Foundation of the Compañía Nacional de Chocolates Cruz Roja (Red Cross National Chocolate Company), which later became the Compañía Nacional de Chocolates S.A. (National Chocolate Company) and finally became Grupo Nutresa.

Compañía Nacional de Chocolates (National Chocolate Company) becomes a shareholder of Fábrica de Galletas Noel (Noel Biscuits Factory) – a company founded in 1916 as the Fábrica Nacional de Galletas y Confites (National Biscuits and Confectionery Factory) – by providing machinery to manufacture confectionery and the Dux brand of biscuits.

Creation of the Sello Rojo brand to commercialize roasted and ground coffee as a strategy to diversify the company’s income.

Creation of the Colcafé brand as a vehicle to commercialize instant coffee.

Merger of two subsidiaries of the Compañía Nacional de Chocolates (National Chocolate Company): Chocolate Sansón with Chaves, Santa Fe and Tequendama Chocolates, giving rise to the Industria Colombiana de Café S.A. (Colombian Coffee Industry) – Colcafé.

Fábrica de Galletas Noel (Noel Biscuits Factory) acquires Productos Zenú Ltda., which would later be consolidated through Industria de Alimentos Zenú S.A.S. (Zenu Food Industry) and Alimentos Cárnicos S.A.S. (Meat Based Foods)

On March 21st, the Compañía Nacional de Chocolates (National Chocolate Company) is listed for the first time on the Medellín Stock Exchange.

Acquisition of Fábrica de Café La Bastilla (La Bastilla Coffee Factory), as a complement to Colcafé's coffee business. This company will later become Tropical Coffee Company S.A.S.

Acquisition of Frigorífico Continental (Continental Meat Processing Plant) in Barranquilla and Frigorífico Suizo (Swiss Meat Processing Plant) in Bogotá, complementing the presence of the Meat Business in Colombia.

Foundation of the first commercialization company abroad, Corporación Distribuidora de Alimentos S.A. (Food Distribution Corporation) – Cordialsa, in Ecuador and the distribution company in Venezuela, Cordialsa Venezuela S.A.

Compañía Nacional de Chocolates (National Chocolate Company) and its related companies acquire Productos Alimenticios Doria (Doria Food Products), leader in pasta in Colombia.

Foundation of Novaventa S.A., a company dedicated to the commercialization of our food companies’ products in alternative channels like direct sales through catalogues and vending machines.

Acquisition of Rica Rondo Industria Nacional de Alimentos S.A., (Rica Rondo National Food Industry) consolidating our leadership in the Meat Business in Colombia.

Compañía Nacional de Chocolates’s (National Chocolate Company) industrial activity spin-off, giving rise to Inversiones Nacional de Chocolates S.A. (National Chocolate Investments) with investments in the Chocolate, Coffee and Pasta businesses, and a stake in InverAlimenticias Noel S.A.

Acquisition of Nestlé's biscuit and chocolate processing plants in Costa Rica, giving rise to Compañía Nacional de Chocolates DCR (DCR National Chocolate Company) and Compañía de Galletas Noel de CR (CR Noel Biscuits Company).

Inversiones Nacional de Chocolates S.A. (National Chocolate Investments) changes its name to Grupo Nacional de Chocolates S.A. (National Chocolate Group), which reflects the new structure and vision of its business, focusing the companies' contributions to the economic and social development of the community as its main goal.

Acquisition of Meals de Colombia, a leading company in the ice cream market, recognized for its business culture and innovation.

Acquisition of Galletas Pozuelo (Pozuelo Biscuits) in Costa Rica, a leading company in Central America, originally founded in 1919 by the Spaniard Felipe Pozuelo under the name “Fábrica de Galletas y Confites Felipe Pozuelo e Hijos Ltda” (Felipe Pozuelo and Sons Cookies and Confectionery Factory).

Foundation of Servicios Nacional de Chocolates S.A. (National Chocolate Services), the Group’s shared services center.

Foundation of the Centro de Investigación en Nutrición, Salud y Bienestar – Vidarium – (Nutrition, Health and Wellbeing Research Center) which later became the Corporation that bears the same name.

La Recetta was founded, in partnership with Alpina, to provide specialized service to the institutional food segment in Colombia.

Foundation of Cordialsa Colombia, a company specializing in the commercialization of products in the Chocolate, Cookies, Coffee and Pasta Businesses. In 2011, it changed its name to Comercial Nutresa.

Acquisition of Fehr Holdings, LLC, in the United States, a cookies production and commercialization company with two production plants located in Texas and Oklahoma. In 2014, Fehr Foods changes its name to AbiMar Foods, Inc.

Grupo Nacional de Chocolates (National Chocolate Group) enters the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the first time.

Acquisition of Helados Bon, a leading company in the ice cream business in the Dominican Republic.

Grupo Nacional de Chocolates S.A. (National Chocolate Group) changes its name to Grupo Nutresa S.A., representing all food categories and companies of the group and its brands’ link to nutrition, health and well-being.

Grupo Nutresa finalizes the purchase of 100% of the American Franchising Corporation’s (AFC) shares, owner of the Pops ice cream shops in Costa Rica, totaling 180 ice cream shops distributed throughout Central America.

Grupo Nutresa acquires Tresmontes Lucchetti – TMLUC -, from Chile, a key player in the pasta, juices, coffees, snacks, edible oils, soups, desserts and cold instant drinks markets, and with a strong presence in Mexico in this last segment.

The acquisition of 100% of Aldage, Inc. shares is approved; the Colombian company owns El Corral Group, comprised of Hamburguesas El Corral (founded in Bogotá in 1983), Leños y Carbón (Cali, 1995) and El Corral Gourmet (2001).

Grupo Nutresa S.A. acquires 100% of CCDC OPCO Holding Corporation’s shares, owner of 100% of Cameron’s Coffee, a company dedicated to the production and distribution of value-added roasted and ground coffee, located in Shakopee, Minnesota.

Grupo Nutresa S.A. completes the purchase of 51% of Atlantic Food Service’s (AFS) shares, a leading company in the institutional food service channel in Colombia, with a diversified product portfolio focused on the “center of the plate”.

Grupo Nutresa finalizes the acquisition of Belina Nutrición Animal S.A. (Belina Animal Nutrition), Belina Importaciones and Innovaciones Dos Mil S.A. (Belina Imports and Innovations Dos Mil) in Industrial Belina Montes de Oro S.A. (Belina), companies located in Costa Rica focused on the production, importation and commercialization of feed for food.