGPS, S.A., Annual report; retrieved 25 October 2026.
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