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Heineken Sees Brazilian Profit Drag In Showdown With AB InBev

Heineken NV, the world’s second-largest brewer, wants to challenge leader Anheuser-Busch InBev NV in one of its key markets, and that’s going t...

Beer's Back In Style In Brazil And Ambev Is Set To Gain, UBS Says

Brewer margins should bounce as Brazilians finally get back to drinking beer. Beer has reached an inflection point after volumes declined between 2015 a...

Ambev Records 9.6% Sales Growth In Q3

Ambev, the Latin American unit of brewing company AB Inbev, posted sales of R$11.36 billion (€2.98 billion) in the third quarter of the year, represen...

Ambev Sees 4.8% Revenue Growth, But Brazil Disappoints

Brazilian brewer and soft drinks producer Ambev has reported a 4.8% growth in net revenue during the second quarter of 2017, to R$10.37 billion (€2.8...

Brazilian Antitrust Authority Approves Brasil Kirin Sale To Heineken

Brazil’s Administrative Council of Economic Defense (CADE) has approved the purchase of Brasil Kirin by Heineken. The Brazilian antitrust authorit...

Ambev Sees Increased Beer Sales, But Lower Profits

Brazilian brewer Ambev has ended the first quarter of 2017 with net revenue of BRL 11.2 billion, down 2.8% on the same period in 2016. Inflation led to...

Jacobs Douwe Egberts To Acquire Brazilian Coffee Brands

Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) has announced that it intends to acquire a portfolio of local brands from Brazil’s leading instant coffee exporter Cia Cac...

Heineken Confirms It Is In Talks To Acquire Brasil Kirin

Heineken has confirmed it is in talks to purchase Brasil Kirin, the Brazilian unit of Japanese beverage group Kirin, which owns local beer brands Schin and...