- Sector
- Consumer non-durables
- Industry
- Food: specialty/candy
- Address
- Buenos Aires City Argentina
- IPO Date
- Jun 3, 2016
- Business
- Havanna Holding S.A., through its operating subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and retails premium confectionery, specialty coffee, and bakery goods, while operating an extensive network of franchised and company-owned café-boutiques. Founded in 1947 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the company conducts its business across industrial manufacturing, retail food service, and wholesale distribution segments.
The company's product and service offerings encompass: traditional and specialty alfajores, including milk chocolate, dark chocolate, 70% pure cocoa, white chocolate, walnut, meringue, sea salt-infused, and certified gluten-free formulations; chocolate confections and specialties, comprising chocolate-covered dulce de leche cones under the Havannet brand, chocolate bars, filled bonbons, artisanal pralines, seasonal panettones, and holiday confections; spreads and condiments, centered on proprietary artisanal dulce de leche varieties; baked goods, including sweet and savory cookies, biscuits, and assorted pastries; and hot and cold beverages, featuring proprietary espresso coffee blends, whole-bean and ground coffees, teas, and specialty chocolate beverages. In addition, the company provides comprehensive retail hospitality and food service operations through its branded Havanna café concept, offering table service, take-away dining, and packaged corporate and holiday gift sets.
Havanna Holding S.A. operates through a diversified distribution infrastructure that includes dedicated retail boutiques, airport travel retail and duty-free locations, mass-market supermarket channels, convenience stores, corporate gift programs, and direct-to-consumer e-commerce channels. While maintaining its core operational base and extensive retail network across Argentina, the company distributes and markets its products internationally, operating retail locations and commercial partnerships in Brazil, the United States, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, and Spain, alongside selective export distribution to additional global markets.
In recent developments, Havanna Holding S.A. has executed key strategic expansions, product rollouts, and operational enhancements across its domestic and international operations. The company launched its high-profile commemorative Mar del Plata sea salt and double dulce de leche alfajor, which set historical sales records and was subsequently incorporated into permanent domestic production and international export distribution. Operationally, the company has completed capital expenditures to upgrade and automate packaging and manufacturing lines at its primary industrial production facility in the Batán Industrial Park near Mar del Plata, increasing capacity to satisfy growing export demand. Additionally, Havanna Holding S.A. has accelerated its international store openings, focusing on expanding its franchise network in key urban centers across Brazil and the southeastern United States, while simultaneously broadening its portfolio of certified gluten-free (sin TACC) and better-for-you confectionery items to target health-conscious consumer segments.