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The following segment was excerpted from this fund letter.
BBB Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TBBB)
While a small position, it is worth explaining what I find attractive about Tiendas BBB (TBBB).
Started by a McKinsey consultant (not always a sign of an attractive investment), Tiendas BBB is a hard discounter a la Aldi or Lidl, retailers well-known in the United States. TBBB operates over 2,200 stores in Mexico, with visibility to 12,000 stores over the long-term, and I believe the potential for even more beyond that.
As with Aldi, TBBB offers a limited number of primarily private label products, approx. 2,000-3,000, at less than 15% gross margins, in relatively small stores supplied by an efficient supply chain network. These metrics compare to competitors who stock tens of thousands of items, mostly third-party brands, and at gross margins >20%.
What allows the hard discounter model to thrive is…
