Líder's origins lie in the 1893 establishment of Distribución y Servicio (D y S) as an important distribution company. That company opened the Tres Montes general store in 1921. In 1957, the company opened Latin America's first supermarket in Santiago, Chile followed by the opening Ekono a discount supermarket in 1984. In 1995, the Líder hypermarket was born and was followed by the Líder Vecino neighborhood markets and Líder Express concepts in 2000 and 2003 respectively. The company added a membership warehouse store in 2007.Wal-Mart's Entry Into Chile Market Threatens Cuban Rum, by Pascale Bonnefoy, January 22, 2007, Global Post/The Huffington Post, access date 27-02-2009
