from yahoo finance
Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A. operates as a beverage company in Chile and Argentina. The company offers a range of super premium, premium, medium-priced, and popular-priced beer under seven proprietary brands and one brand extension, including its flagship brand, Cristal. In addition, it operates as the exclusive producer and/or distributor of Heineken, Budweiser, Paulaner, Austral, and Kunstmann beer brands. The company also produces and sells soft drink and mineral water products, including its proprietary brands and brands produced under license from PepsiCo, Schweppes Holdings, Ltd., and Watt's Alimentos S.A.; produces and markets a range of wine products for the domestic and export markets; and manufacture and sells Pisco, a grape spirit. Compania Cervecerias distributes its products through a network of independent transportation companies and a direct sales force to small and medium sized retail outlets; retail establishments, such as restaurants, hotels, and bars; wholesalers; and supermarket chains. The company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile. Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A. is a subsidiary of Inversiones y Rentas S.A.
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the comment by toddq34 is very informative,he says on caps
The Santiago company is the biggest brewer in Chile, and its flagship brand, Cristal, is the nation's best-selling beer. In Argentina, it's the second-biggest brewer, and it distributes Corona, Guinness, Heineken and other imported beer brands.
It's also Chile's biggest producer of bottled waters and nectars, and the nation's second-biggest wine producer; it's also that nation's No. 2 seller of soft drinks under its proprietary brands and drinks produced under license from PepsiCo (PEP, news, msgs), Cadbury Schweppes (CSG, news, msgs) and other brands.
$39.0 (04/10/08)
