Who owns Don Miguel?
Don Miguel is not wholly owned by any single company recorded here: Grupo Herdez (Mexico, BMV: HERDEZ) has held a 25% stake since 2010.[1]
Evidence: Grupo Herdez — corporate presentation, first quarter 2026, Grupo Herdez, S.A.B. de C.V. Last checked .
Key facts
- Largest stakeholder
- Grupo Herdez, S.A.B. de C.V. (25% stake) reported
- Since
- Headquarters
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Food › Frozen food › Frozen meals & pizza
- Parent ticker
- BMV: HERDEZ
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Don Miguel
Don Miguel makes frozen Mexican-style foods for US supermarkets and warehouse clubs. MegaMex Foods agreed to buy Don Miguel Foods from TSG Consumer Partners and private investors in September 2010 and completed the purchase on 6 October 2010. Grupo Herdez credits Don Miguel's growth in the club channel with lifting MegaMex's 2025 results; its own interest is 25 per cent, through Herdez Del Fuerte.
Ownership timeline of Don Miguel
Where Don Miguel sits in Grupo Herdez
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Blasón (50%)
- Búfalo (50%)
- Del Fuerte (50%)
- Doña María (50%)
- Embasa (50%)
- Herdez (50%)
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See the full Grupo Herdez brand portfolio (6) →
Other brands owned by Grupo Herdez
Grupo Herdez controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in frozen meals & pizza, and who owns them
The 41 brands in frozen meals & pizza on Brandtree belong to 31 owners. The largest is Nomad Foods, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Banquet | Conagra Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hot Pockets | Nestlé | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Aunt Bessie's | Nomad Foods | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Crepini | Cal-Maine Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Authentic Asia | CP Foods | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Chicago Town | Dr. Oetker | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Bagel Bites | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| LaMasă | AQUILA | 🇷🇴 Romania |
About the owner: Grupo Herdez
Grupo Herdez is a publicly listed company headquartered in Mexico, founded in 1914.
Grupo Herdez is a Mexican food company that dates from 1914, when Compañía Comercial Herdez was founded in Monterrey as a distributor, and has been listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange since 1991. Few of its famous brands are wholly its own. Herdez, Doña María, Búfalo and Del Fuerte sit in Herdez Del Fuerte, a 50/50 company formed with Grupo KUO in 2008; its US business is MegaMex Foods, owned 50 per cent by Herdez Del Fuerte and 50 per cent by Hormel Foods; and it holds half of Barilla México. On 2 January 2026 it completed the sale of 25 per cent of McCormick de México to McCormick & Company for US$750 million, keeping 25 per cent, and in September 2025 it separated its retail arm as the independently listed Grupo Nutrisa.
Grupo Herdez: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Don Miguel and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Don Miguel among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who owns Don Miguel?
No single company recorded here owns Don Miguel outright. Grupo Herdez has held a 25% stake since 2010.
Does Grupo Herdez control Don Miguel?
No. A 25% holding does not give control, so Grupo Herdez shares ownership with others.
Where did Don Miguel come from?
Don Miguel originated in the United States.
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] Grupo Herdez — corporate presentation, first quarter 2026 — Grupo Herdez, S.A.B. de C.V., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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