A group of brands · Monterrey, México

BGE.

We build what we love, and what we believe will still be here in a hundred years. We move fast, spend with discipline, and reinvest everything we earn back into the work. The list of brands will keep growing, the standard will not move: obsessive about what is genuinely best for the client. You can read about each one below.

Est. Monterrey, N.L.Building consumer brands across México, the US, and beyond
01: A short note

Why this page exists.

From Or

I didn't want to make this page. I prefer the work to speak. But lately we've started getting a little bit of credit out there, and a lot of new people are choosing to work with us, suppliers, landlords, operators, partners, employees. Some of them know us. Most of them don't. And I figured if someone is about to bet their time, their lease, or their career on us, they should at least get a chance to read who we are, in our own words, before they do.

What we do, in plain terms: we build consumer brands. Most of them live in physical locations, restaurants, stores, clinics, with a digital layer built around them. We love this work, we think we are pretty good at it, and bit by bit, we are getting better.

So this is that. The most honest version I could write of what we believe and what we're trying to build. Nothing fancy. If something here doesn't match how we actually behave, please tell us. We'd want to know.

Thanks for stopping by.

Or Ben Galim
Founder & CEO
02: How we operate

What we believe, as people and as a business.

As people
i.

Straightforward.

We do what we say we will do. No quiet exits, no rewriting the deal after it's signed.

ii.

Ethical & transparent.

If you ask us a hard question, you get a real answer. We don't lie, to ourselves, to our team, or to anyone working with us.

iii.

Results-oriented.

We respect effort, but we measure outcomes. The work isn't done until the result is real.

iv.

Logical.

We argue with the idea, not the person. The best argument wins, regardless of who made it.

As a business
i.

Build to last.

We are not optimizing for the next quarter. We are building organizations we want to still be running in twenty years.

ii.

Operational excellence.

We measure everything. The number is the truth. Nothing improves that isn't tracked.

iii.

Reinvest and compound.

We don't extract. We put the money back into the business, the team, the product. Compounding is the only real edge.

iv.

Win with our people.

Operators, suppliers, landlords, partners, we win when they win. Long relationships beat short wins, every time.

v.

Client-obsessed.

Before any decision, we sit in the client's chair and answer from there. We listen, we look out for what is actually best for them, not what is easiest to sell. Giving up on them is not an option.

Hold the line.
vi.

Spend less, invest more.

Discipline with money is a core value. We squeeze every peso of cost and pour the savings into things that compound.

vii.

Lean by design.

We stay deliberately small. Lean teams move faster, communicate better, and own outcomes more completely. We add people only when the work genuinely demands it, never to look bigger.

viii.

Move fast.

We can't get every bet right. But if we move fast enough and catch the bad bets early, we'll end up with more good bets than bad ones. Speed is a margin of safety.

ix.

No is not an answer.

We don't accept "that's how it is" or "that's how the industry does it." We look for the best way to, and if it doesn't exist, we build it.

03: What we operate

The brands. One operating philosophy.

Tío Ben
Fast-Service Restaurant
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What it is

A chicken brand. Fried and grilled. Tenders, pieces, sandwiches, done at the best quality the category allows, at a price that is genuinely fair. Built to scale fast and run clean.

Why it exists

Because the category had drifted. Most options ask you to choose between quality and price. We don't think that trade-off has to exist, and we are building proof that it doesn't.

Ellaz
Fashion & Apparel
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What it is

Affordable luxury. No visible logos. Beautiful pieces that speak for themselves, made to be worn for years, not seasons.

Why it exists

Because we believe this is the future of fashion. The logo era is ending. What comes next is quality, restraint, and clothes that hold up over time, and that's what we're building.

Salk Health
Performance & Longevity
What it is

A measurement-first clinic for people serious about their body and their lifespan. We measure. Others estimate.

Why it exists

Because health has been sold for decades on guesses, fads, and vibes. People deserve real data about their own body, and a plan that's actually based on it.

Bennys
Soft-Serve Ice Cream
What it is

Soft-serve, properly done. Better ingredients, better texture, better experience, at a fair price.

