Molinos Snapshot
Molinos Rio de la Plata is the gold medalist of Argentina's food companies. Molinos is Argentina's largest and oldest packaged food company. It has operations in such sectors as edible oils, flour, frozen foods, and pasta. Its products, sold around the world, include Blancaflor flour, Cocinero oil, Granja del Sol frozen foods, and Matarazzo pasta. It agricultural division is Argentina's largest soybean and sunflower seed processor. Argentina's richest family, the Perez Compancs, which bought a controlling stake in Molinos from Brazilian grain and oil giant Bunge International in 1999, owns 75% the company.
