Crem Helado is a Colombian

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company, owned by

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. The company in 2018 had an income of 118.4 million dollars, having control of 41.4% of the Colombian ice-cream market that year.

History

CremHelado was founded in 1955 by Horace Day, an American businessman based in Colombia, who created an ice cream store in

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, more specifically, at Caracas Avenue with Calle 32 called "Helados Chikos" that ended in failure. In 1964, Tropicrem Ltda. was founded, the company that started industrial ice cream production in Colombia. ''Tropricrem Ltda.'' was bought in 1982 by Meals S. A, food company. In 2003, Meals S. A. announced its participation in Helados Melca in

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. Helados Melca was a union between a group of Panamanian businessmen &

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's ice cream division, however, this trademark failed after a while, so Meals decide to leave this market. In 2006, Meals S. A. was bought by

Additional products

In 1992, Meals announces an orange juice trademark called ''Country Hill''.

Criticism

Crem Helado has been criticized for its labor policies on its

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system (specifically, some

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policies) that make it impossible to try to access pensions,

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, labor rights, or a fixed salary. Additionally, the company workers schedule is out of any labor policy. This makes some of them sell the company's products in places not fit to do so, such as in the public transport. During the

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, marked by low demand, their conditions driving some of the sellers into despair were news. A lot of protests by the Colombian Union of Food Industry Workers (SINALTRAINAL) have called for and end to these policies.

References

{{reflist Grupo Nutresa brands Ice cream brands 1955 establishments in Colombia Dairy products companies of Colombia Companies based in Bogotá