Corporación Favorita: Promoting sustainable investment in Ecuador and Panama (IDBI-15947-01)

Regions
  • Latin America and Caribbean
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Ecuador
  • Panama
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • IDB Invest (IDBI)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Feb 3, 2026
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Corporacion Favorita CA
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
  • Industry and Trade
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 110.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 110.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 143.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IDBI website

Updated in EWS Jan 26, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Dec 17, 2025

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Project Description
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As stated by the IDB Invest, Corporación Favorita is a leading retail conglomerate in Ecuador and the country’s largest supermarket operator, with a diversified portfolio that includes supermarket formats, wholesale sales, and e-commerce. It operates in Panama through its subsidiary Rey Holding, as well as in other Latin American countries. The proposed financing includes a package of up to US$143 million, structured to support strategic growth and sustainability initiatives; it comprises (i) a committed senior secured loan of up to US$30 million; (ii) an uncommitted senior secured loan of up to US$80 million; (iii) US$30 million to be mobilized; and (iv) a senior secured loan with concessional resources of up to US$3 million.

The financing resources will be used for refinancing existing debt, developing a solar power plant, investing in the distribution center of its subsidiary Rey Holding Corp., and funding a pilot project for the installation and operation of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.
Private Actors Description
A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

As stated by the IDB Invest, Corporación Favorita is a leading retail conglomerate in Ecuador and the country’s largest supermarket operator, with a diversified portfolio that includes supermarket formats, wholesale sales, and e-commerce. It operates in Panama through its subsidiary Rey Holding, as well as in other Latin American countries.

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - Corporación Favorita, C.A. Client Industry and Trade

Contact Information
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Client - Corporacion Favorita CA:

Email: mvasconez@favorita.com
Address: Av. General Enríquez vía Cotogchoa, Quito, Ecuador
Phone: +593-299650

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF IDB / IDB INVEST

The Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (MICI) is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who have been or are likely to be adversely affected by an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) or Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest)-funded project. If you submit a complaint to MICI, they may assist you in addressing the problems you raised through a dispute-resolution process with those implementing the project and/or through an investigation to assess whether the IDB or IDB Invest is following its own policies for preventing or mitigating harm to people or the environment.  You can submit a complaint by sending an email to MICI@iadb.org.  You can learn more about the MICI and how to file a complaint at http://www.iadb.org/en/mici/mici,1752.html (in English) or http://www.iadb.org/es/mici/mici,1752.html (Spanish). 

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