Goya Foods Inc - Company Profile and News (2024)

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What company owns Goya Foods? ›

It is under third-generation ownership of the Spanish-American Unanue family and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. Goya Foods, Inc. The company was founded in 1933 or 1936 by Prudencio Unanue Ortiz, a Spanish immigrant to New York City.

The family's members include Joseph A. Unanue and Andy Unanue. Goya Foods is the 377th largest private American company.

It is owned privately by descendants of the founders and is not a public company. Goya was founded in 1936, by Prudencio Unanue Ortiz (1886–1976) from Valle de Mena, Spain. Unanue emigrated to Puerto Rico, where he met and married Carolina Casal (1890–1984) also a Spanish immigrant.

Goya Foods, headquartered in Secaucus, NJ, is a manufacturer and distributor of Hispanic grocery products. The company, one of the top U.S. Hispanic-owned companies, has products that include beans, olives, olive oil, rice, specialty mixes, seasonings and fruit juices.

Through impeccable marketing strategies, tactics and insightful research, Goya has positioned its diverse product lines as a reputable brand among both the Hispanic market and mainstream consumers, generating $1.5 billion in annual sales.

In total, the company now boasts 26 facilities throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Spain, and employs over 4,000 worldwide.

In 1824, when the failure of an attempt to establish a liberal government had led to renewed persecution, Goya applied for permission to go to France for reasons of health. After visiting Paris he settled in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, where he remained, apart from a brief trip to Madrid, until his death.

CANILLA® Extra Long Grain Rice is GOYA®'s most popular rice, grown in the United States. 32 oz. | 5 lb. | 10 lb.

Most of our beans are grown domestically in the United States by passionate and skillful farming professionals who have been growing beans for decades.

How many employees does Goya Foods have? ›

The company currently has an annual turnover of over $1,000,000,000,000 and a workforce of over 4,000 employees. In addition, it has more than 25 warehouses around the world.

Goya or bitter melon is a long, green vegetable characterized by its bumpy skin and distinct, bitter flavor. It resembles a bumpy cucumber and can be easily spotted in many Japanese supermakets due to its bright green color and distinctive look.

Goya enjoys a 25% market share among authentic Hispanic food brands (the category excludes fakers like Taco Bell), according to Neilsen.

In 1936, Don Prudencio Unanue and his wife Carolina, immigrants who first migrated to Puerto Rico from Spain, started Goya in a small storefront on Duane Street in Lower Manhattan.

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