Alsea (company)

Alsea, S.A.B. de C.V.

Type	Sociedad Anónima Bursátil de Capital Variable
Traded as	BMV: ALSEA
Industry	Restaurants
Predecessor	Operadora DP, S.A. de C.V
Founded	16 May 1997 (1997-05-16) in Mexico City, Mexico
Headquarters	Mexico City, Mexico
Area served	Latin America Spain
Key people	Alberto Torrado M.(Chairman) Federico Tejado Bárcena(CEO Alsea Mexico) Fabian Gosselin Castro(CEO Alsea International)
Brands	Domino’s Pizza Starbucks Burger King Chili’s Bar & Grill California Pizza Kitchen PF Chang’s Pei-Wei Italianni’s The Cheesecake Factory
Revenue	US$ 1,714 million (2014) US$ 1,230 million (2013)
Net income	US$ 50 million (2014) US$ 53 million (2013)
Total assets	US$ 1,970 million (2014) US$ 948 million (2013)
Number of employees	60,000 (2014)
Website	www.alsea.com.mx

Alsea, S.A.B. de C.V., known as Alsea, is a Mexican multi-brand restaurant operator based in Mexico City, Mexico. Its operating portfolio includes fast-food, casual dining, and cafeteria type restaurant chains located in Mexico, South America and Spain. It is one of the largest foodservice companies in Mexico according to CNN Expansión.^[1]

Some of the restaurant chains that Alsea operates are: Starbucks, Burger King, Vips, Domino's Pizza, Italianni's, Chili's, California Pizza Kitchen, P. F. Chang's, and The Cheesecake Factory.^[2]

Alsea reported revenues of US$ 1.7 billion for 2014. It operates more than 3,093 units of restaurant chains in Mexico, Spain, Chile, Argentina, Colombia and Brazil, and employs more than 60,000 people.^[3] Alsea is listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the IPC, the main benchmark index of Mexican stocks.

In 2014, Alsea acquired the Mexican restaurant chain Vips and the Spanish Grupo Zena.

Brands portfolio

Alsea has the rights to manage and open restaurants from these brands as follows:

Recent news

In September 2013, Alsea acquired 362 Walmex restaurants Vips and El Porton for around $626 million.^[4]

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