BRAZIL: BRF opens R&D centre
Brazilian food group BRF has opened a new innovation centre as part of plans to double its R&D spend by 2015.
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BRAZIL: Brasil Foods Q3 profit drops 75%
Brasil Foods has booked a 75% drop in third-quarter profits as higher feed costs more than offset sales gains in the period.
BRAZIL: Forex, commodity costs hit Brasil Foods profits
A fall in the Brazilian real and a spike in soybean costs were key factors in the fall in half-year profits at Brasil Foods, the company has reported.
BRAZIL: Brasil Foods, Marfrig to swap assets
Brasil Foods plans to swap assets with rival Marfrig to meet a watchdog competition ruling on the merger that created the company.
UK/JAPAN: Brasil Foods to close plants
Brazilian meat giant Brasil Foods has announced plans to close its plants in Japan and the UK.
BRAZIL: Brasil Foods to sell assets to beef producer?
Brasil Foods is reportedly set to sell some of its assets to beef producer Marfrig Alimentos. According to Bloomberg which cited Brazilian magazine Veja, the food company will sell a…
BRAZIL: Brasil Foods Q3 profits surge
Brasil Foods has posted an increase in third-quarter profits, on the back of an improved performance in its meat business and cost savings from the merger that created the company.…
BRICs and beyond: Brasil Foods shareholders relieved as merger approved
The announcement that Brazil's competition watchdog had given its blessing to the merger that formed Brasil Foods eased ongoing shareholder concerns that the 2009 deal would not in fact be…
Best bits: Brasil Foods and Premier look to the future
The largest food manufacturers in Brazil and the UK can look ahead with more certainty than they could a week ago, Dean Best writes, but doubts still hang over the…
BRAZIL: Watchdog clears Brasil Foods merger
Brazil's antitrust regulators have confirmed they will support the merger that created Brasil Foods, the world's largest poultry exporter. The country's competition watchdog Cade has endorsed a plan that will…
BRAZIL: Brasil Foods merger talks postponed
Brazil's antitrust watchdog has once again postponed a vote on the merger that created meat giant Brasil Foods. The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) was due to discuss the…
