South Meats and Agri-Trading, Inc., is a family-run corporation founded by the JARO brothers, namely: Roberto, Oscar, and Benjamin, sometime in 1976, at its first base of operations in Brgy. Tanzang Luma, Imus, Cavite. During the initial year of JDC's humble beginnings, the company engaged in hog dealership, sourcing meat from several farms in Southern Luzon, in order to supply the pork requirements of various wet markets in the areas of Dasmarinas, Imus, and Pasay.