Bagley (company)
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Bagley Argentina S.A. is an Argentine food company with its main plant located in Buenos Aires. Established by U.S.-born entrepreneur Melville Sewell Bagley in 1864, the company (owned by French multinational Danone since 1994) had a wide variety of brands, having specialised in the production of crackers and cookies.
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Formerly | M.S. Bagley & Cía. |
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Company type | S.A. |
Industry | Food |
Founded | 1864; 160 years ago (1864) |
Founder | Melville Sewell Bagley |
Fate | Acquired by Danone in 1994 [1] |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Biscuits, alfajor |
Brands | Hesperidina (1864–2004) |
Owner | Grupo Arcor (51%) Danone[3] (49%) |
Subsidiaries | Mastellone Hnos. (43%)[note 1] |
Website | bagley.com.ar |
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At the moment of being acquired by Danone, Bagley was the main cookies producer of Argentina.[5] Nowadays, some of Bagley's brands (like Chocolinas, Rumba and Criollitas) are also marketed by Arcor,[6] which is associated with Danone for cookies production in Argentina.[3]