The holding company kicks off 2026 by strengthening its production capacity in Guadalajara after integrating the Padrino Cifuentes family, barely one month after completing the acquisition of the Galician company Avícola Tratante.
Guadalajara, Spain. 4 February 2026. HEVO Group, one of the giants of the poultry sector in Spain, has begun the 2026 financial year maintaining the aggressive pace of expansion with which it closed the previous year. According to the Registro Mercantil and as confirmed by the company, the holding has completed the purchase of 100% of the shares of Granja Avícola C. Padrino S.A., a historic family-run egg-producing farm located in Cabanillas del Campo.
Geographical proximity and operational synergies
This transaction stands out for its logistical value, as the Avícola Padrino facilities are located less than one hour from the headquarters of Dagu (a HEVO GROUP subsidiary), both within the province of Guadalajara. Founded in 1989 and managed until 7 January last by directors Claudio and Ana Esther Padrino Cifuentes, the company brings a solid structure to the HEVO network.
With a flock of 620,000 hens (distributed across cage and floor systems), Granja Avícola C Padrino SA generates an estimated annual volume of 15 million dozens of eggs. In financial terms, the company closed the 2024 financial year with turnover of close to 12 million euros and a workforce of 30 employees — figures that are now integrated into the acquiring group’s consolidated balance sheet.
The driving force behind private label (own-brand/MDD)
Unlike other acquisitions, HEVO Group’s objective with this purchase is not to strengthen a commercial brand, but to reinforce its role as the leading supplier to modern retail distribution. Granja Avícola C Padrino SA will cease to operate as an independent brand and will become a production centre dedicated exclusively to supplying the private labels (MDD) of the holding’s main customers, such as Alcampo, Carrefour and Lidl.
This “invisible growth” is what will define HEVO’s strategy, with 75% of its total volume already destined for the own-brand labels of retail giants, including Mercadona, Eroski, El Corte Inglés and Makro.
A giant that keeps on growing
The incorporation of Granja Avícola C Padrino SA is the first major transaction of 2026, but it comes as a natural continuation of an extraordinarily active 2025. Just last December, the group formalised the acquisition of Avícola Tratante, the second-largest producer in Galicia — which also contributed around 15 million dozens annually — bringing the total to three transactions in a single year.
With this latest move in Guadalajara, HEVO Group raises its total capacity to over 135 million dozens of eggs per year and manages a flock that, with this acquisition, has just surpassed 7 million laying hens, further cementing its position in Spanish poultry farming among the three largest egg producers in Spain.
Same family origins, same business (eggs), but entirely different companies
IMPORTANT:
Do not confuse GRANJA AVICOLA C PADRINO SA (owned by HEVO GROUP since 7 January 2026) with AVICOLA PADRINO SIERRA SL (owned by GRUPO HUEVOS GUILLEN since 2006)
The acquired company, GRANJA AVICOLA C PADRINO SA with tax ID A19037324, founded in 1989, is registered in Cabanillas del Campo (Guadalajara), and its owners up to that date (7 January 2026) were Claudio Padrino Cifuentes and Ana Esther Padrino Cifuentes. The new owner since January 2026 is HEVO GROUP, through DAGU SA, a group company whose production centre is located less than 1 hour away in the same province.
By contrast, the company AVICOLA PADRINO SIERRA SL with tax ID B19037043, located in Villaluenga de la Sagra (Toledo), is an egg-producing farm belonging to the Huevos Guillén group since 2006, with the Guillén family serving as sole directors.
A global giant in expansion that now brings together 8 of the largest egg producers in Spain and the fourth-largest producer in the USA
Global Eggs is a business holding company domiciled in Luxembourg and controlled by Ricardo Faria. In November 2024, Faria became the majority shareholder of Hevo Group, integrating it into the holding that already included Granja Faria in Brazil; subsequently, in May 2025 Global Eggs acquired Hillandale Farms, the fourth-largest egg producer in the United States.
The Spanish division, Hevo Group, headquartered in Guadalajara and led by Brazil-born, Spain-based André Baldissera, now brings together eight prominent companies in the poultry sector: Dagu, Huevos Roig, Granja Agas (these three formed the founding core) and the five subsequent acquisitions: Avícola Larrabe (August 2024), the Navarrese Granja Legaria (May 2025), the Castile and León-based El Granjero (August 2025), the Galician Avícola Tratante (1 December 2025) and this latest acquisition, Granja Avícola C Padrino SA (January 2026).
HEVO Group was born from the union of three of Spain’s leading egg poultry brands, each with a long track record and strong standing in the sector: DAGU, Ous Roig and Granja Agas. This three-way integration started with a total of 20 farms — 15 laying and 5 rearing — three grading and packing centres, an egg products factory, three feed mills, and an initial capacity to produce more than 70 million dozens of eggs per year, a production capacity that has been far exceeded with the subsequent acquisitions.
Hevo Group is engaged in an active national expansion process that includes the modernisation of farms, increases in productive capacity, improvements to grading centres and new acquisitions. With these seven acquisitions, HEVO GROUP comfortably exceeds 120 million dozens of eggs per year in Spain.
The origins of Hevo Group date back to 2021, when Grupo Dagu and Ous Roig announced their merger. Shortly afterwards, in 2023, the acquisition of poultry company Granja Agas took place, with the aim of becoming Spain’s leading egg producer both in terms of scale and retail and distribution presence, reaching 3.5 million laying hens at that point and doubling its turnover compared with 2018.
In May 2023, the company took a further step with the creation of Hevo Group as a new corporate identity. In November 2024, Hevo Group was acquired by Ricardo Faria, who made it his gateway into the European market. The acquisition was carried out through his Luxembourg-based holding company, Global Eggs.
This move in Spain comes less than eight months after Global Eggs closed a deal on 13 May 2025 in the United States to acquire Hillandale Farms for a total of USD 1.1 billion, one of the five largest egg producers in the country. Hillandale Farms raises approximately 20 million laying hens. Global Eggs has indicated that it is in talks with other European producers, underscoring its growing interest in the continental market through acquisitions.
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