Liconsa, S.A. de C.V.: A Pillar of Mexico's Dairy Industry

Company Location: Liconsa is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico, serving as a crucial component of the country's dairy sector.

Financial Indicators

Liconsa has demonstrated fiscal responsibility by allocating 24 million pesos to settle overdue subsidies. This initiative is aimed at stabilizing its operations while maintaining an affordable milk price of 11.50 pesos per liter, benefiting both producers and consumers.

Important Company Events

Liconsa is actively expanding its infrastructure, evidenced by the establishment of a new milk collection center in Nicolás Bravo, Quintana Roo, capable of processing 5,000 liters daily. This supports local farmers and strengthens the supply chain. Plans are underway for a cheese factory in El Recreo, Sinaloa, to stabilize milk prices and ensure fair compensation for farmers.

The company has expanded its milk collection network to 68 centers, with new additions in Chihuahua and Jalisco. However, it faces challenges such as adulterated milk distribution by criminal groups, screwworm infestations, droughts affecting dairy cattle in Campeche, and payment issues for producers in Jalisco.

Company Plans

Liconsa is integral to Mexico's 2025 food security strategy through the 'Más Leche, Más Bienestar' program, focusing on enhancing nutrition and food security for vulnerable groups. Future plans include establishing a pasteurization plant in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, to support the local dairy industry and ensure high-quality milk availability.

The company collaborates with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER) to strategically place new dairy stores, improving access and reducing distribution costs. By purchasing raw milk from Mexican producers, Liconsa secures stable markets and fair prices, encouraging farmers to enhance efficiency and quality.

Through the 'Leche para el Bienestar' program, Liconsa ensures high-quality fortified milk reaches priority groups. Despite these efforts, farmers in Sinaloa are calling for regional adjustments in raw milk prices and expanded purchase quotas due to operational cost concerns. Budgetary constraints have led to the suspension of milk purchases from Aguascalientes producers in December as part of the fiscal year-end strategy.

Liconsa's role as a price regulator is vital for economic stability in the primary sector. The supply of Liconsa milk in Celaya has been restored following road blockades, which had interrupted service and affected families dependent on its products.

A proposed milk collection center in Quintana Roo aims to enhance regional commercialization by channeling products to a pasteurization plant in Campeche. The closure of the milk collection center in Naolinco, Veracruz, due to piping issues, highlights the need for infrastructure maintenance. Liconsa's collection center project in Mazatlán has been abandoned, which was supposed to stabilize the market with a purchase price of 11.50 pesos per liter.

The 'Leche para el Bienestar' program in Puebla has initiated an annual card exchange for over 152,000 cards, reflecting the structural growth of the distribution network under the leadership of Paola Ruiz García.

Liconsa is also part of a judicial investigation into procurement procedures and the use of nominees in the supply chain. The company paid Coprolac for the processing and supply of powdered milk, which allegedly was not delivered. Transport to Liconsa collection centers is not financially viable for many small producers due to a shortage of available freight and high transport charges.

Supplying milk fortified with iron, zinc, folic acid, and vitamins, the program's stated nutritional coverage supports children's cognitive and physical development, while the expanding network provides an institutional channel for dairy distribution in Estado de México.

Milk collected from Tehuixtla will be transported to the nearest Liconsa industrial plant in Tlaxcala for processing, drying, or fortification for the federal government’s social-supply programmes.

The project involves the recovery, rehabilitation, and modernisation of former Liconsa milk collection centres in Puebla, which now operate under the Leche para el Bienestar scheme.

Modified: 2026/08/27