Suntory Liquors plans to sell again its hard liquors in Brazil from January 2013 after moving out of the country in 2004 due to unfavorable economic conditions.
Hoping to make a big splash in the country’s second largest market, HINT Water has signed an agreement with L.A. Distributing Co. to distribute the brand throughout L.A. county.
Caribou Coffee and Joh A Benckiser Group (JAB) have signed a definitive merger agreement under which an affiliate of JAB will acquire Caribou for $340m.
Brazilian group JBS-Friboi, a leading global exporter of meat products, has inaugurated an industrial complex for pulp production with an investment of 6.2 billion Reais (approx 3 billion dollars).
With the US wanting to put pressure on China at the upcoming annual meeting of the China-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, Chinese experts said dialogue rather than complaints will help solve the ongoing problems.
Dutch-based food producer VION NV has reached an agreement for a management buy-out of its UK pork operations, securing around 4,000 jobs, subject to Competition Authority approval in Ireland.
Thirty-six per cent of Australia's beef exports go to Korea, but the industry says exports from the United States are starting to eat in to their market share.
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced the United States has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to establish a dispute settlement panel to examine Argentina’s import restrictions on all U.S. goods.