Brazil

Brazil’s GPA Sees 12.5% Growth In Food Segment Revenue

Brazil’s largest retailer GPA reported food segment revenue of R$12.74 billion (€3.88 billion) for Q4 2016 (+12.5% year-on-year) and R$44.96 bil...

Brazil Forced To Import Coffee After Crop Failure

Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producer, will be forced, for the first time, to buy a significant amount of the product from competitors, due to...

Brazilian Vegetable Prices Drop While Fruit Costs Rise

The prices of Brazilian vegetables have dropped in supply centres around the country in the first month of the year, the National Supply Company (CONAB) an...

Brazilian Pork Prices Rise Due To Exports And Internal Demand

Brazilian pork producers have a reason to celebrate after a year of uncertainty. In the first month of the year, pig farmers have seen an increase in the p...

Brazil Reduces Chocolate Egg Production Ahead Of Easter

Brazilian chocolate egg production will be lower this year, with fewer new products on offer due to the economic downturn. Some 120 Easter Egg SKUs...

Brazilian Food And Beverage Production Falls Marginally In 2016

Brazilian food production dropped by 0.96% in 2016, although this represents an improvement over the previous year, when the drop was 2.9%, a study has fou...

Wal-Mart Continues Downsizing In Brazil, Closes Five Stores

US retailer Wal-Mart closed five stores in Brazil in recent weeks, three of which were located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, according to publication&...

Brazilian C.Vale Reports 24% Increase In Net Sales Despite Crisis

Despite the current Brazilian recession, C.Vale, an exporter of poultry, pork, and corn, has registered a growth of 24% in net sales in 2016. The result...