It was in the late 1920s that L. Farrugia & Sons, commonly known as Farsons, first ventured into the brewing industry, with the building of a brewery in Hamrun. Lewis Victor Farrugia, visionary entrepreneur and architect by profession, was diversifying the activities of an industrial gas business.
The Group is made up of Simonds Farsons Cisk plc, the parent company and manufacturing arm of the Group, and six subsidiary companies: Food Chain (Holdings) Limited, Farsons Beverage Imports Company Limited, Eco-Pure Premium Water Company Limited, Trident Developments Limited, Quintano Foods Limited and Farsons (Sales & Marketing) Limited.
QUINTANO FOODS LIMITED is a long established leader in the marketing and distribution of branded food products.
FOOD CHAIN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED is mainly engaged in the fast food and casual dining business and comprises three subsidiary companies.