Chile

Chile-based soft drink producer Coca-Cola Embonor has posted rising sales but falling profits for its latest financial year. In the 12 months to the end of December Embonor's volumes... 2012-01-30

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

US coffee shop chain Starbucks has announced the opening of its 500th outlet in Latin America, demonstrating its steady progress within this high potential market. Starbucks currently... 2011-11-22

Chile-based retailer Cencosud has announced the acquisition of Brazilian supermarket chain Prezunic in a deal worth BRL685.7mn. The move builds Cencosud's market share in the state... 2011-11-21

Chile's largest wine producer Concha y Toro has announced the formation of a joint venture in the Mexican market with local food and wine distributor Digrans. The new business, to be... 2011-11-15

Argentine food producer Arcor has announced plans to invest US$40mn in Chile to build a new confectionery factory. The investment will be made through its Chilean sugar confectionery... 2011-10-27

BMI's food and drink team are rolling out a series of new and improved risk/reward ratings for all its regions. The new ratings, introduced here for the Latin America region are more... 2011-10-24

Chile's third largest supermarket operator Grupo SMU has announced it is to acquire smaller rival Supermercados del Sur. Full terms of the deal have not been disclosed, although SMU... 2011-09-19

Chile's second-largest grocery retailer by market share Cencosud can look forward to the next few years. Increasingly well-positioned in Latin America and in particular Brazil, it is... 2011-09-08

Chilean wine producer Concha y Toro has seen profits hit by the strength of the Chilean peso and high grape costs. For the first six months of 2011 the firm's net profits fell by 14.6%... 2011-08-31