Brazil

A report in the Sunday Times has suggested that European brewing giants SABMiller and Heineken are both considering bidding for Brazil's second biggest brewer by volumes Primo Schincariol.... 2011-04-04

Brazil's largest food firm Brasil Foods has posted a rise in net sales and earnings for 2010. For the 12 months to the end of December, Brasil Foods registered an 8.3% increase in sales... 2011-03-28

Selling more than US$36bn worth of beer a year, AB InBev is a beast of a company and nearly 1.7 times the size of Heineken (see first chart). Borne out of the Belgian-Brazilian giant... 2011-03-25

Selling more than US$36bn worth of beer a year, AB InBev is a beast of a company and nearly 1.7 times the size of Heineken (see first chart). Borne out of the Belgian-Brazilian giant... 2011-03-25

Food giant Nestlé has announced it will invest BRL163mn (US$97mn) to build a new dairy factory in Três Rios in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The plant will have capacity to produce... 2011-03-23

Chilean retailer Cencosud has posted strong revenue and earnings growth for 2010, which largely reflects a strong bounce in Latin American consumption following a difficult 2009 (see... 2011-03-22

Brazil-based AmBev, the Latin American subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI), has posted very strong full-year results for 2010 and announced a significant programme of investment... 2011-03-07

US food group Heinz has announced plans to purchase an 80% stake in Brazilian tomato sauce group Coniexpress, which produces the Quero brand of ketchup, tomato sauces, vegetables and... 2011-03-04

The latest results from two of Latin America's largest retailers - Mexico-based Walmart de Mexico (Walmex) and Brazil based Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição (CBD) - highlight... 2011-02-25

Dutch brewer Heineken has reported its first annual results following the acquisition of Femsa's beer operations. As would be expected, the acquisition helped the firm register a strong... 2011-02-17