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MAIN COMMERCE AND
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ADOC ENTERPRISE
Jaime Roberto Palomo
President
Calle Montecarmelo 800,
Soyapango
Tel: (+503) 2251 7148
Fax: (+503) 2227 0380
Activity: Shoes
Date of creation: 1953
Employees: 3000
ADOC is the leading company in the region dedicated
to shoe manufacturing and its parts, as well as the
export and distribution of its products through their
chain stores in Central and South America.
Mr. Roberto Palomo founded the factory Calzado
Salvadoreño, S.A., in June 1953, now called Adoc.
With time, ADOC became one of the most relevant
companies of Central America.
After finishing his studies in California, in the United
States, Mr. Roberto Palomo worked in different
areas “doing everything”. At Bank of London and
in South America, later, he tried to mass-produce
shoes, more durable and comfortable, something
totally opposed to what existed at that time, which
were handcrafted shoes with no anatomic designs.
To this date, Adoc employs over 3,000 people in the
region, has 400 stores worldwide and produces 10
million pairs of shoes a year for Central America, the
United States, Europe and the Middle East.
Nowadays the company produces and distributes
brands like Adoc, Heartland, Hush Puppies, Park
Avenue, Liz Claiborne and Nine West, among others.
ALISAL
Alfredo Escalón
Executive Director
Parque Industrial El Riconcito, Km 29½ Carretera a
Santa Ana, 14 A y 16, San Juan Opico, La Libertad
Tel: (+503) 2317 7777
Fax: (+503) 2317 7798
info@alisal.com.sv
www.alisal.com.sv
Activity: catering services
Date of creation: 1999
Turnover: 4 US million Dollars
Employees: 240
Alimentos Industriales Salvadoreños, S.A. de C.V.
(ALISAL) is a Salvadoran company focused on the
large scale food industry, in the production area, as
well as service.
It was founded in September 1999 by Mr. Alfredo
Escalon and Alejandro F. Cristiani. ALISAL started
its operation on October 1, 1999 with the purpose of
offering catering services to maquilas and industrial
companies. With 6 employees, it took hard work to
land a contract at the Izalco Plant Lourdes Textile,
Ltda. (Fruit of the Loom). On November 15
th
, ALISAL
began providing services to Izalco employees.
During the years 2000 and 2001 the company
increased the volume of daily served dishes from
1,600 to 4,000. ALISAL became a work source for
over 150 people and besides Lourdes Textiles, Ltda. its
clients included General Magnetics Technology, Livna,
Textufil, Confecciones del Valle, SISA and Picacho.
Although, at the beginning it specialized in servicing
maquilas, with time it expanded its services
to education, call centres and events. It is a
catering specialist in logistics as well as services.
It is in charge of serving food and everything
involved in the process. It has specialists on
kitchen design, equipment providers, industrial
kitchen equipment and cold rooms. It also sets
operation flow organization and is in charge of
transportation, accommodations, infrastructure and
all entertainment coordination that may be needed
in those events.
2003 was relevant because it was the year that
the most modern food processing plant of the
region was inaugurated, under the name of Global
Food Services Corporation based on Cook-Chill
technology and operated under HACCP (Hazard
Analysis Critical Control Points) quality standards.
GFS Corp. entered the regional and Caribbean
markets offering specialized products and services.
Additionally, ALISAL, together with the Salvadoran
Foundation for Social Health and Development
(FUSAL), provided food to athletes of the XIX
Central American and Caribbean Games, El
Salvador 2002. The food service of the games was
classified as excellent not only by the International
Olympic Committee, but of outmost importance, the
athletes themselves. It served 200,000 meals in 20