Unimarc
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 Unimarc Supermarket in Providencia, Chile. | |
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| Formation | May 1961 |
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| Founded at | Santiago, Chile |
| Type | Supermarket Chain |
| Headquarters | 5680 Cerro el Plomo Avenue, Las Condes. |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 33°24′19″S 70°34′27″W / 33.40528°S 70.57417°W |
Official language | Spanish |
| Owner | SMU (Sociedad Supermercados SMU) |
| Website | https://www.unimarc.cl |
Formerly called | Cooperativa de Consumidores Unidos, Unicoop, Unicrav. |
Unimarc is a Chilean Supermarket Chain owned by the Chilean group SMU.[1]
History
[edit]Unimarc (First Called Cooperativa de Consumidores Unidos) was founded in 1961 and was comprised by Sodimac Workers.[2] After a name change to Unicoop, it´s statutes were approved in August 1961 by the Industry and Commerce Directive.[3]It´s first supermarket was located in the corner between the Alameda and Dieciocho avenues.[4] After the 1970s economical crisis it was adquired by the Viña del Mar Sugar Refining Company (CRAV) and was renamed to Unicrav.[5] After the bankruptcy of the companies of the Ross Group (Owner Of CRAV), Unicrav was adquired by Francisco Errázuriz and renamed to its current name of Unimarc in 1981.[6] In 1991 Unimarc also started operations in Argentina, though in 1998 it retired from them, and it´s 6 stores in the country were divided between Supermercados Norte and Cencosud.[7]
In May 2008, the company was adquired by Álvaro Saieh and annexed into other supermarket chains, creating the biggest in Chile.[8] In 2011, SMU merged with Supermercados del Sur[9].
References
[edit]- ^ "SMU". www.smu.cl. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
- ^ "Supermercado tienen desde ayer 150 mil pobladores periféricos". La Nacion. December 1, 1964. p. 2.
- ^ "Autoriza la existencia legal y aprueba los estatutos de la Cooperativa de Consumo "Consumidores Unidos Unicoop Santiago Limitada", de Santiago". Diario Oficial de la República de Chile. 26 August 1961. p. 2.
- ^ "BID otorgará créditos a Cooperativas de Consumo". La Nacion. 6 September 1962. p. 2.
- ^ Duran, Gonzalo; Kremerman, Marco (September 2007). "Informe Supermercados" (PDF). FUNDACIÓN SOL.
- ^ "La historia del Retail en Chile". La Tercera. 31 December 2010.
- ^ "EyN: F. J. Errázuriz: "A ningún accionista le va a tocar nada, porque estamos pagando pasivos"". www.economiaynegocios.cl. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
- ^ "EyN: Saieh-Rendic agrupará todos sus supermercados bajo la marca Unimarc". www.economiaynegocios.cl. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
- ^ COPESA, Consorcio Periodistico de Chile S.A. "SMU se fusiona con Supermercados del Sur y suma casi 24% del mercado | Negocios | La Tercera Edición Impresa". diario.latercera.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
