verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message grupo kalise menorquina type private industry ice cream frozen desserts dairy products founded 1999 headquarters las palmas de gran canaria spain spain products kalise menorquina sandra number of employees 1 400 subsidiaries sialsa website www.gkm.com grupo kalise menorquina sa abbreviated to gkm is a spanish ice cream company who produce ice cream and dessert products . its headquarters are on las palmas de gran canaria in the canary islands . 1 2 grupo kalise menorquina was created in 1999 when interglas and menorquina sl merged to form one company . gkm currently employs 1 400 employees . 3 gkm is currently spain s third largest producer of ice cream . contents 1 history 2 business dimensions 3 external links 4 references history edit menorquina was founded by fernando pons sintes in 1940 on the island of menorca . 4 us multinational company beatrice foods bought a 95 % stake of the company in 1965 . at this time menorquina was marketing its brand under the name la menorquina . beatrice foods also bought a stake in modernas aplicaciones de la refrigeracion industrial sa under the trade name marisa . this meant that menorquina had access to the two of modernas aplicaciones de la refrigeracion industrial sa factories in barcelona and mallorca and began to sell its products in mallorca . menorquina marketed three brands in mallorca these were la menorquina matisa and calatayud . in 1983 modernas aplicaciones de la refrigeracion industrial sa merged with menorquina leaving the barcelona menorca and mallorca factories to menorquina . in 1987 menorquina had merged with ice cream giant interglass sa who owned the kalise brand . later on 1999 beatrice foods had left the company . in the same year the interglass brand had fully merged with menorquina resulting in the kalise menorquina group . in 2005 grupo kalise menorquina acquired 95 % of sialsa which produced and sold yogurt brand sandra locally . business dimensions edit gkm is currently spain s third largest producer of ice cream with a market share of 75 % . there are over 90 distributors throughout portugal and spain and over 25 regional offices . the company also sells bulk pack and produces own label supermarket products . in 2005 the group had a workforce of around 1 400 employees . 5 external links edit gkm grupo kalise menorquina kalise website menorquina homepage menorquina history in spanish references edit gkm contact information . grupo kalise menorquina spanish wiki page better source needed grupo kalise menorquina spanish wiki page better source needed menorquina history in spanish . grupo kalise menorquina spanish wiki page translated better source needed retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kalise menorquina & oldid 723455772 categories companies of the canary islandsfood and drink companies of spaindairy products companies of spainspanish brandsspanish cuisinehidden categories all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles lacking reliable references from september 2015articles lacking reliable references from november 2015articles needing additional references from march 2010all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa ol edit links this page was last modified on 3 june 2016 at 04 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view