BACKGROUND

San Fernando was founded in 1948 by Mr. Julio Soichi Ikeda Tanimoto and it was launched as a ducks breeding family enterprise.

With the support of his children, he begins in 1963 the breeding of broiling chickens, in 1971 the breeding of turkeys, a year later he opens his first retail store named San Fernando , becoming since 1994 the Multimarkets San Fernando.

With the purpose of controlling the whole productive process and in order to guarantee the quality of its products, San Fernando decides to integrate vertically its business, beginning with the breeding of poultry for reproductive purposes which allow them the auto supply of baby chickens and in 1977 the company starts operating its first plant of balanced food.

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With the experience and the good results obtained, San Fernando decides to begin two new businesses: marketing eggs in 1979 and pigs breeding in 1986.

During more than half a century San Fernando has proved an invaluable constancy and creativity to adapt to new technologies as well as requirements of modern enterprises in order to exceed the expectations of an always demanding client.

At present the San Fernando group retails its products all over the country counting with:

7 incubation plants, 2 plants of balanced food, 104 chicken farms, 8 turkey farms, 5 pig farms, 12 egg farms, 2 poultry slaughter plants and 1 plant for the processing of meat products.
The distribution of these products is made with a large fleet of refrigerated trucks.

Thanks to its internationally recognized quality standards, the San Fernando products have managed to enter in demanding markets such as Japan, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and El Salvador.