South Mill Champs, a top North American grower and supplier of high-quality fresh mushrooms as well as functional food products made from mushrooms, today announced it had entered in a cross-border alliance with Grupo APAL in order to create an 50/50 Mexican joint venture Royal Champs S. de R.L. de C.V.
Royal Champs will build and run composting and mushroom growth facilities across Mexico mostly for importation and integration into South Mill Champs’ extensive supply chain across Canada and the United States and Canada.
Mike Pia Jr., Vice for Corporate Growth for South Mill Champs commented, “This expansion is a key advancement in our efforts to providing the most fresh and finest quality mushrooms every day across the entire coast. Our collaboration with Grupo APAL will enable us to draw attention to the vast expertise we have in manufacturing and the management of supply chains. Our Mexican expansion, coupled with the expansions that we have made of our operations in British Columbia and Pennsylvania in recent times, illustrates our dedication to modernizing and advancing the field of mushroom production throughout North America.”
Armando Paredes Arroyo, President of Grupo APAL, said that Armando Paredes Arroyo was President. Grupo APAL added, “We are extremely pleased to work in this project with South Mill Champs to expand the industry of mushroom cultivation in Mexico. Our knowledge of the production of food as well as logistics within Mexico and SMC’s long-standing ability to lead in this field will guarantee the success of this thrilling initiative.”
Grupo APAL is the private investment firm that is owned by the Mr. Paredes arroyo, dairy manufacturer, supplier as well as shareholder in Alpura Dairy Products firm based in Mexico City.
Royal Champs plans to break ground this year to build an innovative, Dutch-style integrated facility for mushrooms that includes the compost phase 3, mushroom cultivation farms and packing facilities on an area of 257 acres close to Queretaro, Mexico.
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Jessica Weil
South Mill Champs
Tel. : +1 (267) 909-1903
Email: Jweil@southmill.com