In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 adopted for its implementation, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council makes available to the public the ‘summary of the transaction’ below, containing the information provided by the parties.<\/p>\n
This information has been prepared by the notifying party, which assumes full responsibility for it. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein shall in no way prejudge the Competition Council’s position on the proposed transaction.<\/p>\n
The publication of this press release does not constitute certification of the completeness of the file required under Article 9 of Decree No. 2-14-652 adopted for the implementation of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition, as amended and supplemented.<\/p>\n
Names of the companies and groups concerned:<\/strong><\/p>\n Nature of the transaction:<\/strong><\/p>\n Economic sectors concerned:<\/strong><\/p>\n Period during which interested third parties are invited to submit their observations:<\/strong><\/p>\n NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE TRANSACTION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES<\/strong><\/p>\n The Competition Council has received notification of a concentration operation involving the acquisition of exclusive control by Grupo Bimbo S.A.B.of C.V., through Bakery Iberian Investments S.L., from Joy Food International SARL through the acquisition of 100% of the capital and voting rights. Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V. is a public company incorporated under Mexican law, with its headquarters located at Prolongaci\u00f3n Paseo de la Reforma 1000, Col. Pe\u00f1a Blanca Santa Fe, Mexico City, 01210, Mexico. It is mainly engaged in the production and distribution of packaged industrial bread products. Bakery Iberian Investments S.L. is a limited liability company incorporated under Spanish law, registered in the Madrid Commercial Registry under number B61910550, with its headquarters located at Calle Cigoitia, 1, 28022, Madrid, Spain. It acts as an investment holding company owned by Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V. Joy Food International SARL is a limited liability company incorporated under Moroccan law, registered in the Casablanca Trade Register under number 126241, with its headquarters located at numbers 18-19, Lotissement El Batoul, Industrial Zone of Lissasfa, Casablanca, Morocco. It is mainly engaged in the production and distribution of packaged industrial bread.<\/p>\n Done in Rabat, on January 8, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for its implementation, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council makes available to the public the following “operation summary”, containing the information provided by the parties. This information has been prepared by the notifying party, who assumes full responsibility for it. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein shall in no way prejudge the Competition Council’s position on the proposed operation. The publication of this press release does not constitute certification of the completeness of the file required under Article 9 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for the implementation of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition, as amended and supplemented. Names of the companies and groups involved: The indirect acquirer: Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V.; The direct acquirer: Bakery Iberian Investments S.L.; The target: Joy Food International SARL. Nature of the operation: Acquisition of exclusive control. Economic sectors concerned: The market for the production and distribution of packaged industrial bread. Period during which interested third parties are invited to submit their observations: Ten (10) days from the date of publication of this press release, i.e. January 19, 2026. NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES The Competition Council has received notification of an economic concentration operation involving the acquisition of exclusive control by Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V., through Bakery Iberian Investments S.L., of Joy Food International SARL through the acquisition of 100% of the capital and voting rights. Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V. is a public limited company established under Mexican law, with its registered office at Prolongaci\u00f3n Paseo de la Reforma 1000, Col. Pe\u00f1a Blanca Santa Fe, Mexico City, 01210, Mexico. It is mainly active in the production and distribution of packaged industrial bread products. Bakery Iberian Investments S.L. is a limited liability company established under Spanish law, registered with the Madrid Commercial Registry under number B61910550, with its registered office at Calle Cigoitia, 1, 28022, Madrid, Spain. It acts as an investment holding company owned by Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V. Joy Food International SARL is a limited liability company established under Moroccan law, registered with the Casablanca Commercial Registry under number 126241, with its registered office at numbers 18-19, Lotissement El Batoul, Industrial Zone of Lissasfa, Casablanca, Morocco. It is mainly active in the production and distribution of packaged industrial bread. Done in Rabat, on January 8, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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