United States

Trading in the shares of Chile's largest grocery retailer D&S was suspended on March 10 2008 after rumours emerged that the firm was in takeover talks with US retail giant Wal-Mart.... 2008-03-11

Brazilian beef firm JBS, already the world's largest beef processor, is set to become the number one player in the US with the acquisition of the country's fourth and fifth largest... 2008-03-07

August Busch, the CEO of US brewery Anheuser-Busch (A-B), has revealed that the firm plans to use new advertising, line extensions of its core brands and cost cutting to deliver long-term... 2008-02-26

UK retailer Asda, a subsidiary of US retail giant Wal-Mart, has announced ambitious expansion plans for 2008 after recording strong growth throughout 2007. The firm plans to invest... 2008-02-22

Mexico's largest retailer Wal-Mart de México (Walmex) has announced its results for 2007 and its plans for 2008. The firm revealed that sales grew by 13.3% last year to reach MXN224bn... 2008-02-19

US soft drinks and snack food firm PepsiCo has announced solid revenue growth for 2007 with sales increases recorded at every division. However, the company's international operations... 2008-02-11

US grocery chain Supervalu has announced that it will close all of its Sunflower Market organic and natural food stores by the end of February 2008, with the company revealing that... 2008-02-07

The US senate has passed the US-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement bill that will eliminate or reduce tariffs on 80% of industrial exports and two-thirds of farm exports to Peru, including... 2007-12-06

US sugar refiner Imperial Sugar and Mexico's Ingenios Santos have announced a new joint venture designed to take advantage of the full implementation of the North American Free Trade... 2007-11-30

Japanese retail group Seven & I Holdings, operator of the Seven-Eleven convenience network in Japan, China and the US, has revealed an investment war-chest of US$2.45bn for the... 2007-07-05