Spain

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,... 2012-01-17

The current weakness of the domestic Spanish market is an added incentive for well-capitalised local food producers to focus on international expansion and this is highlighted by two... 2012-01-04

For the major food and drink companies in Western Europe the key issue that they have contended with in recent quarters is the run up in commodity prices in late 2010 and the beginning... 2011-12-01

Sweeteners derived from the Stevia plant have finally been formally approved for use by the European Commission. The move will come into force on December 2 2011 and could pave the... 2011-11-15

Spain's largest food producer Ebro Foods (formerly Ebro Puleva) has registered an increase in sales and earnings for the first nine months of 2011. Over this period the firm's revenues... 2011-11-03

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 Western Europe region are more... 2011-10-19

Across continental Europe consumption of bottled water and soft drinks varies quite widely (see chart). Per capita consumption of bottled water is highest in Italy, but is also high... 2011-09-13