Why it exists

I love Dairy Queen. But the category stood still for decades, no real innovation, no new energy. I figured if no one else was going to push it forward, we should.

Uncle
Fast-Casual
What it is

Fast-casual done right. Real food, fair prices, no excuses.

Why it exists

In Mexico, if you want fast-casual without overspending, your one real option is Chili's. It's good, but we think the category deserves more than one good answer. So we are building another one.

04: What came before

Track record.

Sold 2022

Nano Kitchens

Founded · Built · Sold

Our first company. Built, scaled, and sold in 2022. We mention it here only because for someone deciding whether to work with us, it is the single most useful piece of evidence that we finish what we start.

05: How we are funded

How we're funded, patient capital, on purpose.

On capital

We don't have a fund on our cap table demanding a five-year exit. The people backing us are people we know, who understand we're building real businesses to keep, not to flip. That patience is why we reinvest every peso and take the right call instead of the fast one.

I hold majority equity in every brand, not because the economics require it, but because a long horizon needs one hand on the wheel and one person carrying the pressure. As we scale, we'll bring in institutional partners who share that horizon.

For a supplier, a landlord, or an operator, here's what it means in practice: we're not under pressure to extract value from the deal in front of us. We're here to do the next one with you, and the one after that.

06: The people with us

Our investors.

My three main investors are three founders I admire deeply, and whose opinion I trust completely. I am lucky to have each of them in this.

Investor

Jorge Zubieta

Jorge was the first person to believe in this. He was my first investor, but more than that, he taught me how to be a better entrepreneur and a better person.

He is the best human I have ever met. I am constantly trying to learn his approach to deals: try to take less, so the other side can take more. It is the opposite of how most people negotiate, and the reason everyone who knows him will run through a wall for him.

Investor

Salomón Marcushamer

Salomón is sharp, intense, and one of the most driven people I have ever worked with. I have learned an enormous amount from him. He is a genius in human relationships and in how to approach a problem from an angle nobody else is seeing. He has taught me more about money, what to spend, what not to spend, and how to think about both, than almost anyone.

Investor · Topaz Family Office

Luis Garza Sada

Luis is a founder in his own right, and he comes from a family with deep operating and capital experience, which gives him a very particular way of seeing life and business. He has a real understanding of equities and fast-growth companies, and his judgment is one of the few I trust without question.

Each of our brands also has its own partners, directors, and investors who hold equity alongside us.

07: Working with us

What we do. And what we don't.

We do
  • +Honor every deal made by anyone on our management team, in full, without renegotiation after the fact.
  • +Pay on time, every time. Cash discipline applies to us first, not last.
  • +Treat our suppliers, landlords, and operators as long-term partners. We come back to the same people, for years.
  • +Treat people well when they treat us well. Respect is the default, and it compounds.
  • +Tell the truth, even when it's uncomfortable. Especially when it's uncomfortable.
We don't
  • ×Cut corners on safety, hygiene, or anything that touches the customer.
  • ×Renegotiate signed deals because we found something better. The deal is the deal.
  • ×Hide numbers from partners. If you've signed something with us, you have access to what you need.
  • ×Tolerate dishonesty, internally or externally. Once. That's it.
  • ×Take meetings with anyone looking for a quick flip. We are not for sale.
08: Where we are going

What we are building toward.

On the long game

Our goal is to build a generational group of brands, one that will still be operating, still respected, and still serving customers long after the people running it today are gone. That is the standard we measure every decision against.

We are not in a hurry to look big. We are in a hurry to be good. Every brand we operate must earn its place in the group, and every brand we add must clear the same bar as the ones already here. The standard does not move.

The numbers will follow. But the numbers are not the point, they are the evidence that the rest of it is working.

09: Join us

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10: Reach out

If we should talk.

Reach out

If you are a supplier, a landlord, an operator, or a potential partner, and what you've read here sounds like the way you want to work, we'd like to hear from you.

We read everything. We answer what we can.

hello@bge.mx