Watsons Personal Care Store, formerly known as Guangdong Pharmacy, was established in Guangdong. 1828. 184 1 moved to Hong Kong. And from 1830, it started to run soda ash business concurrently, becoming the first soda ash production enterprise in China. Watsons Pharmacy 184 1 moved to Hong Kong, quickly diversified, started to produce soft drinks and medicines, and expanded its retail business (supermarket chain).

From then on 1903 began to produce distilled water, with nearly 100 years of experience in producing high-quality distilled water. 198 1 year, Watson Group (Hong Kong) Limited became a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited. Guangzhou Watsons Food and Beverage Co., Ltd. is a joint venture invested by Watsons Group (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. and Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone Commercial Corporation, which was established in 1996. Guangzhou Watsons Food & Beverage Co., Ltd. successfully launched Watsons, Sunkist, Mr. Juice, Biquan and other brands, and won a series of honors and awards.

Watsons supermarket chain is a health care and beauty brand of Watsons Group under Hutchison Whampoa. Watsons Group is the largest health and American retailer in the world, with 65,438+07 retail brands and more than 6,800 retail stores in 33 markets in Asia and Europe, with more than 88,000 employees and serving more than 23 million people worldwide every week.

198 1 became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, a subsidiary of Li Ka-shing. With its strong economic strength and flexible business philosophy, Hutchison Whampoa has risen rapidly in Asia and become a household name retail brand.