Grupo CIMSA (merged in Coca-Cola FEMSA)

Name

Grupo CIMSA (merged in Coca-Cola FEMSA)

Website

https://grupocimsa.com.mx

Company type

Private

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Grupo CIMSA was a Mexican Coca-Cola system bottling and distribution company founded in 1925 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, that was merged into Coca-Cola FEMSA and no longer operates as an independent entity.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Core offering

Grupo CIMSA was a Mexico-based beverage bottling company that operated within the Coca-Cola bottling system, producing and distributing soft drinks for the Mexican market. Headquartered in Cuernavaca, Morelos, and founded in 1925, the company was ultimately merged into Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest Coca-Cola bottler in Latin America.

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Direct peers

• Coca-Cola Europacific Partners: One of the world's largest Coca-Cola bottlers, operating across Western Europe, Australia and Southeast Asia. Comparable as a global Coca-Cola bottling peer with a similar production, distribution and SKU portfolio.
• Cott Corporation: Contract beverage manufacturer and co-packer serving CSD and water brands across multiple geographies. Comparable to CIMSA's contract bottling / co-packing activity for major beverage brand owners.
• Coca-Cola HBC: One of the largest Coca-Cola bottlers globally, operating across Europe, Nigeria and Russia. Comparable as a multi-territory Coca-Cola bottler with overlapping product mix and operating model.
• Refresco: Independent global contract beverage manufacturer producing CSDs, juices and waters for brand owners including major retailers and beverage companies. Comparable to CIMSA as a third-party / co-packing soft drink producer.
• Arca Continental: One of the largest Coca-Cola bottlers in Latin America and the second-largest in Mexico. Directly comparable to Grupo CIMSA as a Coca-Cola-aligned bottler operating in overlapping Mexican territories.
• Corporación RASS: Mexican PepsiCo bottler producing and distributing carbonated soft drinks across Mexico. Comparable as a major non-alcoholic CSD bottler operating a similar contract-manufacturing / distribution model in Mexico.

Others

• FEMSA (Fomento Económico Mexicano): Holding company that controls Coca-Cola FEMSA and other beverage/retail operations. Comparable as the ultimate parent group and economic owner of the franchise in which CIMSA now sits.

Broad incumbents

• PepsiCo: Owner of the competing Pepsi/Lay's portfolio and a major non-alcoholic beverage manufacturer. Comparable as the principal CSD competitor whose bottling partners (e.g., Corporación RASS) compete directly with Coca-Cola bottlers such as CIMSA.
• Coca-Cola FEMSA: The strategic parent that absorbed Grupo CIMSA and the largest Coca-Cola bottler in Latin America. Comparable as the direct acquirer and operating network that now incorporates CIMSA's assets.

Regional players

• Bepensa: Mexican beverage group and Coca-Cola bottler with significant operations in southeastern Mexico and the Yucatan. Comparable as another Mexican Coca-Cola bottler operating adjacent territories.

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