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Sample menus for each day of the diet in Table 1:

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Falabella: How a Latin American retail giant survived the crises
Golden age
Overview
What you can and cannot eat

Falabella: How a Latin American retail giant survived the crises

In the 135 years of its existence, Falabella has managed to become one of the largest retailers in Latin America. The company operates the department store chain of the same name, the grocery hypermarkets Tottus, the convenience stores Sodimac and Market Linio (a total of 567 stores) in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Uruguay, Brazil and Mexico. Falabella has boomed in recent decades, but pandemics, logistical disruptions, and the economic crisis have caused record sales declines and even forced the company to close some stores in key markets. Find out in our new article what unusual experiences Falabella had and how they shed light on the unknown history of South American retail.

In 1889. Salvatore Falabella, an Italian immigrant from Genoa, opened a large tailoring shop in Santiago, the capital of Chile, which soon grew into a full-fledged business. The history of the retailer thus stalled for 48 years until, in 1937, the investor and entrepreneur Alberto Solari invited the Falabella family to expand the business and sell household goods and decorative items in addition to clothing. The store's atypical concept for the time quickly became popular and the street on which it was located was named 'Calle Falabella' – the first department store in Chile.

In 1962, Falabella expanded beyond Santiago for the first time, opening a department store in Concepción. In the 1970s, however, Chile was hit by the economic crisis, which also hit retail hard. According to a Falabella director, the store's employees 'played chess for hours at the time because there was just nothing for sale'. The retail company found an original way out of the crisis in 1980, when it introduced the first Falabella CMR credit card in Chile and gave its customers a 60-day credit for purchases. This move attracted numerous customers to the chain's department stores, which led to the relocation of Falabella's first flagship store to Santiago's prestigious Park Arauco district.

Golden age

This aggressive expansion in all directions makes Falabella a major player in the retail market in Chile and South America. The company boldly enters the 21st century by absorbing competitors and building new assets in different sectors. In 2004, Falabella was already valued at $4.6 billion - almost triple the value it had when it went public in 1996.

In 2007. Falabella agrees to merge with Chilean supermarket chain D&S, but the antitrust authorities reject the deal. Falabella then acquires 60 % from the largest Chilean hardware store chain, Imperial, and expands into the home improvement market.

In the 2010s, Falabella opened large department stores in Argentina, Peru and Colombia (previously only present in Chile, supplying other acquired retailers in local markets), bringing the company to more than 500 stores by the end of the decade. In 2018, Falabella acquires Linio, a Mexican marketplace that has operated in Latin America since 2012, for $138 million and ties all of its core assets to it. This purchase helps Falabella sustain the COVID-19 pandemic, but the ensuing crisis and the drop in customer demand are the first to hit the Chilean chain's business hard.

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Santiago. Photo: Marianna Ianovska/shutterstock

Overview

Dietary Goal: Moderate chemical, mechanical and thermal sparing of the gastrointestinal tract while maintaining complete nutrition, reducing inflammation, improving ulcer healing, normalizing the secretory and motility functions of the stomach.

General characteristics: In terms of calorie, protein, fat and carbohydrate content, the diet is physiologically complete. Strong stimulants that stimulate gastric secretion and irritate the gastric mucosa, as well as delayed and difficult to digest foods and meals are limited. Meals are usually prepared in pureed form, boiled in water or steamed. Some dishes are baked without a crust. Fish and non-grilled meat are allowed in pieces. Table salt is allowed in moderation. Very hot and cold dishes are excluded.

carbohydrates – 400-420 g;
Protein – 90-100 g (60 % animal),
fats – 100 g (30 % vegetable),
Calories - 2800-3000 kcal;
sodium chloride (salt) 10-12 g,
free liquid - 1.5 l.

Consumption recommendation: 5-6 times a day. Before bedtime: milk, cream.

