The king of the potato in Spain (and supplier to Mercadona) is now looking abroad
Meléndez is the leading company in the sector with 120 million in sales. Its growth plan now involves internationalization.
The Spanish found this tuber, which is part of the basic diet of any person around the world. But its origins go beyond the discovery of America. It is estimated that the cultivation of the potato in the Andean mountains dates back to between 8,000 and 5,000 years before Christ. And in countries like Chile, up to 400 different varieties are documented. White, black, yellow, purple, blue, red... More than half of them come from the magical island of Chiloé.
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