• ON FEBRUARY 5, 1941, THE COMPANY GENERAL MILK COMPANY

INC. FORMED THE COMPANY LECHE GLORIA S.A. IN THE CITY OF

AREQUIPA.
• THAT SAME YEAR HE UNDERTOOK THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
INDUSTRIAL PLANT AND BEGAN ON MAY 4, 1942 THE
MANUFACTURE OF EVAPORATED MILK GLORIA AT A RATE OF
166 BOXES PER DAY, TOTALING 52,000 BOXES DURING THE
FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION.
• AT THAT TIME, THE WORKFORCE WAS CONSTITUTED
BY 65 PEOPLE BETWEEN EMPLOYEES AND
WORKERS.
• SUBSEQUENTLY GENERAL MILK COMPANY INC. WAS
ACQUIRED BY CARNATION COMPANY AND IN 1978
“LECHE GLORIA S.A.” CHANGED ITS NAME TO
“GLORIA S.A”.
• BY OFFERING A SECURE MARKET AND PROVIDING
TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO SUPPLIER PRODUCERS,
THE COMPANY MANAGED TO MAKE CATTLE
RANCHING AN IMPORTANT PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY IN
AREAS WHERE ONLY MILK WAS PRODUCED FOR
SELF-CONSUMPTION DUE TO ITS DISTANCE FROM
URBAN AREAS AND LACK OF MARKET FOR ITS
COMMERCIALIZATION.
• IN 2000 GLORIA EXPANDED ITS MARKET TO THE
WORLD AND CURRENTLY SUPPLIES 39 COUNTRIES IN
SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, THE
CARIBBEAN, THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA.
• SINCE 2002 AND AFTER 60 YEARS OF OPERATION,
GLORIA S.A. ACHIEVED THE ISO 9001 CERTIFICATE,
WHICH WAS AWARDED FOR HAVING THE HIGHEST
QUALITY STANDARDS IN THE AREAS OF
PRODUCTION, MARKETING AS WELL AS BUSINESS
AND ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT.
• THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HIGH QUALITY
PRODUCTION IS BACKED BY MORE THAN 60 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE PRODUCING EVAPORATED MILK WITH STATE-OF-
THE-ART TECHNOLOGY.
• IN RECENT YEARS, GLORIA HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY EXPANDING
ITS PRODUCT PORTFOLIO WITH THE AIM OF BETTER
SATISFYING ITS DOMESTIC CONSUMERS, AND SO TO DATE IT
HAS DIFFERENT BRANDS AND A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS SUCH
AS EVAPORATED MILK, FRESH UHT MILK IN BOX AND BAG. ,
YOGHURTS, CHEESES, ICE CREAM BASE, MILK CREAM,
BLANCMANGE, BUTTER, JAM, JUICES, SOFT DRINKS, COFFEE
AND FISH PRESERVES.
• EACH AND EVERY DAY LABORIOUSLY LIVED
PROPERLY MADE THE HISTORY OF THE
CURRENT COMPANY GLORIA S.A., TO
CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO THE FOOD OF
THE NATIONAL POPULATION FOR MORE THAN
SIX DECADES