We were born to connect, guide and boost the group’s companies, building on collaboration and strategic leadership.

About us

FONDOLUGAR is a family-based business group founded in 2025 and comprising several business lines:

We believe in our ability to adapt, in our experience and in team work to connect the group's ambition with the market reality.

history

More than 50 years' experience position this group as a leader in quality, sustainability and innovation in the coffee sector.

We’re a team, a big family where talent flows and people are motivated to do their best.

We produce innovative, high quality products, always overseeing the provenance of our blends and applying a meticulous manufacturing process.

We are guided by efficiency in the management of our resources and we pledge every day our commitment to real and lasting sustainability.

We’re the essence that makes us grow
the mission
Our goal is to grow sustainably, promoting our values in every one of the group’s entities to provide quality jobs and partnerships.
Our background
Cafés Candelas is the flagship of Fondolugar, and has been committed to coffee quality, tradition, origin and culture for over fifty years .
Fondolugar is where it all started. That was the location of the family home of the brothers Manuel and Ramón Alonso, who in 1973 purchased a roasting plant in the centre of Lugo. Today, their dream provides a livelihood for over 300 families. From that house remains a keepsake full of memories, which inspired the group image.
Driven by a family legacy
The figures endorse us
Constant growth, international presence and hundreds of families united by a shared goal. A legacy that doesn't stop moving forward.
Origin
Since its beginnings as a small family business, it has achieved progressive and sustainable growth and today it’s one of the sector's major benchmarks in the roasting and distribution of coffee in Spain’s hotel and catering trade.
1 973
sales
Every year 6,000 tonnes of coffee are traded. Our growth as a company has translated into an increase in our turnover and in our company’s international presence.
6 000
Services
Over 800 million cups of Candelas coffee are served every year in cafés, restaurants and hotel chains.
800M