So, here are the key dates:
On December 4, 1916, the Compañía Molinera San Cristóbal S.A. was founded in the city of Valparaíso by a group of immigrants of Scottish origin, owners of the firm Williamson, Balfour and Company.
In 1967, the English firm Williamson Balfour decided to put an end to its operations and sold the San Cristóbal mill, one of the most important in the country at that time, to a group of millers, including José Borda Aretxabala and his friend, relative and partner, Fermín Diharasarri Zugarramurdi, who together and over time would become the main shareholders of Molinera San Cristóbal S.A.
In 1982, Compañía Molinera San Cristóbal merged with Molinos Mont Blanc, practically doubling the company’s grinding capacity. This merger allowed San Cristóbal to have a size and efficiency that led it to position itself as a leader in the national milling industry.
At the beginning of the year 2000, the company manufactured its Selecta and Mont Blanc flour brands at its main plant and at the Maipú mill.
Cristóbal Borda Mingo, president of Molinera San Cristóbal, since 2006, led and managed one of the most transcendental processes in the company’s history, which consisted of the sale of all mass consumption products to Empresas Carozzi S.A. and thus dedicate itself exclusively to the manufacture of industrial flours and complete mixtures.
So what we see in supermarkets (1kg bags) is the result of this sale of mass consumption products to Empresas Carozzi S.A.
But the huge difference in pricing (Selecta vs. Mont Blanc) is still unclear to me, as of yet.
There is local and imported wheat, but the local seems to be processed mostly by the Southern mills, like Molino Kunstmann in Valdivia, Molino Villarrica, etc…
There are various types of wheat (so both the local and imported wheat can vary in price) but I fail to find on the Internet any sources that would disclose which types of wheat are used by which brand.