The Melo Group is a prestigious conglomerate of economic and commercial activities that include diversified areas of production, processing, commercialization and exportation of food products, retail stores, real estate, machinery, restaurants and lumber.  With over 60 years of experience and with 100% Panamanian capital, we have established ourselves as leaders in our industry and one of the principal employers in the country, with over 4,000 workers.

Melo Group operations are conducted through our Food Products Division and our Commercial Division.
The objective of the Food Products Division is to establish itself as the leader in the production and commercialization of innovative processed foods and feed products in the local and international markets, by applying new technologies and maximizing benefits for our clients, co-workers, shareholders, communities and environment.
To accomplish this, we have:

• The most modern poultry processing plant with the greatest production capacity (birds/hr) in the country.
• Flexibility for producing a variety of products (boned, marinated and tenderized).
• Production processes that utilize the most modern technologies and are governed by the most stringent quality controls (good manufacturing practices /GMPs and HACCP).
• Six distribution agencies and a fleet of over 175 refrigerated trucks that meet the national demand for our products.
• The MELO brand with a high perceived value and tradition in the Republic of Panama.
• Over four decades of experience in the poultry industry.
• The only Center for Tropical Poultry Research in the region.
• Total top-to-bottom integration of our poultry operation.