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Founded in 1926, the company started as an importer of dried beans and cod fish, two staples of The Puerto Rican diet. Working out of a small warehouse in Old San Juan, the company’s founder quickly began to build a distribution network through the grocery stores that were the main outlets for food products at the time. Soon the business built a reputation as “la casa del bacalao y las habichuelas” the house of beans and cod fish, a distinction it still holds today Since then, however, the house of beans and cod fish has grown and expanded to become a premier importer, packager and distributor of specialty food products, catering to the particular tastes of the Puerto Rican market. More than 70 food items, grace the shelves and freezers of the island’s major supermarkets and food chains. José Malgor has grown from a business employing 10 workers when its current chairman of the board, Pedro Martinez,Sr.first started in 1952, to a company that employees more than 50 people with annual sales of over $15 million. Its warehouse space has grown from a few thousand square feet in Old San Juan to more tan 35,000 square feet in a complex at the capital city’s primary port area, with modern refrigerated storage capacity. |
