Industry Developments
Brazil
It has been reported that a group of Brazilian investors are in talks to purchase US fast-food chain Burger King Holdings. The move would take the publicly listed firm private and could...
2010-09-02United Kingdom
It has been reported in UK-based newspaper The Sunday Times that US-food producer Campbell Soup is considering making a bid for the biscuit operations of UK-based United Biscuits. The...
2010-09-01Canada
Canadian food and retail conglomerate George Weston has purchased the US frozen bakery producer Keystone Bakeries for US$185mn. The deal comes 18 months after George Weston sold a US...
2010-08-31Brazil
Mexican bread maker Bimbo has opened a new factory in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The facility is to produce the Pullman and Plusvista bakery brands and takes the total number...
2010-08-27Brazil
The Brazilian consumer sector is one of the most dynamic in the world, with growing incomes and a strong consumer culture driving up spending and delivering impressive revenue growth...
2010-08-25Mexico
The CEO of Mexico's largest retailer, Wal-Mart de Mexico (Walmex), has revealed that the firm plans to open outlets in 300 Mexican cities where it currently has no presence. Walmex...
2010-08-24Belgium
AmBev, the Latin American arm of brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev, has announced that it is merging its Venezuelan operations with local brewer Cerveceria Regional. The Venezuelan...
2010-08-23Brazil
US based coffee shop chain Starbucks is to take full control of its operations in Brazil through the acquisition of local firm Cafés Sereia do Brasil Participações, which owns a...
2010-08-20
