Mexico’s Alfa Buys U.S. Meat Processing Company

Mexican conglomerate Alfa said it acquired Arizona meat processing company Bar-S Foods Co to boost its presence in the U.S. market. Terms were not disclosed.

Alfa (ALFAA.MX) said its Sigma unit will merge its U.S. operations with Bar-S, a Phoenix-based maker of franks, bacon and sliced lunchmeat.

Bar-S had sales of $535 million last year, while Sigma had close to $2.2 billion.

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