Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. (CCU)

Descripción

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a multi-category beverage company in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It operates through three segments: Chile, International Business, and Wine. The company is involved in the production, sale, and distribution of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine, cocktails, whisky, vodka, rum, flavored alcoholic beverages, gin, cider, pisco, fernet, and other spirits under proprietary and licensed brands, including Heineken, Amstel, Sol, Grolsch, Warsteiner, Miller, Schneider, Coors, Blue Moon, Birra Moretti, Escudo Silver, Edelweiss, Kunstmann, Dolbek, Guayacan, Mahina, Szot, Volcanes del Sur, Sajonia, Schin, Paulaner, Real, Capital, Cordillera, Uyuni, Polar Imperial, Misiones de Rengo, Finca La Celia, Eugenio Bustos, Patagonia, Pernod Ricard, Fratelli Branca, and Austral. It also produces and sells non-alcoholic beverages, including cola and non-cola carbonated soft drinks, nectars and juices, sports and energy drinks, ice tea, and mineral, purified, and flavored bottled water, as well as ready-to-mix products with instant powder drinks under proprietary and licensed brands comprising Pepsi, Nativa, De la Sierra, Nix, Mendocina, Sinalco, Malta Real, Watt´s, FullSport, Pulp, Puro Sol, La Fuente, Promarca, Red Bull, Gatorade, and Perrier. The company serves small and medium-sized retail outlets; retail establishments, such as restaurants, hotels, and bars; wholesalers; and supermarket chains. It also exports its products to Europe, Latin America, the United States, Canada, Asia, Oceania, and internationally. The company was founded in 1850 and is based in Santiago, Chile. Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Inversiones y Rentas S.A.