García Hermanos Agroindustrial S.R.L. (mostly known for its trade name Tregar) is an Argentine dairy company headquartered in the city Gobernador Crespo, Santa Fe Province. Established in the 1940s, it has since remained in the hands of the founding family.[4] It owns two production plants, the main one (95,800 m2) located in Gobernador Crespo, and another one in Calchaquí (also in Santa Fe, 12,800 m2).[2]

García Hermanos Agroindustrial S.R.L.
Tregar
Company typeS.R.L.
IndustryDairy
Founded1940s
FounderCipriano García
Hortensia de Simón
Headquarters
Gobernador Crespo
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ProductsMilk, cheese, cream cheese, yogurt, rice pudding
AR$239 million (2009[1])
OwnerGarcía Family [2][3]
Number of employees
300 (2020[2])
Websitetregar.com.ar

As of February 2020, the company employed 300 people in its two plants.[2] Tregar processes about 250 million liters (66 million gallons) of milk a year, purchased from over 320 small producers.[4] The company manufactures yogurts, rice pudding, dulce de leche, a variety of cheeses, and other dairy products.[4][5][6] It exports a 30% of its output, primarily to Russia, Brazil, Algeria, Chile, Asia and Western Africa.[4][3][7]

In 2019, it was awarded an AlimentAR prize for its accomplishments in increasing exports.[6][8][9]

History

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Tregar was founded in the 1940s by a couple of Spanish immigrants, Cipriano García and Hortensia de Simón.[5] During it first period, the company only produced milk, but later expanded as a handcraft cheese producer. Their three sons, Florencio, Vicente and Pedro established

The founders' sons (Florencio, Vicente, and Pedro) expanded the small enterprise, transforming it into the García Hermanos Company.[4] In the first years of the 21st Century, it benefited on the crisis of big rival company SanCor, which lost a big market share.[10]

In 2004, the company launched its yogurt product line and, in 2013, its fluid long-life UHT milks.[3]

Products

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Yogurts

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  • Whole Yogurt (Strawberry, Dulce de leche, Vainilla)
  • Low-Fat Yogurt (Vainilla, Strawberry)
  • Whole Yogurt with fruit pieces (Blueberry, Pineapple, Strawberry, Peach, Mango-Maracuyá)
  • Low-Fat Yogurt with fruit pieces (Blueberry, Strawberry, Peach)
  • Yogurt with cornflakes, whole and low-fat
  • Whole Drinkable Yogurt (Vainilla, Strawberry)
  • Low-Fat Drinkable Yogurt (Vainilla, Strawberry)

Dulce de Leche

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UHT Milk

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Cheeses

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Other dairy products

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References

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  1. ^ García Hermanos, láctea santafesina on Infocampo, 2 Nov 2011
  2. ^ a b c d Tregar, la láctea familiar on De Frente al Campo, 26 Feb 2020
  3. ^ a b c Espinosa, Ignacio; Valdéz, María José (16 December 2019). "En la producción de leche se vienen cambios generacionales". El Litoral (in Spanish). Santa Fe.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Tregar, la láctea familiar con una fábrica de dos manzanas". Clarín (in Spanish). 25 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b "La Empresa" (in Spanish). Tregar.
  6. ^ a b Bontempo, Catalina (5 November 2019). "Carne, lácteos y dulces: los planes de Coto, Tregar y Dulcor para exportar más". La Nación (in Spanish).
  7. ^ Fuentes, Esteban (5 November 2019). "Gonnet, de Tregar: "La exportación es uno de los caminos que tiene la lechería para poder desarrollarse a futuro"". Clarín (in Spanish).
  8. ^ "Quince empresas argentinas fueron reconocidas con el Premio Aliment.AR" (in Spanish). Expo AlimentAR.
  9. ^ "Vacalín, Tregar y Lactear recibieron premio AlimentAr por performance exportadora". Infortambo (in Spanish). 5 November 2019.
  10. ^ Manzoni, Carlos (21 June 2017). "La leche derramada: cómo la crisis de SanCor está cambiando el mercado lácteo argentino". La Nación (in Spanish).
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