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Food and Drink Insight provides subscribers with analysis, forecasts and company profiles on a country-by-country basis, covering the key trends impacting on global food and drink markets. The service includes online access to the very latest analysis and data, a searchable archive, and PDF access to the monthly regional Insight reports.
Published by Business Monitor International, the global market specialists, Food and Drink Insight is broken down into five regional services: Asia, Western Europe, Emerging Europe, the Middle East & Africa and the Americas.
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Companies / Brazil
Brazil's largest retailer CBD, popularly known as Pao De Acucar, has posted a big jump in sales and earnings for the first quarter of 2008. The firm's sales jumped by 20.2% to reach BRL4.2bn (US$2.5bn), while the firm's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization climbed by 28% to reach BRL301mn (US$178mn). Even more importantly the firm reported an 8.5% increase...
2008-05-09Companies / Brazil
Brazil's largest retailer CBD, popularly known as Pao De Acucar, has posted a big jump in sales and earnings for the first quarter of 2008. The firm's sales jumped by 20.2% to reach...
2008-05-09Companies / Mexico
Mexico-based soft drinks firm Coca-Cola FEMSA has reported a 6.4% rise in net sales for the first quarter of 2008 to reach MXN17.26 (US$1.7bn). Operating income for the period increased...
2008-05-07Companies / Malaysia
The Malaysian government has announced a broad-reaching MYR4bn (US$1.25bn) scheme for guaranteeing stable food supplies at affordable prices for its population. With emerging market Asian economies struggling to ensure supplies of basic foodstuffs amid fast-escalating prices and spiralling global demand, Malaysia plans to make a substantial investment in increasing farm output,...
2008-05-09Companies / Malaysia
The Malaysian government has announced a broad-reaching MYR4bn (US$1.25bn) scheme for guaranteeing stable food supplies at affordable prices for its population. With emerging market...
2008-05-09Companies
Figures released by the UK's Scotch Whisky Association have revealed that value exports of Scotch whisky to Taiwan fell by 23% in 2007 to GBP81.8mn (US$159.9mn), while the country...
2008-05-09Companies / Kyrgyzstan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a new investment project in the small Central Asian country Kyrgyzstan. The EBRD will acquire a 34% stake in local dairy producer Siut Bulak in order to support the company's expansion. The EBRD is a major investor in the CIS region, and its strategy for Kyrgyzstan is to develop dynamic micro-, small- and...
2008-05-09Companies / Romania
French retailer Carrefour's profits in the Romanian market experienced a boost last year, as the company's local unit reported a net profit of EUR21.9mn (US$30mn) for 2007, up from...
2008-05-07Companies / Romania
French retailer Carrefour's profits in the Romanian market experienced a boost last year, as the company's local unit reported a net profit of EUR21.9mn (US$30mn) for 2007, up from...
2008-05-07Companies / Kenya
Leading Kenyan retailer Uchumi has reported profits of KES113mn (US$1.7mn) for the first nine months of its financial year ending in March 2008. Net sales were up to KES5.2bn (US$77.5mn) for the same period, up from KES3.5bn (US$51.6mn) in the same period last year. This comes as welcome news for the company, which was on the brink of bankruptcy in June 2006. The company also...
2008-05-09Industry
With the world's attention fixed on rapidly rising food prices, many companies are starting to recognise the need to increase their ties with farmers. Recently, a number of food and...
2008-05-08Companies / Turkey
The sale of a majority stake in Migros Türk, which has been capturing headlines over the past year, is expected to finally be completed by the end of May. Private equity firm BC...
2008-05-08Companies / Belgium
Shares in the world's second largest brewer InBev tumbled by 7% on May 8 2008 after the firm reported a drop in sales in key emerging markets. Volume sales slumped in Brazil, its biggest market, and also fell in China and Russia. With beer sales stagnant in many developed economies, including Western Europe and North America, these three markets are expected to provide the backbone...
2008-05-09Companies / United Kingdom
Premier Foods, owner of some of the UK's best known food brands, has put its French bakery business Sofrapain up for sale according to press reports. The move comes just weeks after...
2008-05-06Companies / United Kingdom
The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) is calling for the voluntary withdrawal of certain food colourings after their consumption was found to be linked to hyperactivity in children....
2008-05-02
