Brazil

BMI's food and drink Risk/Reward ratings assess a market's attractiveness to industry investors in comparison to its peers. The Reward part of the rating takes into account market size,... 2012-01-18

Brazil's largest retailer CBD has revealed that it spent less that it had planned on capital expansion in 2011. The firm had originally set an investment target of between BRL1.2bn... 2012-01-11

Japanese brewer Kirin has set out plans for the Brazilian market, following its successful bid for full control of Shincariol. Kirin's President and CEO Senji Miyake has revealed that... 2012-01-10

Increased international interest in the Brazilian biscuit sector looks to be pushing local producers to consolidate their operations, with local market leader M. Dias Branco announcing... 2012-01-05

Mexico-based soft drinks producer Coca-Cola Femsa has commenced work on a new bottling plant in Brazil. The facility, built in the town of Itabirito in the state of Minas Gerais, will... 2011-12-08

Brazil's largest food firm Brasil Foods has announced that it is to invest BRL140mn in a new margarine plant in the state of Pernambuco. The facility will have capacity to produce eight... 2011-11-30

Switzerland-based Nestlé has announced the opening of a new dairy plant in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. The new facility will receive 200,000 litres of milk per day and will... 2011-11-23