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 operate Jumbo, Santa Isabel and Spid35 Supermarkets, Paris and Eurofashion Department Stores, Home Improvement Stores named Easy, Shopping Centers, and JV with Scotiabank on our Financial Services.

In 1982, we began 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. Also, we developed Easy and Blaisten stores and Financial Services.

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

Today we have 200 Supermarkets that operate in three different regions: Northeast (Gbarbosa, Perini, and Mercantil), Minas Gerais & Goias (Bretas and Bretas Atacarejo), 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 Wong chain of supermarkets, hypermarkets, and shopping centers.

Today, we continue with our Supermarkets and Shopping Centers operations. Also, in 2019, we developed a JV with Scotiabank on our Financial Services.

In May 2007, we agreed with Casino Guirard-Perrachon S.A. 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, allowing the Company to expand its multi-brand and multi-format strategy.

Today, we have 10 Easy stores plus 93 Super/Hypermarkets under the brands Jumbo & Metro.