Goya Foods
Goya Foods, Inc. is a producer and distributor of foods and beverages sold in the United States and many Spanish-speaking countries. It has facilities in the United States (including Puerto Rico), the Dominican Republic and Spain. It is under third-generation ownership of the Spanish-American Unanue family, and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.[1]
Company type
Private
1936 in New York City, United States
Prudencio Unanue Ortiz
Robert Unanue (CEO)
Spanish and Latin American cuisine
$1.5 billion
Unanue Family
4,000
Corporate affairs[edit]
Goya Gives[edit]
"Goya Gives" is a program to support various charities, scholarships, and events, and includes donations of products to food shelters and food banks during times of crisis, such as Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.[21] In March and April 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Goya donated over 300,000 pounds (140,000 kg) of food, or about 270,000 meals, to food banks and other organizations in the United States, and also donated more than 20,000 protective masks.[22]
MyPlate/MiPlato campaign[edit]
In 2012, the company joined First Lady Michelle Obama's "My Plate" healthy eating initiative.[23]
Cultural impact[edit]
Goya Foods logo and imagery has been "appropriated" by multiple contemporary fine artists who use the images in their paintings, prints and sculptures, most notably Cuban-American artist Ric Garcia,[37][38][39] sculptor Alexander Mijares,[40][41][42] painter John Kilduff,[43] and others.