The first Cencosud’ supermarket in Chile was in Temuco, in 1960, with a selling area of 160 square meters. In the mid-1970s we expanded our business by opening the first Jumbo hypermarket in Chile, with a selling space of 7,000 square meters, located in Santiago.

Today we do not only operate Jumbo supermarkets, but also Santa Isabel, Paris and Johnson Department Stores, Home Improvement Stores named Easy, Shopping Centers and financial services.

In 1982, we begun our operations in Argentina, with the opening of Argentina’s first Jumbo hypermarket which had a selling space of 9,282 square meters, and we continued with the construction of Unicenter in 1988, Argentina’s largest shopping center which today has a selling space of 91,771 square meters.

Today we continue with our Supermarkets & Shopping Centers operations. In addition we developed Easy stores and Financial Services.

In 2010, we started the expansion of our footprint to the Brazilian market through several acquisitions.

Today we have 204 supermarkets that operate in three different regions: Northeast (Gbarbosa), Minas Gerais & Goias (Bretas) and Rio de Janeiro (Prezunic) and provide financial services through a JV with Bradesco.

In December 2007 we entered the Peruvian market through an agreement to acquire GSW S.A., the operator of the Wong chain of supermarkets, hypermarkets and shopping centers.

Today we continue with our supermarkets and shopping centers operations. In addition we developed our financial services through Cencosud Bank, and in 2013 we are expanding our offer with the entrance of the department stores business.

In May 2007 we entered into an agreement with Casino Guirard-Perrachon S.A. in order to develop the home improvement business in Colombia. In 2009 Cencosud acquired Casino's stake, to own 100% of the business. In October 2012, Cencosud acquired Carrefour Colombia, giving the Company the opportunity to expand its multi-brand, multi-format strategy.

Today we have 10 Easy stores plus 100 Super/Hypermarkets under the brands Jumbo & Metro.