Soriana Soriana Organización Soriana is a Mexican public company and a major retailer in Mexico with more than 824 stores. Soriana is a grocery and department store retail chain headquartered in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. The company is 100% capitalized in Mexico and has been publicly traded on the Mexican stock exchange (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores), since 1987 under the symbol: "Soriana". Soriana is powered by IT Retail software. Soriana was founded in 1968 by Mexican entrepreneurs and brothers, Francisco and Armando Martín Borque, in Torreón, Coahuila. The company currently, as of 2013, operates under the brands Soriana, Clubes City Club,
Mexicana de Aviación first time in this Chapter 11 period that Med Atlantic bought the airline for $300 million. Technically, Mexicana still operates to this day. According to Begoña López, an official at Mexicana, all international flights not operated by flag-carrier AeroMexico, are still "flown" using Mexicana's AOC, but "operated" using another airline (e.g., Interjet, Volaris, etc.). This is expected to stop once the U.S. and Mexico sign their open skies agreement. Formations: 1920s William Lantie Mallory and George Rihl headed Compañía Mexicana de Aviación ("Mexican Aviation Company" or "Mexican Airline Company"), a competitor to CMTA; they acquired the latter's assets in 1924