Alimentos y Bebidas Atlántida in Guatemala, Mayca in Costa Rica and Nestlé Panama, are part of the companies reporting the highest numbers of purchases of food preparations in Central America.
An analysis of CentralAmericaData's Trade Intelligence unit provides details on the companies according to sector, main activity, volume and value of their imports, exports and other relevant data.
Two Costa Rican companies are successfully competing in the regional market, facing competition from multinationals such as Kellogg's, Nature Valley and Bimbo.
Jack's and Cosecha Dorada are two Costa Rican companies producing cereal bars that not only have a presence in Costa Rica, but have made a place in other Central American countries, competing with multinationals.
This was announced by Mexico's ambassador to Managua, Mr. Raul Lopez Lira.
Lopez said the company will come to the country on a fact-finding mission, adding that Maseca is another Mexican company that is evaluating strengthening its presence in Nicaragua, with a corn flour processing plant.
Canal15.com.ni reports that "Mexican investment in Nicaragua amounts to $570 million, while trade exchanges reached $400 million in 2011."
The multinational company will inaugurate in January its new crackers production line.
Felipe González, production manager at the new Chimaltenango plant, reported that exports to the Dominican market will begin on the same date, and that 54 new jobs will be created.
"Currently, the plant outputs 2.500 monthly tons of various products like breads, cookies and cupcakes, which represent 2.344 exported containers each year", reported local newspaper Prensa Libre.
Bimbo de Centroamérica S.A. was recognized as the Best Exporter of the Year by Agexport.
Agexport, the Guatemalan Exporters Association, awarded various companies in different categories.
Local newspaper El Periodico lists the winners: Tecojate S.A. won the Agriculture Exporter award, Genesis Partnership Company won best Manufacture Exporter, Transactel won in Services, and the Productivity award was given to Paul Ecke Guatemala.
Mexican corporation 'Grupo Bimbo' launched two new breads exclusively for the Panamanian market.
They are completely produced in Panama, and the idea is to market them abroad in the medium term, remarked Claudia Montiel, brand chief at "Grupo Bimbo".
They are "raisin bread and butter bread, two flavors highly demanded in the local market. They were not part of the company's 5.000 product portfolio", reports local newspaper La Estrella.