What you can and cannot eat

Recommended and Excluded Foods and Dishes of Diet 1 Table:

Table 'What you can and cannot eat'.

food and dishes	What you are allowed	What you are not allowed to do
soups	With approved vegetable purees on carrot or potato soup, milk soups made from pureed or well-cooked cereals (flakes, semolina, rice, etc.), pasta with vegetable purees, milk soups from pureed vegetables: puree from pre-cooked chicken or meat, puree from sweet berries with semolina. Flour for soups is only dried. Soups are refined with butter, egg and milk paste or cream.	Meat and fish broths, mushroom and strong vegetable broths, cabbage soup, borscht, okroszka.
bread and flour products	Wheat bread made from extra and 1st flour, baked or dried yesterday; dry sponge cake, dry biscuits, well-baked buns without baking 1-2 times a week, baked pies with apples, boiled meat or fish and eggs, jam, cheesecake, waffles with cottage cheese.	Rye bread and any fresh bread, pastries and puff pastry.
meat and poultry	Lean, without tendons, fascia and skin in poultry. Boiled and boiled beef, young lean lamb and dressed pork, chicken, turkey. Boiled dishes with lean veal, chicken, rabbit. Boiled cutlets, meatballs, dumplings, casseroles, mashed potatoes, sprouts; boiled beef stroganoff. Boiled meat roasted in the oven. Boiled tongue and liver.	Fatty or greasy meats and poultry, duck, goose, pickles and smoked foods.
Fish	Lean types without skin, in pieces or in chops: boiled or steamed.	Oily, salted fish, canned fish.
dairy products	milk and cream. Non-sour kefir, sour milk, acidophilus. Fresh acid-free quark (mashed) and sour cream. Cheese dishes: baked cheesecakes, casseroles, casseroles, puddings. Mildly sour grated cheese, occasionally sliced.	Highly acidic dairy products, sharp, salty cheeses. Limit sour cream.
eggs	Soft-boiled eggs, steamed omelet.	Hard boiled and fried eggs.
Grain	Semolina, rice, buckwheat and oats. Semi-liquid and sifted groats (buckwheat) boiled with milk or water. Steamed casseroles, puddings, porridge cutlets. Vermicelli, finely chopped pasta, cooked.	Millet, barley, corn, beans, whole pasta.
Vegetables	Potatoes, carrots, beets, cauliflower, green peas in limited quantities. Steamed or boiled and pureed (mashed potatoes, soufflés, steamed pudding). Early pumpkins and zucchini, not shredded. Finely chopped dill – in soups. Ripe, non-acidic tomatoes up to 100 g.	White cabbage, beets, swedes, radishes, sorrel, spinach, onions, cucumbers, pickled, pickled and marinated vegetables, mushrooms, canned vegetables.
Appetizers	Salads with boiled vegetables, meat, fish. Boiled tongues, liver pate, sausages (medicinal, dairy, diet), fish stuffed in vegetable broth, sturgeon caviar, occasionally soaked herring and forshmak, light cheeses, unsalted fat-free ham.	All savory and salty snacks, preserves and sausages.
fruit, sweet food, confectionery.	Pureed, boiled and baked sweet berries and fruits. Mashed potatoes, puddings, mousses, jellies, sambuzzas, compotes (purees). Meringues, snowballs, buttercream, milk kisses. Sugar, honey, unsweetened jam, marshmallow.	Sour, unripe, high-fiber fruits and berries, unsweetened dried fruits, chocolate, ice cream.
sauces and condiments	Milk sauces (Béchamel) with butter, sour cream, fruit sauces, milk and fruit sauces, no flour added. Dill, parsley, vanilla and cinnamon in restrictions.	Meat, fish, mushroom, tomato sauces, horseradish, mustard, pepper.
beverages	Light tea, tea with milk and cream, weak cocoa or coffee with milk. Sweet fruit and berry juices. Decoction of rose hips.	Carbonated drinks, kvass, black coffee.
fats	Unsalted butter, clarified butter from cows. Refined vegetable oils added to meals.	All other fats.