Grupo Bimbo Bringing 320 Jobs and New Facility  to Ohio

Company Name: Grupo Bimbo

Location: Zanesville

Site Region: Southeast

Country: Mexico

Region: North America

Industry Sector: Food Sciences and Agriculture

Company Profile: Grupo Bimbo has 203 plants and more than 1,700 sales centers strategically located in 33 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Its main product lines include fresh and frozen sliced bread, buns, cookies, snack cakes, English muffins, bagels, pre-packaged foods, tortillas, salted snacks, and confectionery products, among others. Grupo Bimbo produces over 13,000 products and has one of the largest direct distribution networks in the world, with more than 2.8 million points of sale, around 53,000 routes, and more than 135,000 associates. Its shares trade on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) under the ticker symbol BIMBO and in the over-the-counter market in the United States with a Level 1 ADR under the ticker symbol BMBOY.

Company Website: https://grupobimbo.com/en

National Road Business Park

Project Summary:

Type of Project: New Location

Jobs:

• Jobs committed: 320
• Jobs retained: 0
• Types of jobs: Job creation includes production, packaging, shipping and receiving, support, administration, and management.

Capital Investment: $430,800,000

Why Ohio?

Grupo Bimbo was looking for a readily available site and access to ample talent to be successful. SiteOhio provides an inventory of available sites, and JobsOhio’s Talent Acquisition Services incentive will help Grupo Bimbo with its overall talent strategy. The services will be tailored to the Company’s needs, including elements such as attraction, engagement, selection, and sourcing of candidates, and training.

Collaborators:

JobsOhio, Ohio Southeast Economic Development (OhioSE), The Zanesville Muskingum County Port Authority (ZMCPA), Ohio Department of Development