Industry Developments

The possibility of significant restructuring at US snack and drink giant PepsiCo has increased following the revelation that activist investor Nelson Peltz has built a US$150mn stake... 2011-11-17

The possibility of significant restructuring at US snack and drink giant PepsiCo has increased following the revelation that activist investor Nelson Peltz has built a US$150mn stake... 2011-11-17

The latest results posted by Walmart suggest that it has opted to put sales ahead of profits for the time being - a strategy advocated by BMI following a disappointing series of results... 2011-11-16

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

The results of the two largest brewers in the US continue to point to declining demand, with sales hit by the difficult economic backdrop. For the first nine months of 2011 the country's... 2011-11-10

Japanese drinks group Kirin has secured full ownership of Brazilian brewer Schincariol, after agreeing to buy the 49.54% of the business it did not already. Kirin secured a controlling... 2011-11-07

Snack and soft drink giant PepsiCo has sealed the acquisition of Brazilian biscuit maker Mabel, according to a report in local newspaper Estado de S. Paulo. The deal is said to be worth... 2011-11-04

US Coffee shop chain Starbucks has managed to defy the weak economic backdrop to report strong growth in both sales and earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter and full year. For the... 2011-11-04

Colombian retailer Exito has reported strong results for the third quarter of 2011, continuing a run of good figures for the year. For the three months to the end of September the firm... 2011-11-02

US confectionery giant Hershey has hailed the success of its international push and revealed that it could reach its target of generating US$1bn of revenues outside of the US earlier... 2011-11-01